• Resident thanks Robert Riedinger of Devine’s Pharmacy

    Referring to your article in the June 3 issue, I’d like to give kudos to Robert Riedinger of Devine’s Pharmacy. Mr. Riedinger has done what politicians, the Edison Chamber of Commerce and other individuals have tried to do for more than 30 years. We have all tried at one time or another to bring a…

  • Resident says Ricigliano should be ashamed

    Now that the June 2 Democratic primary is over, I want to express my dismay over the tone of the campaign. In my years in Edison, I have never seen a campaign as negative and misleading as the one run by Toni Ricigliano. As a district committeeman who was just re-elected, I received a letter…

  • Matrix 17s finish weekend with 2-1 mark

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer Making its first tournament appearance of the summer, the Middlesex County Matrix 17 & Under team went 2-1 over the weekend at the Super 17 Invitational at Diamond Nation in Flemington. The Matrix drew NJ Diamond Jacks, the host team at Diamond Nation, in the first round and came up…

  • Schroeder shines at GMC baseball all-star game

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer The high school baseball season came to a close earlier this month when the area’s top seniors met at the Greater Middlesex Conference Senior All-Star game. Coached by JFK High School’s Jerry Smith Jr. and Bishop Ahr High School’s Scott Runkel, the Blue & White All-Stars defeated the Red &…

  • Sports Shorts

    Harry Landy, 17, won the American HarnessDriversClub’s 2009 Spring Pacing Series Final with M’s EZ Pass Friday, June 5, at the Meadowlands. Landy, a junior at Monroe High School, also captured the Billings Amateur Trot the next afternoon at Freehold Raceway. According to the American Drivers Harness Club (ADHC) website, Landy has now captured the…

  • JFK plays its way to a state baseball title

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Correspondent The John F. Kennedy High School baseball team wrapped up the 2009 season in style by winning its first state championship in school history. Led by a historic tournament run by senior hurler Brian Schroeder, the Mustangs ended their quest with a 5-2 victory over Shawnee in the NJSIAA Group III…

  • Trying to make the play

    ERIC SUCAR staff Edison shortstop Graham Goodman tries to bring down a pop fly during the American Legion game against South Brunswick held at the Edison Boys Complex on June 17.

  • He bagged the goose — and then we cooked it

    Coda • GREG BEAN In our family, we love to tell the story about Grandpa and the goose, although if he were still alive, he’d probably get a nasty letter from PETA berating him for inhuman cruelty. That organization got so upset last week when President Obama swatted a fly on camera, there’s no telling…

  • Met. schools to start search for new MHS principal

    Board appoints Peragallo through June 2010, hopes to have permanent replacement by then BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Nearly 40 people attended Metuchen’s Board of Education meeting June 16 to express their concern regarding the selection process involved in hiring the next high school principal. Earlier this spring, John R. Novak, who has been principal at…

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