• Golf outing April 24 in West Windsor

    Bishop George Ahr High School in Edison will hold its sixth annual golf outing at 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 24, at the Cranbury Golf Club, 49 Southfield Road in West Windsor. The event begins with registration and a continental breakfast. Golfing will begin with a 10 a.m. shotgun start and will conclude with a 3…

  • ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ comes to Edison

    A production of “Bye Bye Birdie” will be performed at Edison High School on March 6, 7, 13, and 14 at 7 p.m. The high school is located at 50 Boulevard of the Eagles. Admission is $10. The Broadway version won four Tony awards in 1961, including for best musical, and the theme of “Bye…

  • Artists sought for Junebug ArtFest

    The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce and the Metuchen Cultural Arts Commission are seeking artists of all kinds (visual and performing) to participate in Metuchen’s second annual Junebug Art- Fest. The ArtFest will transform Metuchen every Friday evening in June into a haven for artists and art lovers. The event is slated to take place…

  • Edison wrestling advances a pair to state tourney

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer The performance by the Edison High School wrestling team over the weekend at the Region 5 Tournament was bittersweet for several reasons. First, the team advanced two champions to the state tournament in Atlantic City but saw two of its best grapplers lose season-ending matches in the third-place consolation round.…

  • McAuley wins region title in wrestling

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer Led by Region 5 champion Joe McAuley at 140 pounds, the Bishop Ahr High School wrestling team will send three grapplers to compete for a state title at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City this weekend. The team’s other state qualifiers are Mike Pysniak who took second place in the region…

  • Going straight to the hoop

    JEFF GRANIT staff St. Joseph’s Nikko Vastola goes up for a basket despite Cardinal McCarrick’s Moriece Isaac blocking the way during their Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament semifinal game at South Brunswick High School on Feb. 25 which was won by St. Joe’s, 57-47.

  • Sky Blue FC ready to play some soccer

    Three women make the cut at tryouts for Women’s Professional Soccer BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer After two days of tryouts, 26 players sat silently in a semicircle, waiting to hear if they JEFF GRANIT staff Sky Blue FC Soccer, a new women’s professional soccer league, held tryouts at Good Sports in Wall on Feb.…

  • Former resident: greener pastures aren’t always green

    Approximately two years ago I took the largest leap of faith when I moved out of my beloved Iselin, to test out the so-called “greener pastures” I thought I’d find in Indiana. I thought I would overcome any possible homesickness in time. I was so very wrong. After moving from Kokomo, Ind., to the city…

  • CPA: Gov’t must not put us in debt without taxpayers’OK

    No one criticized Spadoro’s budgets and financing practices more than I. When Mayor Jun Choi ran against Spadoro, Choi put my picture in a political flier as his budget/finance expert. Now when I raise questions or the council questions the mayor, it is considered “political.” Newspaper editorials are political; debate on issues regarding taxes is…

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