• College to mark 50 years with slate of family events

    EDISON — Middlesex County College is welcoming everyone to its Community Open House 11 a.m.-4 p.m. April 19 at the Edison campus, 2600 Woodbridge Ave. In celebration of the college’s 50th anniversary, the event will offer activities for people of all ages. All activities are free, except the “Fiddler on the Roof” performance. Children may…

  • Edison extends permit for India Day Parade

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — The township will allow the Indian Business Association (IBA) to hold its India Day Parade each year for nearly the next decade. Officials had already granted a seven-year permit to the nonprofit last year. A three-year extension was approved at the April 8 Township Council meeting. The issue has…

  • Metuchen’s ‘Algonquin Kid’ recounts years at famed hotel

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Harpo Marx dines with Michael Colby’s grandparents, Ben and Mary Bodne, who owned the Algonquin Hotel. PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL COLBY One might say Michael Elihu Colby is the real-life counterpart of Eloise, the fictional children’s book character who lived at New York’s Plaza Hotel. Though the borough resident and…

  • Housing units set to open at Camp Kilmer

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer New residential units nearing completion at the former Camp Kilmer property in Edison will provide affordable housing and accommodations for homeless families. “Kilmer Homes promises to be a positive community asset,” Mayor Thomas Lankey said. “These new apartments will comfortably accommodate middle- and lower-income people and families, people with disabilities…

  • Exhibit serves up history of New Jersey diners

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Rooms at the Cornelius Low House/Middlesex County Museum have been decorated to resemble traditional diner settings with food, tables and jukeboxes. JEREMY GROSSMAN/STAFF New Jersey diners represent more than hamburgers and French fries; they are emblematic of an entire history and mythology of the state, according to historian Michael C.…

  • Photo

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Leo Fasulo, 4, of Iselin, explores one of Edison Township’s public works trucks during Big Wheels Day outside Woodbridge Center Mall on April 8. Woodbridge officials brought in vehicles from police and fire departments, the Army National Guard, emergency management and more for children of all ages to peruse.

  • Teens and seat belts

    with Sharon Peters We live in Colorado and read that 64 percent of teen drivers and passengers here don’t wear seatbelts. That was shocking to me. Are we higher than normal here? Not that it matters much, as we’re definitely going to have a conversation with our twins. Still, are there any national figures? A:…

  • Coldwell Banker Cares Day to benefit Monmouth County communities

    A ll 55 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage offices in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y. will be giving back to local communities throughout both states and in Monmouth County via charitable efforts as part of the third annual Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Day event. Each office has selected a Cares Day project, with most…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    ACE Gymnastics has been named the Junior Olympic Club of the Year by USA Gymnastics New Jersey. The award was presented to ACE by USAG-NJ at the level 8, 9, and 10 State Championships at Rutgers University. The club’s program, headed by the husband and wife team of Mike and Candy (Rosko) Krotchko, placed ahead…

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