• Lecture to focus on Eleanor Roosevelt

    Professor Emeritus Perry Leavell, who teaches history at Drew University, will discuss Eleanor Roosevelt’s life at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 13 at the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. The cost is $8 for Community Campus members and $11 for nonmembers. To register or for more information, contact Sue Horwitz at…

  • Swimming at the Ritz

    New Jersey Repertory Company presents “Swimming at the Ritz,” based on the life of socialite Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, who was appointed the U.S. ambassador to France in 1993 by former President Bill Clinton. The show will have a limited engagement from Jan. 8 to Feb. 1. Harriman was dubbed the ultimate “party girl”…

  • JCC series to focus on modern comedians

    Larry Wolfert will present a two-part series, “Comedians of the Twentieth Century: Behind the Artists and Their Humor,” at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 20 and 27 at the JCC of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. Explore the rise and fall of people who made America laugh, such as Charlie Chaplin, Sid Caesar, Carol Burnett…

  • College to offer Saturday advising

    Middlesex County College, 2600 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, will offer Saturday enrollment services 8:30 a.m. to noon on Jan. 10. The offices of academic advising, admissions, financial aid, student account services, registration and testing will be open. The Middlesex County College Perth Amboy Center, 60 Washington St., and the Middlesex County College New Brunswick Center, 140…

  • Fire tears through Edison apartments

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer EDISON — A fire damaged four apartments in a Plainfield Avenue building last week and forced residents to evacuate. The blaze at the Ann Linn apartments, 355 Plainfield Ave., took hold shortly before 6 p.m. Dec. 30 in the rear building of the two-building complex, according to Tim Morley, fire…

  • Edison couple holds out hope in search for kidney donor

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Abe Rosenstein EDISON — For many, a family is a built-in safety net, assuring help in times of dire need. For township resident Abe Rosenstein — whose parents were his family’s sole survivors of the Holocaust — relying on the kindness of strangers is his only option. Abe needs a…

  • Edison police install drop box for prescription medications

    EDISON — A drop box installed at the township’s police headquarters as part of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Project Medicine Drop initiative invites residents to safely dispose of their excess or expired prescription medications. The statewide initiative is part of the fight against the nationwide epidemic of opiate and heroin abuse, which often is…

  • Children’s concert series to begin this month

    Family Arts of Metuchen will present a Snowflake Series children’s concert with musician Danny Adlerman at 4 p.m. Jan. 18 at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse, 491 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. Tickets will be sold at the door for $4 per person. Upcoming concert dates in this series include Feb. 22 and March 29. The series is…

  • Tomaro, with broken leg, begins freeholder term at rehab center

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Family members flank Freeholder Charles Tomaro, who suffered an injury over the holidays, as Edison Mayor Thomas Lankey swears him into office at JFK’s Johnson Rehabilitation Center. PHOTO COURTESY OF JAFFE COMMUNICATIONS The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders reorganized for the year with much pomp and circumstance, along with…

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