• Woodbridge officials laud anonymous ‘hero’

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer A Woodbridge woman who is being hailed as a hero may be unknown, but she is certainly not unsung. Mayor John McCormac and other officials made sure of that when they presented the Mayor’s Award for Public Safety during a Township Council meeting this month, commending the woman for contacting…

  • Environmental lobbyists set meeting

    The Edison chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby will hold its monthly meeting 12:30- 2:30 p.m. Dec. 6, 119 University Ave., Metuchen. Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a national grassroots organization working to build political will to address the challenge of climate change. For more information, visit www.citizensclimatelobby.org or email the local chapter at [email protected].

  • Jingle Bell Run rings in holidays

    METUCHEN — The seventh annual Jingle Bell Run/Walk, set for Dec. 7, will bring runners and families together to raise funds to fight and cure arthritis. The annual 5K event, which features a holiday costume contest, children’s zone and fun run, music and a sponsor expo, will be held at Metuchen High School at 9:30…

  • Rutgers Against Hunger 5K scores big for food banks

    Over the years, the Run for Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH) Homecoming 5K has become one of the region’s more sure-footed food-donation and fundraising drives. This year’s charity event lived up to that reputation. The Rutgers Alumni Association, which has spearheaded the event for six years, reported that more than 350 runners and walkers participated in…

  • Mary V. Riffle

    Mary V. Riffle Mary V. Riffle (Baulo), 86, of East Brunswick, passed on Nov. 13, 2014, by the side of her son, Mark Riffle, and daughter-in-law, Barbara Riffle, at Community Hospice of Northeast Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., of complications from a brain tumor. She was born on Jan. 31, 1928, in Leetonia, Ohio, to Joseph…

  • Township honors official who wore many hats

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Bernie McLaughlin, center, is surrounded by family after receiving an award from Mayor John McCormac during a recent Township Council meeting. A fter countless hours of volunteering and holding leadership roles in the township, a former Woodbridge resident has been honored for his service to the community. Bernie McLaughlin,…

  • Menlo mall to launch Toys for Tots drive

    The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve will collect new, unwrapped toys for its Toys for Tots program every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 28-Dec. 22, in the Santa Court, Nordstrom wing, at the Menlo Park Mall, Edison. Cash donations also will be accepted. For more information, call Eddy Androvich at 908-565-1339.

  • Middlesex County College ranks among ‘Best for Vets’

    Professor James Martiney, from left, participates in a veteran meet-and-greet with Paul Lazaro, assistant in the Center for Veterans Services, Kayleigh Maklary, assistant in the MCC Foundation, and Christopher Pellegrino, president of the college’s Veterans and Servicemembers Association. PHOTO COURTESY OF THOMAS PETERSON EDISON — Middlesex County College is one of the most veteran-friendly colleges…

  • Bills would toughen burglary laws

    Currently in New Jersey, burglary is a third-degree crime that does not carry a prison sentence for a first-time offender. A bill that sought to upgrade the charge for the unlawful break-in of a home from a third-degree offense to a second-degree crime — resulting in a five- to 10-year prison term if convicted —…

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