• Save-A-Friend effort to help animals in need

    EDISON — Animals that have been cast aside and left to die may need nothing more than human friends to save them. With this in mind, the Edison Wetlands Association (EWA) has launched the Save- A-Friend program to house and care for animals that have been discarded without consideration for their lives. Despite the absence…

  • Free ACT/SAT practice test offered at library

    Kaplan Test Prep will offer a free ACT/SAT combination practice test 12:30-4:30 p.m. Nov. 22, at the Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. The combination practice test, which lasts more than three hours, will help students decide which test is right for them. Students will receive scores and feedback via email from Kaplan Test…

  • Festive activities planned for annual Holiday Stroll

    By REBECCA CHENG Correspondent WOODBRIDGE — To kick off the holiday season and honor small businesses in the township, residents are invited to take a stroll downtown. Presented by Woodbridge Township, Woodbridge Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Merchants Association, the seventh annual Holiday Stroll will be held 1-4 p.m. Nov. 29 on Main…

  • Forum sheds light on safety after recent home invasions

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer South Plainfield Police Chief James Parker, Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan, TV Asia’s H.R. Shah, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey, Chief of County Investigators Gerard McAleer and Old Bridge police Capt. Robert Weiss await questions from attendees at a Nov. 12 forum in Edison on the recent spate of home…

  • Ice rink slated to reopen

    Middlesex County’s Roosevelt Park Family Ice Skating Rink, Edison, will open for its 11th season on Nov. 19. Located at the Level Playing Fields Complex in Roosevelt Park, the rink is open Wednesday through Friday, 5-9 p.m.; Saturdays and holidays, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (session 1), 2-5 p.m. (session 2) and 6-9 p.m. (session…

  • Saluting veterans

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Clockwise from top left: Student Council Vice President Jeffrey Zou, left to right, President Dhruv Chaturvedi and Secretary Ramaa Deshpande salute veterans during the annual Veterans Day ceremony at Martin Luther King Elementary School in Edison on Nov. 14. Dhruv reads to the audience. U.S. Army veteran and former physical education…

  • Program to aid Metuchen’s downtown area

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Metuchen’s membership in the Main Street New Jersey (MSNJ) program could help breathe life into what some see as an ailing downtown. “This seems to be something people have wanted for a long time,” said Councilwoman Allison Inserro, who led efforts to get the borough accepted into the program at…

  • Many hungry for later school breakfasts

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Many schools offer breakfast programs for students before the school day gets underway, but large percentages of students eligible for free or reduced cost breakfasts are failing to take advantage of the programs. The nonprofit Advocates for the Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) is advocating for a “Breakfast After…

  • Photo

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Student Council Secretary Ramaa Deshpande, left, takes part in a warm embrace with U.S. Navy veteran Tim Bratyanski during the annual Veterans Day ceremony at Martin Luther King Elementary School in Edison on Nov. 14. For more photos, see page 3.

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