• Metuchen mourns longtime resident, community servant

    FILE PHOTO Retired Superior Court Judge Richard F. Plechner swears in Stanley E. Lease Jr. to a Borough Council seat in 2011. METUCHEN — A former councilman with a long history of community service has died. Stanley E. Lease, Jr., 79, a 50-year Metuchen resident, died Sept. 2 at JFK Medical Center, according to his…

  • Walking tour slated for Lower East Side

    Tour guide Marty Schneit will lead a walking tour of New York City’s Lower East Side on Sept. 17. The tour will include the Jewish Daily Forward building, the oldest bialy factory in the United States, the only family-owned matzo factory in the U.S., the Educational Alliance, the Henry Street Settlement, the Henry Street Playhouse,…

  • Edison AARP to offer meeting, trips

    Edison AARP Chapter 3446 will meet at 1 p.m. Sept. 15 in the American Legion Hall, 167 Brower Ave., Edison, with guitarist and singer Ian Gallagher providing entertainment at the meeting. Dues will be collected, along with canned food, items for nursing homes, metal can tabs and eyeglasses. The group also has trips set for…

  • Walk to benefit persons with disabilities

    Spectrum for Living, a provider of housing and services that benefit adults with developmental disabilities, will host its annual central New Jersey walk-a-thon on Sept. 14 at Roosevelt Park, Edison. Spectrum provides housing, medical, clinical, habilitative, social and educational services to more than 200 residential consumers and hundreds of community clients. For registration information, visit…

  • Veterans program to discuss patriotism

    The Ladies Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars, District 8 Auxiliary, will hold a POW/MIA program at 2 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Veterans Memorial Home, Menlo Park, 132 Evergreen Road, Edison. VFW National President Ann Panteleakos will discuss “Patriotism Begins at Home” with the hospital’s veterans. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. For…

  • Metuchen PBA golf outing scheduled

    The Metuchen Police Benevolent Association (PBA) No. 60 will hold a Sept. 11 golf outing at the Bunker Hill Golf Course, 220 Bunker Hill Road, Princeton. Registration is at noon and the outing will begin at 1 p.m. with a shotgun start. The fee is $125 per golfer. Registration is due by Sept. 1. Checks…

  • Film festival kicks off at Rutgers this week

    The fall edition of the New Jersey Film Festival opens this week, featuring more than 25 film screenings in September and October. The 33rd annual festival will showcase new international films, American independent features, experimental and short subjects, classic revivals and cutting-edge documentaries, according to a press release from the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media…

  • Gregory William Gers

    Gregory Gers, 52, of Metuchen, passed away at home on Aug. 30, 2014, following a long illness. He was affectionately surrounded by family and close, devoted friends. “Greg” was preceded in death by his loving parents, Jane and John V. Gers; and his dear sister, Eugenie Lyons. He is survived by beloved brothers, John F.…

  • Supercharger puts Tesla drivers on the road to ‘range confidence’

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer A Tesla Model S sits charging at the newly opened Supercharger outside Menlo Park Mall in Edison. EDISON — Many are getting a charge out of the area outside the Menlo Park Mall. Tesla, purveyor of the luxury Model S, recently opened its Supercharger there. “It plugs a gap,” said…

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