• Baseball scholarship fundraiser keeps player’s memory alive

    Best friends Chris Morales, left, and D.J. Geiling smile in their baseball uniforms in a photo taken years ago. EDISON — Chris Morales will never forget losing his best friend, D.J. Geiling, in a bicycle accident on Woodbridge Avenue in July 1994. Since then, Chris was determined to keep alive the memory of what their…

  • Artist’s exhibit takes attendees to church

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Claudette Akiko Lanneaux A n Edison artist will host the first solo exhibit of her career in her very own hometown. Claudette Akiko Lanneaux will present a mixed-media exhibit titled “Women of Substance” Sept. 13-30 at Art & Frame Express, 485 Route 1, Edison. “Women of Substance” will feature paintings…

  • Amtrak agrees to look at bridge on Main Street

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Police contend with a tractor-trailer that became lodged under the Main Street bridge in Metuchen on Sept. 2. Such incidents have become a regular occurrence in the borough. A nother truck becoming lodged under the Main Street bridge on Sept. 2 seemed to drive home the point that such occurrences…

  • Photo

    Robert Spiegel, executive director of the Edison Wetlands Association, and his pet pig, Edison, have a meeting of the minds during the organization’s Owl Prowl and Moth Night in the Dismal Swamp Conservation Area at the Triple C Ranch in Edison on Sept. 5.

  • Back-to-school week brings new courses, clubs, facilities

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Schools reopened with new offerings in Edison and Metuchen last week. Superintendent of Schools Vincent Caputo welcomed the 2,150 students back to Metuchen schools on Sept. 2. Teachers had returned on Aug. 26 and 27 for in-service training. This school year, the district has two new modular classrooms that were…

  • Freshman Class of 2015

    From family-minded crossovers to racy sports cars, say hello to eight brand new auto nameplates debuting for the 2015 model year By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Like parents sending their kids off to college for the first time, automakers ship an array of all-new models to dealers’ showrooms each fall they hope will become successful…

  • Q&A

    Where’s my loaner? with Sharon Peters Q: I just learned that my brother-in-law got a free loaner car from GM earlier this year when his car was recalled in the huge, notorious faulty ignition switch recall. I also have a GM that was recalled but got no loaner car. How’s that? A: You had to…

  • REAL ESTATE BRIEFS

    Mary Lou Mannino, sales associate with Gloria Nilson & Co, Real Estate’s Shrewsbury office, was named Agent of the Month for August. The award is given to the sales associate with the highest volume in closed sales within the month. “Mary Lou earned this award through her hard work and dedication to the outstanding customer…

  • Weichert, Realtors nominated as a 2014 finalist in the Inman News Innovator Awards

    Weichert, Realtors, a family of full-service real estate and financial service companies and one of the nation’s leading providers of homeownership services, was recently nominated as a 2014 finalist in the “Most Innovative Brokerage or Franchise” category of the Inman News Innovator Awards. Weichert was recognized for its one-of-a-kind WeichertPRO customer relationship management system. As…

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