• Brodeur continues Jersey Shore grand prix dominance

    The Jersey Shore Golden Grand Prix has been golden for distance runner Andrew Brodeur. The former state champion at Brick Memorial High School and star at Duke University has won every race that he has entered in the Grand Prix series this summer. His latest triumph was in the Asbury Park 5K on Aug. 9.…

  • Announcers add to excitement of area games

    By JIMMY ALLINDER Spotswood High School football announcer Ron Mazzola has been behind the mic at high school games for 20 years — 15 at Old Bridge High School and the last five at Spotswood. Looking through the glass, Mazzola tries to be enthusiastic for the home team while also being fair to the visiting…

  • Walkathon to support James Monroe School

    A 5K walkathon will be held as a community fundraising event for James Monroe Elementary School, Edison, on Sept. 13 at Thomas Edison Park, Mill Road, Edison. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. Mayor Thomas Lankey will address those present at 9 a.m. The fee is $15 for adult participants; and $10 for kids, students…

  • County slates free Labor Day weekend concert

    The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders will present the ninth annual Labor Day Weekend Concert at 4 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Stephen J. Capestro Theater on Pine Drive in Roosevelt Park, Edison. The gates will open at 3 p.m. The evening of entertainment will feature the cast of Beatlemania and Tusk, a Fleetwood…

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    Middlesex County Parks and Recreation employee Christopher Timm feeds a banana to a deer in the zoo at Johnson Park, Piscataway. The fruit was provided by Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services due to a surplus of bananas.

  • COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

    Metuchen PBA golf outing slated for Sept. 11 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…

  • Property complaints prompt tax-lien proposal in Metuchen

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer METUCHEN — Officials may soon have another tool in their arsenal for dealing with neglected properties in the borough. An amendment to Metuchen’s property maintenance ordinance introduced at the Aug. 18 Borough Council meeting would give the town the ability to do work on a property when an owner fails…

  • Court overturns ‘arbitrary’ police promotions in Edison

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON— A state appeals court has ruled that the police promotions made by a lame-duck administration in 2009 were arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable. The promotions were challenged in court by two officers — Bruce A. Polkowitz, now a captain, and Edward Wheeler, now a lieutenant — who were not included…

  • Woodbridge, Edison officials take the challenge for ALS

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Edison Mayor Thomas Lankey, center, is unrecognizable beneath the barrage of icy water being dumped over his head by Edison police Patrolman Joe Chonka, left to right, Captain Andy Fresco and Chief Thomas Bryan. The ALS “Ice Bucket Challenge” has taken the nation by storm, with ordinary people, celebrities and…

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