• Rotunda Gallery kicks off new year with new exhibit

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer “Vienna Dreams” METUCHEN — An exhibition of the newest works by artist Chelsea Villegas of Highland Park will grace the walls of Metuchen Borough Hall’s Rotunda Gallery through March. The public is invited to attend an opening reception from noon to 2 p.m. Jan. 12. The Rotunda Gallery, located in…

  • Edison food pantry needs continued support

    On Saturday, Nov. 23, the Hands of Hope Food Pantry in Edison handed out 445 boxes of food including turkeys for Thanksgiving — the most ever distributed from our pantry. There were 135 new clients who registered with us that day, and each of the new recipients said they needed assistance this year due to…

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    Youngsters find the conditions for sledding to be just right at the former Howell municipal complex on Jan. 3. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR

  • Legacy of trailblazer recalled

    ‘I f I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants,” wrote Sir Isaac Newton, in a tip of his hat to earlier mathematicians upon whose work he built. New Jersey’s environmental movement has had its “giants” — and one of them was Richard J. Sullivan, who passed away in December…

  • Snow days

    Lilya Barlas, 5, of Metuchen, smiles to herself while making her way back up the hill at Tommy’s Pond in Metuchen for another trip down on her sled. PHOTO COURTESY OF PHOTOGRAPHY BY HEATHER LEE Lucas Klabonski, 6, of Metuchen, makes the trek up a small hill, sleds gleefully down and takes a brief rest…

  • Blood drives coming to Edison, Metuchen

    New Jersey Blood Services will hold blood drives on the following dates:  Jan. 16, 2-8 p.m., What’s the Scoop, 410 Main St., Metuchen  Jan. 21, 3-9 p.m., Cathedral of St. Francis, 32 Elm Ave., Metuchen  Jan. 28, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Middlesex County College, 2600 Woodbridge Ave., Edison Eligible donors should…

  • Professional development class available

    Central Jersey is getting ready for professional development. Doing Everything Right to Educate Kids (d.e.r.e.k.) of Morganville will hold “Let’s Get Ready,” a two-hour professional development session, from 9-11 a.m. Feb. 8 at the Radisson, 50 Gibson Place, off Route 537 West, Freehold. Derek Jones will instruct teachers in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania…

  • Electric car company seeks charging station at mall

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer EDISON — The township may soon become a destination for some electric car owners. Tesla, purveyor of the luxury Model S, has an application before the Edison Zoning Board of Adjustment to bring one of its Tesla Superchargers to the outskirts of the Menlo Park Mall. The electric car company…

  • Council members optimistic as they reorganize for 2014

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The new year brings a fresh start. That was the common theme expressed as the Edison Township Council reorganized on Jan. 1. Councilman Robert Karabinchak, who is serving his fourth term, was nominated to serve as council president, and Councilman Michael R. Lombardi will again serve as vice president. “The…

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