• Edison youngsters walk toward breast cancer cure

    Kindergartners from Edison’s Martin Luther King Elementary School display their banner proudly as participants in the third annual Walk for the Cure. PHOTO COURTESY OF SUSAN SQUILLACE EDISON — Martin Luther King Elementary School students, staff, parents and community members teamed up to raise awareness for breast cancer in the school’s third annual Walk for…

  • Calendar shows ‘Dog Days’ of Woodbridge

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Senior pit bull Candy will be featured in the “Dog Days” calendar, along with her brother, Bear. The calendar will be sold to raise funds for the Woodbridge Animal Shelter and Pet Adoption Center. AMY ROSEN/STAFF Woodbridge native Jill Caren knows that a professional image can be the key to…

  • Developmental centers to be focus of closure hearing

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — A hearing on the closure of the Woodbridge Developmental Center and the ensuing transition of its residents will likely occur in mid-January before the state Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. In August 2012, a state task force issued a binding recommendation to shutter the Rahway…

  • Scouts set poinsettia sale for Dec. 7-8

    Boy Scout Troop 17 of Metuchen-Edison will hold a poinsettia sale 5:30-8 p.m. Dec. 7 and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 8 at St. Francis Cathedral, 528 Main St., Metuchen. Some wreaths will also be available. Plants will be located in the breezeway on the Library Place side of the cathedral.

  • Edison school among winners in ‘YO! School Rocks’ contest

    Mom Zosia Campisi looks on as her children, second-grader Aniela and kindergartner Mark, create frozen yogurt concoctions. PHOTO BY STEVE HOCKSTEIN, HARVARD STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY EDISON — The township’s Saint Matthew School won $500 for school supplies and student activities as the thirdplace winner in the Let’s YO! “YO! School Rocks” campaign. “We created the ‘YO!…

  • First Presbyterian sets services and events

    The following events and services will take place at the First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen:  Dec. 8, 6 p.m., Advent workshop in the FPC Social center  Dec. 15, 6 p.m., Christmas caroling; meet in the FPC Education Building, Room 109  Dec. 24, 6 p.m., Christmas Eve services, family service and Christmas play;…

  • Community college hosts Saturday hours

    Students and future students in need of enrollment services at Middlesex County College may take advantage of special hours on Dec. 7. The offices at 2600 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, will be open 8:30 a.m. to noon that day. Also on Dec. 7, the Perth Amboy Center, 60 Washington St., and the New Brunswick Center, 140…

  • ‘The Three Doctors’ to bring inspirational message to Edison

    Basketball benefit to help local charities By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer “The Three Doctors” — Rameck Hunt, left to right, George Jenkins and Sampson Davis — have not only surmounted odds to become doctors, but also make it their life’s work to help others. EDISON — Peer pressure is often found to be at the…

  • GIRL TALK

    Ready or not, aging happens Clare Marie Celano Well, it’s all over but the shouting now, folks — depending on how one perceives being eligible to receive a check from the government to either stay home and make potholders or book a Caribbean cruise. In my case, potholders are the more likely scenario. I received…

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