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Pro-wrestling event fundraiser scheduled
An all-star pro-wrestling event to benefit St. Matthew’s Athletic Association will be held at 7:35 p.m. Nov. 9 in the gymnasium of St. Matthew’s, 81 Seymour Ave., Edison. Headlining this event will be former WWE tag-team champion The Hurricane. Other special guests include FWF heavyweight champion The Atomic Dog, Right To Party, “Corrupted” Corey Havoc,…
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Driver goes wrong way onto Greenway, ends up in ditch
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — The Middlesex Greenway officially opened last year and has been used for biking, running and walking. A driver recently tried to add another mode of transportation to that mix. A Hoboken woman in a new Mini Cooper made an apparent wrong turn on Amboy Avenue and Lake Avenue,…
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Project ensures veterans’ stories will not be forgotten
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer World War II veterans Lorraine Hocheim and Eugene Cook, both residents at JFK Medical Center Haven Hospice in Edison, have shared their stories with fellow veteran and volunteer Joe Belardo, who stands behind them at left. Also pictured are volunteer Marie Keane, rear center, and Maureen David, the hospice’s volunteer…
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More trucks getting stuck under bridge in Metuchen
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer A truck is lodged under Metuchen’s Main Street bridge on Feb. 13. PHOTO COURTESY OF TYREEN REUTER Metuchen officials are seeking ways to solve the ongoing problem of trucks being unable to cross under the Main Street bridge. “There has been an increase in bridge strikes,” said Tyreen Reuter, co-chair…
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Vietnam vets share stories as tour guides
By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Walter Balon, a member of American Legion Lenape Post 211, raises his hand in a salute during an Oct. 20 remembrance service at Sayreville Borough Hall. The annual ceremony honors those who fought in the Vietnam War. SCOTT FRIEDMAN I t would be decades after the Vietnam War before some…
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Lankey and team win mayor and council seats in Edison
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Come Jan. 1, Thomas Lankey will be Edison Township’s new mayor. By 9:30 p.m. Nov. 5, the unofficial numbers said it all. Lankey, who is in his first term on council, came in with 8,021 votes to beat out incumbent Mayor Antonia Ricigliano, who garnered 5,497 votes. “This…
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Metuchen Democrats hold onto council seats
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer METUCHEN — The two incumbent Democrats were reelected to their seats on the Borough Council, both winning their second three-year term on the governing body in the Nov. 5 election. “I feel very excited,” Councilwoman Dorothy Rasmussen said just after hearing she won along with her running mate, Councilman Jim…
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ELECTION: STOCKTON
BOROUGH COUNCIL (vote for two; three-year terms) Timothy J. Nemeth (D) 166 STOCKTON BOARD OF EDUCATION (vote for two; three-year terms) No names on ballot (vote for one; one-year unexpired term) Cathleen Nemeth 125 SOUTH HUNTERDON REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (vote for one) David L. Pasicznyk 105
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