• Elks will host benefit Nov. 3 pasta dinner

    The Edison Elks will host a pasta dinner fundraiser to benefit the Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation 2-6 p.m. Nov. 3 at the lodge, 375 Old Post Road. Festivities will include music by DJ Lou, basket raffles, a silent auction and face painting. Total Nonstop Action (TNA) wrestling superstar Robbie E. will be available for pictures and…

  • Beerfest a sold-out success

    Sandra Rubio of the Roadside Graves rocks out on acoustic guitar as her bandmate, drummer Colin Ryan, keeps the beat behind her. PHOTOS COURTESY OF PHOTOGRAPHY BY HEATHER LEE Above: Moshe Atzbi, left, of Hailey’s Harp & Pub, and Chris Flynn, owner of Hailey’s, take a break from the hard work of coordinating the brews…

  • Four mayoral candidates seek top post in Edison

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Antonia Ricigliano EDISON — Four candidates are vying for the four-year mayoral term that is up for election on Nov. 5. Mayor Antonia Ricigliano, 73, a longtime councilwoman before being elected mayor, is seeking her second term as an independent after not receiving the endorsement of the Edison Democratic Organization…

  • Candidates vie for three seats on Edison Township Council

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Robert C. Diehl EDISON — Two incumbents and 10 newcomers are vying for three available four-year terms on the Township Council. The 12 candidates are split among four teams. Mayor Antonia Ricigliano’s team consists of Howard Zuckerman, Annie Wan and Sandip Patel. Ricigliano decided to run as an independent after…

  • Scout helps spiff up church playground

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The playground renovated by Garrett Shafer and other volunteers is now equipped with swings, a picnic table and a newly painted shed. METUCHEN — When Metuchen High School senior Garrett Shafer, 16, looked at the aging swing set on the grounds of the First Presbyterian Church on Woodbridge Avenue, he…

  • Business partners campaign for fair trade in Metuchen

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Louisa Dadzie, a batiker on southern Ghana’s Cape Coast, is a producer for Global Mamas, a company that supplies products to Marafiki Fair Trade. PHOTO COURTESY OF LINDA KOSKOSKI METUCHEN — A pair of borough merchants is working to make Metuchen a “Fair Trade Town.” Linda Koskoski asked the Borough…

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    Farrington Lake, East Brunswick. MIKE HEILBRONN

  • Affordable Care Act helps domestic-violence victims

    October is a month dedicated to the awareness of domestic violence. This is a time to recognize the terrible destruction of relationships and the suffering within families that can follow intimate-partner violence. This violence is one of the most underreported crimes in the U.S., victimizing one in four women. Did you know that only 25…

  • Safety issues on Route 27 need to be addressed

    The recent story about the fatal crash in Edison reminded me of the horrific nightmare that my family and I went through many years ago. I was driving down Route 27 in Highland Park when another driver was intent on killing himself. Unfortunately, my family was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The…

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