• Apps can enhance outdoor fun, safety

    Any time is a good time to explore New Jersey’s great outdoors, and fall is especially glorious. If you want to find out where to hike, bike, paddle, fish, bird-watch, hunt or visit historic sites, check your phone. Over 60 percent of mobile phones are smartphones, and there’s been an explosion of new apps, or…

  • Tutor training offered by Literacy Programs

    Literacy Programs of New Jersey (LPNJ) will conduct training classes for tutors 1-4 p.m. Nov. 2, 9, 16 and 23 at the Metuchen Library, 480 Middlesex Ave. The training program is a 12-hour course, split into four sessions that are three hours each. Trainees are taught the main principles of adult learning, and the program…

  • Mayor: Red-light cameras led to drop in accidents

    EDISON — Data collected by township officials show a 71 percent reduction in rightangle crashes at three of Edison’s most problematic intersections since red-light cameras were put in place. The automated photo-enforcement program is designed to detect and deter drivers who run red lights, Mayor Antonia Ricigliano said. “Right-angle crashes are the most deadly type…

  • Dog park may come to Metuchen

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer METUCHEN — Pooches could soon be free to run, bark and sniff their way through a park of their own in Metuchen. Mayor Thomas Vahalla has announced the formation of an 11-person committee to explore the possibility of establishing a community dog park. The entity planned to meet this week,…

  • Temple Emanu-El sets November events

    Temple Emanu-El, 100 James St., Edison, will host the following events throughout November:  Shabbat B’Shir, a music-filled intergenerational Shabbat service starting at 10 a.m., will take place Nov. 2.  Tot Shabbat, an age-appropriate evening Shabbat program for children up to 6 years old, will take place at 6 p.m. Nov. 15. The program…

  • Metuchen officials foster safety through Complete Streets

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer METUCHEN — Applause broke out in Borough Hall after the Borough Council voted unanimously to adopt a Complete Streets policy in town. “We don’t usually get applause when we adopt something,” Mayor Thomas Vahalla said. Towns that adopt Complete Streets policies agree to consider the future planning of streets from…

  • Teen supports friend in fight against cancer

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Metuchen residents Conor McCadden, 15, and Brian Eustace, 18, share a longtime friendship and a love of basketball. METUCHEN — One teen’s act of friendship and support for an ailing friend has had an impact on the lives of many others. When Brian Eustace, 18, found out that his friend…

  • ‘Third time’s the charm’ for Metuchen’s first-wed gay couple

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Metuchen residents David Katz, left, and Richard Alagona gaze into each other’s eyes as they prepare to become the first same-sex couple married in the borough. Mayor Thomas Vahalla, a longtime friend of the couple, officiated. Below: The happy newlyweds turn to their loved ones as Vahalla applauds. PHOTOS BY…

  • Edison officers file lawsuit against police chief, others

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Seven Edison police officers filed a lawsuit last week, claiming they have suffered through a hostile work environment and received disparate treatment based in part on their political affiliations. The litigating officers are Edward Wheeler, Jeffrey Soriano, Fred Huth, Natale “Andrew” Fresco, Joseph Vasta, Jerome Sisolak and Shawn Meade. The…

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