• Woodbridge tab will hike tax rate 13 cents

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Woodbridge’s 2014 municipal budget received a previously unanticipated $900,000 increase in state aid, which will help the township pay upfront costs for two major capital improvements. The Woodbridge Township Council adopted the $133.4 million spending plan at its Oct. 8 meeting. The governing body had introduced a $124.7 million budget…

  • Sufi dervish to visit Metuchen gallery

    METUCHEN — On Nov. 3 at 3 p.m., Nails in the Wall, the Gallery at St. Luke’s, will sponsor a one-hour presentation by a Sufi dervish who “whirls” — Sakina, from the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Community in Tribeca, Manhattan. The Sufis are a Muslim group founded by the poet Rumi, and they use the act…

  • County vo-tech schools see enrollment rise

    A surge in enrollment marked the start of the school year in the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS). “There has been an increase in our enrollment and an increase in the demand for our career-major programs,” Superintendent of Schools Brian J. Loughlin said. Assistant Superintendent of Schools Dianne Veilleux said enrollment for the…

  • Center to offer bus trips to Atlantic City

    The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Middlesex County will sponsor Atlantic City trips on Oct. 28, Nov. 25 and Dec. 30. The bus will leave the JCC, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison, at 8:45 a.m., travel to Showboat Casino and leave Atlantic City at 5 p.m. The cost is $27 per person, with a casino…

  • Eagle Scout’s project is music to veterans’ ears

    Zubin Mulji EDISON — A local student brought the healing power of music to veterans in order to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. Zubin Mulji, a senior at Edison’s Wardlaw- Hartridge School, worked for more than a year on the project, which benefited the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park and 26…

  • Attackers sentenced in beating death of Old Bridge man

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer The June 25, 2010, beating death of Dr. Divyendu Sinha shattered the will of his surviving wife and two sons, they said, for the rest of their lives. Alka Sinha, wife of the deceased computer scientist from Old Bridge, stood before state Superior Court Judge Bradley Ferencz on Oct. 18,…

  • Local teens in running for scholarship program

    Five Edison students and one from Metuchen have been named semifinalists in the 2014 National Achievement Scholarship Program, chosen from among more than 1,600 African-American high school seniors. The winners — Ikenna N. Ugboaja of Edison High School; Whitney Wantong of J.P. Stevens High School, Edison; Shafeeq and Shareef Ibraheem of Wardlaw-Hartridge School, Edison; and…

  • Newly hired firefighters fill need, stir up debate

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The Edison Fire Department swore in 14 new firefighters and promoted one to the rank of captain during an Oct. 15 ceremony at Town Hall. Firefighter Joseph Anselmo was promoted to captain. The new firefighters are John Conner, Dennis Scholl, Jason Casale, Anthony Dina, Gary Latham, Anthony Tuminelli,…

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