• Supporters greet Buono during stop at Edison diner

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer State Sen. Barbara Buono, the Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor, is followed by supporters as she arrives at the Skylark Fine Diner & Lounge in Edison on Aug. 29. EDISON — The plight of small businesses, job growth and gay-marriage rights were among the topics discussed when gubernatorial candidate…

  • Metuchen-based orchestra lands arena gig with Cirque Musica

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Performers in Cirque Musica, to be staged Sept. 18 at Sun National Bank Center, Trenton, perform sky-high acts that seem to defy gravity. METUCHEN — Fans of live music and the circus, prepare to be dazzled. Cirque Musica, a show that melds the beauty of orchestral songs and the splendor…

  • Petrovski-Feldman

    Kiersten Petrovski and Ilya Feldman Denise and Paul Petrovski of Woodbridge announce the engagement of their daughter, Kiersten Petrovski, to Ilya Feldman, son of Svetlana Feldman of Woodbridge. The future bride is a graduate of Woodbridge High School. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and a Master of Science degree in occupational…

  • Temple Emanu-El to host events in the sukkah

    Temple Emanu-El, 100 James St., Edison, willcelebrateSukkotwithaanumber of festive events. A pasta feast will take place at 6 p.m. Sept. 18. The feast will take place in the sukkah,followedbya7p.m.musicalSukkot service. Everyone will have an opportunity to make the blessing on the lulav and etrog, and to learn about the traditions of Sukkot. On Sept. 21,…

  • Police: Man robbed in park restroom

    EDISON — Police are investigating a report that a man was robbed inside a restroom at Roosevelt Park on Aug. 31. A 31-year-old East Brunswick male was in the restroom near Oakwood Avenue around 9 a.m. when he was approached by an unknown man who told him not to move and to hand over anything…

  • Former crossing guard admits to producing child pornography

    EDISON — A township man who once worked as a school crossing guard in Metuchen admitted Sept. 4 to taking compromising photographs of a naked child and distributing them and hundreds of other photographs of child sexual abuse over the Internet, according to U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. Kenneth Christensen, 44, pleaded guilty to one…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Matthew Tresslar of Allamuchy has been named vice president of health care financial services at Provident Bank. Tresslar is based in the bank’s Morristown office and will be responsible for providing financial services to health care professionals and organizations in New Jersey, cultivating new business relationships in the health care sector, managing lending processes and…

  • COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

    Edison chamber’s golf outing set for Sept. 17 The Edison Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual golf outing Sept. 17 at the Metuchen Golf & County Club, 244 Plainfield Road, Edison. The cost for individual golfers is $295, with special rates for groups, and includes a full day of events. Registration begins at 11…

  • CODA

    Christie is no supporter of medical marijuana in N.J. Greg Bean When Brian Wilson — whose 2-yearold daughter, Vivian, has a rare form of epilepsy that might be treated with medical marijuana — recently confronted New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie about approving a bill making it legal for children to use it as part of…

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