• Forsgate golf outing benefits Autism Speaks

    By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Sean Stevenson tees off at the start of the Forsgate Foundation’s Chip in for Charity fundraising event to benefit Autism Speaks at Forsgate Country Club in Monroe on Aug. 26. MATT DENTON A reality TV star lent her support to the New Jersey chapter of Autism Speaks during an Aug.…

  • Tickets on sale for Sept. 21 garden tour

    The Edison Arts Society will hold its eighth annual garden tour 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept 21, rain or shine. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 on the day of the event. Tickets are available at Devine’s Pharmacy, Oak Tree Road, Edison; PM Studio, Amboy Avenue, Edison; and Brass Lantern, Main Street, Metuchen.

  • Program focuses on how to start a theater

    James Vagias, co-producing artistic director of the American Theater Group, will illustrate what goes into starting and running a nonprofit theater with “Let’s Put On A Show,” set for 10:30 a.m. Sept. 10 at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. Vagias will take the audience behind the scenes…

  • Theater workshop to be offered by JCC

    Participants can gain confidence and experience in singing, dancing and acting by participating in a theater workshop to be held at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. The program is open to those in grades 5-9 and will be offered on Tuesdays from 4:45-5:30 p.m. Sept. 10 to…

  • ‘Moorish Connection’ hits the stage Sept. 8

    The Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre, a Spanish dance and flamenco dance company, will perform “The Moorish Connection” at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 8 at Middlesex County College’s Main Stage Theater, 2600 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. The audience will be treated to an afternoon of dance, live music and song exploring the era of cultural interactions of Persia,…

  • Viewpoint All good things come to an end

    Donna Kenyon Call me crazy, but I don’t like Labor Day, and not just because I can’t wear white pants anymore. I have always detested Labor Day ever since I was a child and the holiday signaled the dreaded back-to-school routine. Then, I think I disliked it even more as an adult and as the…

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  • Political, legal changes are needed

    How many of you are unemployed, living paycheck to paycheck, not taking vacations, not eating out, and generally worried about your retirement and also how your children will manage since you cannot help them financially? I would think most of us are fools because we allow public servants, politicians, etc., to receive huge pensions while…

  • Driver questions lack of police communication

    While driving in the teeming rain toward Highland Park this morning, I noticed a darkened police car deep in a parking lot — that was no big deal in itself. But a short distance past Parsonage Road, the traffic slowed down and began trying to turn around. There were two cars deeply emerged in the…

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