Tag: Clara Barton

  • Edison officials will discuss transit village concept

    Edison officials will discuss transit village concept

    EDISON — In an effort to attract millennials to Edison, township officials will begin to discuss the potential for a transit village concept at the New Jersey Transit train station on Plainfield Avenue. “[Millennials] are leaving areas such as Edison at a very fast rate and there’s very little that Edison has right now to…

  • The third annual Clara Barton Neighborhood Yard Sale to be held May 5

    The third annual Clara Barton Neighborhood Yard Sale to be held May 5

    The third annual Clara Barton Neighborhood Yard Sale will be held on May 5. The yard sale will be held a week prior to the township’s spring cleanup (bulk trash pickup). For more information visit www.clarabartonneighborhood.org.

  • Alumni of Boy Scout Troop 53, Fords invited to 75th anniversary celebration

    Boy Scout Troop 53, of Fords, will be celebrating its 75th Anniversary on April 14, 2018. All alumni are invited to attend the 75th Anniversary celebration at Our Lady of Peace Church, 620 Amboy Ave. The Troop was chartered to Our Lady of Peace Church in Fords on April 14, 1943 and has been part…

  • Clara Barton Neighborhood Watch meeting Sept. 21

    Clara Barton Neighborhood Watch meeting Sept. 21

    The next meeting of the Clara Barton Neighborhood Watch will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 21 at the Clara Barton First Aid Squad, 1079 Amboy Avenue, Edison.

  • Metuchen residents seek repaving

    Metuchen residents seek repaving

    METUCHEN — Amboy Avenue may have been paved recently, but residents who live on intersecting streets of the county road petitioned Borough officials to do something about their streets, which have been plagued with cracks and potholes for what they said has been a very long time. The Amboy Avenue resurfacing project along Amboy Avenue…

  • Tuskegee Airman to serve as parade grand marshal

    Tuskegee Airman to serve as parade grand marshal

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Resident Charles Nolley, a World War II Tuskegee airman, will serve as grand marshal for the township’s 55th annual Memorial Day Parade. “Not only is Mr. Nolley a witness to history, he is living history,” said Mayor Thomas Lankey. “His story is one of perseverance, dedication, service and…

  • Clara Barton residents question parking deck plan

    Clara Barton residents question parking deck plan

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Residents in the Clara Barton section of the township said they were left in a state of befuddlement on discussions of a parking deck on Amboy Avenue. “I don’t understand a parking deck in the middle of a residential neighborhood,” said resident Karen Halo, adding that Metuchen’s new six-story…