Tag: Edison Board of Education
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Therapist charged with scamming Edison school board
A resident of the Martinsville section of Bridgewater Township, scammed the Edison Township Public Schools Board of Education out of more than $75,000 over a two-year period, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey announced. On Jan. 24, Rebecca Dean, 39, an occupational therapist who owns Tiny Tots Therapy Inc., Scotch Plains, was arrested and charged…
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Lankey touts teamwork in Edison
EDISON — As Mayor Thomas Lankey, a Democrat, begins his second term, he reached across the aisle calling for teamwork to move the township forward. “Edison does not have an election in 2018,” he said. “We need to put politics aside. The future is now, let’s roll up our sleeves and let the passion flow…
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Edison council discusses racist mailings
EDISON — The investigation into who is responsible for sending racist flyers that displayed two Board of Education candidates in an offensive light during the election season is active and ongoing, according to township officials. The Township Council had a raw discussion during the November council meetings about the ordeal that made national news last…
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Targeted school board candidates win seats in Edison
EDISON — The two Board of Education candidates, Jingwei “Jerry” Shi and Falguni Patel, who found themselves at the center of an offensive postcard flier mailing a week before the Nov. 7 election, prevailed for the three, three-year term seats available on the board. Shi, who will serve his second term, garnered the most votes…
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Lankey celebrates win with supporters
EDISON — It was 15 minutes after 9 p.m. election night and Edison Mayor Thomas Lankey yelled “We won” to a crowd of supporters at the Democratic headquarters in the Wick Plaza on Route 1. And with that, supporters yelled and applauded. Lankey garnered 12,032 votes over Republican challenger Keith Hahn, who received 8,574 votes,…
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Edison candidates condemn offensive election mailing
EDISON — The two Board of Education candidates displayed on the offensive postcard mailing that was anonymously distributed to township homes last week hope those who are responsible for the flier are held accountable. In a joint statement, Jerry Shi, who is running for reelection in the upcoming election on Nov. 7, and Falguni Patel,…
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Edison resident cherishes Asian Americans as good neighbors
It is unfortunate that the pusillanimous action of some biased people can besmirch the good reputation of the town of Edison by vilifying Chinese and Indian American immigrants with an anonymous mailer. Money magazine chose Edison as the 19th most desirable place in the nation to live and bring up children, in large measure due…
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Former mayor supports Board of Education candidates
Carol Bodofsky and Elizabeth Conway are two highly qualified residents of our township running for positions on the Edison Board of Education. Each has lived in town for more than 30 years; each has devoted years to volunteering their time to such organizations as the PTA (Parent Teacher Association), Girl Scouts, sports organizations, etc.; each…
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Edison resident supports incumbents for the Board of Education
Writing as a private citizen and not as an Edison board member, I want to heartily endorse two board member candidates running for their second three-year term: Beth Moroney and Jerry Shi. Retired in 2013 from the Edison schools, Beth Moroney has been an indefatigable worker for the school board and for the town, devoting…