
SCOTT PILLING staff U.S. Marine Mark Milik stands tall at the Edison Senior Center with his proclamation from the mayor as his cousin, Jeanette Milik, proudly looks on.
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Barnes Jr. confirmed by state Senate as chair of Parole Board
BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer
For Edison Councilman Peter Barnes III, it is nothing but a family thing.Barnes III took the oath of office on March 15, making him the newest member of the New Jersey State Assembly and allowing him to serve out the remainder of his father's term in office. More...
McGuire's computer also contains searches for guns, chloral hydrate
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer
NEW BRUNSWICK - Someone at approximately 5:44 p.m. on April 18, 2004, typed the words "how to commit murder" into a search engine on the Internet on the McGuires' home desktop computer, according to a New Jersey State Police computer forensics expert. More...
Says wood from old, waterlogged trees gives hitters more power

BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer
Before the land was settled in the Great Lakes region, trees would grow for years on end without disturbance. Thousands upon thousands of acres would grow tall and wide, the canopies of leaves blocking out the sun so that the trunks would grow almost horizontally instead of vertically, cr... More...