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October 22, 2008
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Ankitha Yaddanadad (l-r), 10, of Marlboro, Anisha Ahmed, 10, of Scotch Plains and Claire Greavy, 10, of Scotch Plains, check out the display of student artwork at the Annual Fall Fair at the Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison on Saturday. More...
Board cites concern over contamination, space needs

The Edison Township Board of Education (BOE) decided against building a new elementary school on a 5-acre parcel of land off Jackson Avenue, which would have been part of an overall redevelopment of the site. The decision, made during the board's Oct. 16 meeting, did not even reach the point wher... More...


Prosecutor: Several violent street gangs active in county

Some 82 alleged gang members have been arrested in Middlesex County over the past six months as part of a lengthy investigation into gang activity by numerous law enforcement agencies. Authorities identified nearly a dozen street gangs, including the commonly known Bloods and Crips, with members ... More...


Residents learn about realities of police work at civilian academy

People slowly filed into the room, walking past a small group of uniformed police along the way to their seats, arranged in neat, ordered rows. Most came alone, but some arrived in pairs. As the clock in the front ticked forward, the low murmur that settles over any group of people waiting for som... More...


Impulse purchases of Chihuahuas expected in hit movie's wake

An area animal rescue group is bracing for an influx of newly abandoned Chihuahuas after the box office success of the film "Beverly Hill Chihuahua," which made close to $30 million its opening weekend. The movie features a large cast of talking dogs and follows the story of a pampered Chihuahua ... More...


The Men's Fellowship of the First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at noon at the Sawadee Thai Restaurant, 400 Main St., Metuchen. The meeting will feature speaker L. Mason "Lou" Neely, chief financial officer for East Brunswick Township for 32 years. More...
Will Mayor Jun Choi and his four council cronies ever get it? In three years, we have seen Choi enjoy a 35 percent tax increase, the use of $6 million in capital financing, and have access to large surpluses in the municipal and the sewer budgets. More...
Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH
Although I doubt that I'll ever have the time to hug a tree, I have been attempting to make a change or two in order to help the planet. If for nothing else, then for the sake of the children. I've cut back on processed foods and stocked up on organic matter. I exchanged my aerosols for spray pu... More...
Coda • GREG BEAN
Last May, I wrote a column bemoaning that my white whale of a Ford 150 pickup had all the resale value of the ubiquitous exercise equipment you see at yard sales. Drive by a yard sale at the end of the day, and chances are the used dishes and pots and pans and tools, and even the portraits of Elv... More...
Red State/ Blue State • DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN
Dear Greg: There's no joy in Mudville for Red Staters these days, old friend, as even ardent supporters of John McCain predict big trouble come Election Day. I heard James Carville say of McCain the other day, "Stick a fawk in 'im. He's done. More...
Scarlet Knights hold on late to defeat Huskies; team is now 2-5 on the season
Following two straight narrow defeats, many of the Rutgers football faithful felt the team was due to have things go their way for a change. Maybe it was time for quarterback Mike Teel to break out of his season-long slump, or time for Dom Natale to get his crack at running the team. Or perhaps t... More...