Edison News
By JACOB TURCHI
November 16, 2024
EDISON, NJ - The township council will again consider an ordinance limiting the time residents may address the council and eliminate the opportunity for rebuttal. The ordinance will be up for a public hearing and adoption on Monday.The proposed ordinance would reduce the time a member of the public ...
EDISON, NJ - The planning board will hear an application for Raising Cane's, a popular chicken fast-food chain. The board will hear the application at their meeting on Monday at 7:00 PM in the council chambers.According to the agenda, Raising Cane's plans to convert the Hanmi Bank, located at 1031 ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Archith Raman of South Plainfield has a few more months before completing high school, but the 18-year-old South Plainfield resident can now cross 'breaking a Guinness World Record’ off his to-do list. Last month, Raman, who attends Edison Academy Magnet School, successfully ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ –Borough Hall will once again serve as a drop-off site for South Plainfield’s 12th Annual Toys for Tots drive. The 2024 collection kicks off Monday, Nov. 18 and will run through Thursday, Dec. 12. Donations of new and unwrapped toys, including but not limited to, dolls, ...
EDISON, NJ - The township council will consider an ordinance to establish rules of decorum for conduct during public meetings. The council will have a public hearing on this ordinance on Monday, November 25, according to the agenda. According to the ordinance, members of the public and council will ...
EDISON, NJ - The council is considering an ordinance to change the times alcoholic beverages can be served and sold on Sundays and New Year's Day. The council will have a formal public hearing on this ordinance on Monday, November 25.In Edison Township, alcoholic beverages can be sold, served, ...
CAMDEN, NJ - New Jersey American Water has issued a mandatory conservation notice for customers across the state. The notice follows a drought warning issued on Wednesday by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, which asked New Jersey residents to limit use.“We are dedicated to ...
SHORT HILLS, NJ — Former Rutgers football tackle Eric LeGrand – now a Woodbridge entrepreneur – pledges to continue support for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, a Short Hills nonprofit that raises money to find new spinal cord injury treatments.LeGrand, 34, owns LeGrand Coffee House at ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey residents are being asked to reduce water use, as the state has declared a drought warning. Previously, the state was under a drought watch, which was issued last month.Gov. Phil Murphy and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) say the warning, issued Wednesday, ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Impact Church Worldwide, located at 1253 New Market Avenue in South Plainfield, will hold a Community Health Fair on Saturday, Nov. 16. Organized by the congregation’s Care Ministry Team, the event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and offer attendees access to valuable ...
EDISON, NJ - Authorities have arrested and charged an Edison man in connection to a series of armed robberies near the train station. Police say Lamond Ellis, age 37, is currently logged at the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Facility and awaiting a detention hearing."This arrest is a direct ...
EDISON, NJ—Municipal offices and all three public library branches will be closed on Monday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day. Normal operating hours will resume on Tuesday.The township will host a Veterans Day ceremony at the NJ Veterans Memorial Home, municipal complex, and Veterans ...
NEWTON, NJ – Firefighters from Newton and other Sussex County departments are assisting local fire departments with the Jennings Creek fire in which a young firefighter lost his life in the line of duty. Some reports say a tree fell on him as he was battling the blaze in Sterling Forest, though ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - “Just a country boy.” That's what Philip Streczyk called himself. His family's 280-acre farm was located at the south end of East Brunswick, New Jersey. The farm had a stage for dancing - as did other locations in East Brunswick -and it also had a ring for fighting, which ...
EDISON, NJ—The township will host a youth Thanksgiving basketball free-throw competition on Saturday, November 16, at 10:00 AM at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. Registration is required by Thursday, November 14. Click here to register. The “Fowl” shooting competition will be divided into four ...
EDISON, NJ - The township will host their annual Veterans Day ceremony on Monday, according to a press release. The ceremony will include a street signing dedication and a wreath laying at Veterans Memorial Park. "We are honored to host this special day to show our gratitude and appreciation for ...
EDISON, NJ - The county will be hosting a hazardous waste drop off day at Middlesex College, at 2600 Woodbridge Ave in Edison Township. The event will be on Sunday, November 17, from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The county will only be collecting materials from residents. Items from commercial businesses ...
EDISON,, NJ - The board of education recently paid a $3 million settlement in a lawsuit that alleges a student was groomed and sexually abused by an Edison High School teacher in the 1980s. This is one of the eight claims against the former shop teacher and weight lifting coach Frederick Burkley, ...
EDISON, NJ - With all the district's reporting, Ralph Errico, Jingwi ‘Jerry’ Shi, and Ronak Patel have been elected to the Edison Board of Education. They will serve a three-year term.Patel came in with 16,818 votes, Errico with 16,576 votes, and Shi with 15,754 votes. Incumbents Brian Rivera and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Gerald Pomper, who wrote the book (or, actually, 19 of them) on American elections, is telling the students assembled in his Election of 2024 class that he doesn’t believe there is such a thing as undecided voters.“They may not know what they decided,” he said. “I’ll give you my ...
EDISON, NJ - The township has opened a Public Safety Exhibit at the Municipal Complex Gallery to showcase the history of the Edison Police and Fire Department. Members of the township council, police department, and the Cultural Arts Commission unveiled the new exhibit on Monday, according to a ...
EDISON, NJ - Born with a complex cardiac defect, Marisa Tufaro lived with a medical condition that restricted her from some physical activity, but never prevented her from bowling.Marisa, who died in 2017 at the age of 13 from a rare form of cancer following six open-heart surgeries and a heart ...
EDISON, NJ - A 63-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a car on Route 1 on Monday morning, according to police. The identity of the victim has not been released as authorities are trying to reach next of kin.At 4:15 AM, the pedestrian was struck while trying to cross Route 1 Northbound and ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - Election day for the 2024 general election will be on Tuesday, November 5, and Edison residents will be voting for three candidates for the board of education for a three-year term. Residents will also be voting for a County Commissioner, a representative for New Jersey’s ...
EDISON, NJ - The Township Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed improvements to Angels Field, located at the intersection of Truman Avenue and Clif Prescod Lane. The hearing will be held on Monday, November 25, at 7:00 PM at the council chambers at 100 Municipal Boulevard. To learn ...
NEWARK, NJ — A Woodbridge accountant for a New Jersey manufacturing company will serve 12 months and one day in federal prison for filing false tax returns, according to U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger.Thomas J. Kohutich, 34, pleaded guilty to two counts of filing false tax returns in 2018 and 2019 ...
NEW JERSEY — People really like to share ‘selfies’ on social media.Avoid this temptation on Election Day when voting at your local polling place. It’s illegal in the Garden State to take ‘selfies’ with your ballot. So are a few other things that New Jersey law considers to be ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - In this Halloween season, apparently the dead can vote in Middlesex County.Lori Mulligan, 58, of Parlin, and Katherine Fokas, 57, of Monroe have been charged with unrelated crimes involving voter fraud for attempting to vote on behalf of a deceased family member.Middlesex ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Middlesex County welcomed families from across the region to celebrate the fall season with its first-ever Fall Harvest Festival at East Jersey Old Town Village, 1050 River Road, in Piscataway.Held this past weekend, October 25-27, the festival showcased a variety of seasonal ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - Bill Romano was leaving Scarlet Fever on Somerset Street with a bag stuffed with Rutgers gear that he planned on wearing to the football team’s clash with UCLA a few Saturdays ago.A transplanted New Jerseyan now living in Naples, Fla., he likes to stock up on Scarlet Knights ...