Edison News
By JACOB TURCHI
September 19, 2024
EDISON, NJ - The township will host their annual POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony on Friday at 2:00 PM at their POW/MIA Monument at 100 Municipal Boulevard. This ceremony is free and open to the public. The township will be remembering those who were made by prisoners of war(POW) and those missing in ...
EDISON, NJ - Head over to the Edison Public Library on Wednesday Sept. 25 for ‘An Evening of Black Girl Joy.’ Children ages 4 and older with a parent/caregiver are invited to join authors Ali Kamanda and Jorge Redmond at the Main Library at 6 p.m. for a discussion and signing on their soon-to-be ...
EDISON, NJ - Middlesex County will kick off their second annual Jazz Festival at Lake Papaianni on Wednesday, September 25 from 5:45 PM to 8:30 PM. This outdoor event is free and open to the public.Musicians will be selling their CDs and signing them after their performances. The schedule is as ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — This Central Jersey's newest small business owner has a stunning backstory.Shalena “Nikki” Bratcher-Beasley may not be household-name celebrity. But, scores of R&B music fans recall her from the 1990s girl-group “Divine,” that topped Billboard charts with their 1998 platinum ...
EDISON, NJ - The Topgolf located on Route 1 in Edison is seeking to amend their hours of operation and reduce its lighting, according to a letter from a law firm representing Topgolf. These changes are meant “to resolve issues raised by certain neighbors and the Township of Edison, concerning the ...
EDISON, NJ - The township will begin to distribute leaf bags to residents on Monday at the Recycling Center on New Durham Road, according to its website. Each household will get one allotment of 25 bags while supplies last. Residents must show their ID.Bags will be available September 23 through ...
EDISON, NJ - Join author and investigative journalist Diane Dimond on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at the Edison Public Library to learn more about the state-run guardianship/conservatory system and ways to safeguard yourself and loved ones. During the 6:30 p.m. event, which will take place at the North ...
EDISON, NJ - 31 high school juniors in Edison Township have been named semifinalists for the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit $2,500 Scholarships that will be awarded in the spring. The semifinalists are as follows:Edison Academy ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – It was a tail of two running backs as Sayreville won its first game of the year with a 40-21 win over Edison.Shaun Jackson ran for 178 yards and scored two touchdowns for the Bombers, while Nykier Eato rumbled for 167 yards on 28 attempts to lead Edison's rushing attack.However, ...
EDISON, NJ - Senior Theodora Xipolias scored five goals and Daniela Lyons added a hat trick to help the Spotswood High School girls varsity soccer team defeat JP Stevens High School 9-3 on Saturday. Middlesex got on the scoreboard first with a goal by Neha Thota. Xipolias tied the score before ...
MIDDLESEX BOROUGH, NJ — Police are casting a wide net to find a thief or thieves who stole a tractor trailer loaded with 25,000 pound of fresh-frozen shrimp.The frozen seafood, worth $305,000, and the $50,000 truck went missing sometime before 4 am on Thursday, Sept. 5th from a Smalley Avenue lot ...
EDISON, NJ - The township will host their first annual Great Big Italian Festival on Saturday at Lake Papaianni Park from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. This family-friendly event is free and open to the public. The festival will have sixteen food vendors, thirteen retail vendors, a beer garden, and a ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - In an exciting event for history enthusiasts and the local community, the South Plainfield Public Library will host a special presentation and discussion on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at 1:00 PM. The focus will be on the groundbreaking archaeological discovery of a ...
EDISON, NJ - Mayor Sam Joshi says he will reimburse the township for taking four Edison Police Officers with him to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August, according to a statement from Joshi. The four officers accompanied the Mayor for safety precautions, according to his ...
JAMESBURG, NJ - Jamesburg in Middlesex County in New Jersey, USA reached a symbolic hand across the water to Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England last month, and the reach was more than just a friendly handshake.Jamesburg and Chesham, like their mayors, became family.In 1929, Agnes Molloy left her ...
EDISON, NJ - The Edison Housing Authority hosted a grand opening and dedication ceremony on Thursday for the newly renovated Basketball and Tennis Courts at Robert E. Holmes Gardens. The $328,000 project was made possible through the township’s Community Development Block Program and the Edison ...
EDISON, NJ - Tom Seiz, a lifelong resident of South Plainfield and former biology teacher at South Plainfield High School, will be presenting a solo exhibition of his artwork at the Edison Municipal Building, sponsored by the Edison Arts Society. The exhibit, titled “Through the Seasons,” will ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Middlesex County is providing voters in New Jersey with many easy and accessible ways to cast their vote in the 2024 General Election on November 5, 2024. Those options include mailing ballots through the United States Postal Service (USPS); dropping a ballot in any of the ...
EDISON, NJ - The township will hold their annual September 11 Memorial Ceremony on Wednesday at 6:00 PM at the 9/11 Memorial at Lake Papaianni. This event is open to the public. In attendance will be Mayor Sam Joshi, members of the township council, and first responders. 11 Edison residents were ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The 18th annual New Jersey Senior Olympics brought a record-setting 1,400 competitors – age 50 into their 90s – to participate in two dozen weekend sporting events here.Top-seed winners – who walked away with gold, silver or bronze medals – will qualify for the 2025 National Senior ...
EDISON, NJ - The township council will hear an ordinance to limit the amount of time a person may address the council during meetings and eliminate the opportunity for rebuttal. The ordinance will be up for public hearing at the council’s next regular meeting on Wednesday, September 25. The council ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Bound by blood, to now bound by a pact, the Werrlein cousins enlisted in the Marine Corps. Local boys, Liam Werrlein, 18, and Sage Blanks, 18, will be shipped off to Parris Island, South Carolina on September 10th. The two boys will be tackling bootcamp side by side, facing ...
EDISON, NJ - The township will begin its annual fall clean-up and will continue every Saturday for the next five weeks. This pick-up is for large/bulky non-recyclable household items such as furniture, metals, fencing, washers/dryers, toilets, carpeting, etc. Collections will be done as ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Working as a member of the raising gang might be the hardest job among all the grueling and gritty jobs involved in the construction of the Health and Life Science Exchange (HELIX) project.It’s gotta be.Look, these ironworkers are tethered to the structure, nine, 10, 11 floors up, ...
EDISON, NJ - A FedEx driver was robbed and held at gunpoint in Edison Township on Thursday night, according to police. Authorities say the driver was not harmed.At 8:00 PM, the 35-year-old driver from Elizabeth was accosted by three men while switching over trailers on Greek Lane, according to ...
NEW JERSEY — Con artists are getting bolder and more creative, with new ways to cheat people out of money, according to the NJ Sheriff’s Association and police departments.The Sheriff’s Association of New Jersey (SANJ) issued a recent warning about a "significant increase" in these fraud cases ...
NEWARK – Two well-known philanthropists in Newark, and one key social services provider in the city, recently joined together for a TAPinto Roundtable focusing on the ways in which they are directly impacting the lives of those in need.The panel included Mary Ellen Harris, the president of the ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Middlesex County is proud to announce that the Office of the County Sheriff has received its fourth reaccreditation award from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP), a feat achieved by only less than 8% of New Jersey’s 550 law enforcement agencies.
EDISON, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone will hold a press conference in Edison Township to highlight a local solar project as a model for expanding clean energy across the state. The press conference will be on Thursday at 12:00 PM at 45 Patrick Avenue and will be live streamed on Facebook. Joining ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Animal rights activists held another protest outside Woodbridge Center on Saturday, decrying the alleged “inhumane treatment” of reptiles and other animals at SeaQuest, the mall’s popular indoor aquarium.Saturday’s protest was the second since Aug. 11th. It comes days after news ...