Learn about Windows 7
03/11/10
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Learn about Windows 7
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Middlesex County ELC
03/12/10
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Middlesex County Employers Legislative Committee
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Speed Networking
03/16/10
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What to Build Your Client Base in Middlesex County?
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Power of Email Marketing
03/17/10
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Power of Email Marketing, Getting Started with Constant Contact
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Edison Chamber Membership Committee Meeting
03/17/10
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Membershp Committee Meeting
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Edison Chamber Marketing and Communications Commit
03/17/10
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marketing and communications committee
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Taste of Middlesex Committee Meeting
03/19/10
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Taste of Middlesex Committee Meeting
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Taxes and Government Spending
03/24/10
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This event is part of the NJBIA's "Meet the Decision Makers" series.
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Social Media Networking Workshop
03/31/10
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How To Be Effective in Social Media Networking
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Edison Township, with access to nearly every major highway in Central New Jersey, is one of the state's most populous municipalities. Although the 2000 census reports a population of 98,000, officials now estimate it is over 103,000, and growing at a 2.4% rate.
Crowded industrial parks, including Raritan Center, the state's largest, help provide Edison with one of the largest municipal tax bases in New Jersey. Among the notable companies with Edison campuses are Dr. Leonard's Healthcare Corp., Fuji Film USA, Huber Corp., International Technidyne Corp., JFK Medical Center, JFK Rehabilitation Institute, Marlabs Middlesex, Metex Corp., New Brunswick Scientific, Prestigue Window Fashions, Solaris Health Systems, United Parcel Service, and Wakefern Foods.
Once part of Piscataway and Woodbridge Townships, the area was incorporated as Raritan Township in 1870 as a loosely connected grouping of neighborhoods. When Metuchen seceded from the center of Raritan Township in 1900, the municipality was left looking like a 35-square mile donut. Metuchen now divides North Edison and South Edison.
Raritan Township changed its name to Edison Township in 1954, after Thomas Alva Edison, whose laboratory was in the Menlo Park section of town, and is close to the property of Edison's lab, wherein he perfected the electric light, invented the phonograph, and is credited with over 1000 patents.
The township was once home to two large military bases: The Raritan Arsenal and Camp Kilmer, which were phased out in the 1960s. Today Raritan Center and Middlesex County College stand on the Raritan Arsenal land. Camp Kilmer became Rutgers University's Livingston College and the Sutton Industrial Campus.
Related Links:
http://www.bestplaces.net - See how Edison Twp. ranks on their top 12 categories!
http://www.edisonnj.org/ - Edison Township Home Page
http://www.edison.k12.nj.us - Township of Edison Public Schools
www.jfkmc.org - Edison Hospital, JFK Medical Center
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Edison Train Station
NJ TRANSIT is New Jersey's public transportation corporation. Its mission is to provide safe, reliable, convenient and cost-effective transit service with a skilled team of employees, dedicated to our customers' needs and committed to excellence.
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Menlo Park Mall
Delight in visiting your favorite stores, including Macys, Nordstroms, Cheesecake Factory, Rainforest Cafe, and Barnes and Noble. Find exactly what you are looking for when you explore the many specialty shops located throughout the mall.
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Middlesex County College
Middlesex County College partners with students to make the College experience exciting and rewarding. Small classes, leading edge studies, great resources like our many computer labs, lots of student activities and faculty who are there when you need them to open new worlds.
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Roosevelt Park
Contains a number of picnic groves (with tables and BBQ grills) as well as fields and courts for baseball, soccer, basketball and tennis. Hiking, walking and jogging are also provided for with miles of trails. A man-made lake, ice skating during the winter months, roller skaing rink, as well as an outdoor theater festival called "Plays in the Park." Add to the appeal of this gorgeous County park.
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Edison Memorial Tower
Located at 37 Christie Street (off Rte. 27 south of the Metro Park Station), the Edison Memorial Tower marks the site of Thomas Alva Edison's historic Menlo Park Laboratory site. While at Menlo Park, Edison established the world's first organized research and development laboratory, invented the phonograph, and created the first practical incandescent lamp.
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Edison 9/11 Memorial
The Edison Township 9/11 Memorial is located at Papaianni Park, which is at Central Avenue and Linden Avenue in Edison.
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