Links That May Be of Interest
This is our "Links" page. I'll continually keep my eye out for any websites that are relevant to folks living in Edison, NJ. When I find any, I'll post them here.
General Information For Edison, NJ
A well annotated overview of Edison, NJ.
Neighborhood Scout - Edison, NJ
A real estate site that in the link above provides an overview of Edison. The value of homes by neighborhood is shown. The "Data" section includes demographic information for the people of Edison. The site includes tabs for public schools, appreciation rates, and crime rate. (I'm not sure how accurate or up-to-date their data is, as it's based partly on census date collected every ten years.) The site lets your spotlight individual neighborhoods in Edison for comparison. It can be kind of interesting to rifle through the information this site provides about Edison.
Political Blogs
A blog providing analysis of Edison, NJ's political scene. Authored by the owner-operater of this site, edisongrassroots.com.
The Edison Blog: Edison, New Jersey
A blog about Edison, NJ politics with a special attention given to the township's legal contracts, court cases and budgets. Very nicely done. Operated anonymously by a "small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens."
Culture, Arts and Education
Middlesex County College
A public community college offering associate degrees and certificates, located in Edison. Certification tracks are becoming ever more popular as an alternative to Bachelors or Masters degrees. The college offers a wide variety of affordable classess and special events that area residents might simply enjoy for their own sake, independent of any educational degree goal.
Edison Arts Society
A blog supporting the arts in Edison with local information on music, dance, theater, film, literature, and the visual arts.
Metuchen-Edison Historical Society
The mission of the Metuchen-Edison Historical Society is to stimulate and promote an interest in and an appreciation of the history of the geographic area in and around the Borough of Metuchen and the Township of Edison in the County of Middlesex, New Jersey.
Edison Public Library
The official website for our township's three public libraries.
Edison Township Public Schools
The official website for Edison's public school system.
Parks and Museums
Located within Edison State Park, the Center consists of the Art Deco Edison Memorial Tower and a small museum devoted to Thomas Alva Edison's time of immense creativity at Menlo Park. The tower and museum are undergoing rennovations through a $3 million grant.
The popular perrenial plays-in-the-park program's website. Plays are performed during the summer at Roosevelt Park and during the winter at the State Theater.
From the township's official website.
Commercial Development
The site describes the Chamber of Commerce as "the liaison in forwarding the interests of the entire Edison business community (approximately 4,000 businesses) to various opinion leaders."
Includes a virtual tour of the planned outdoor mall currently under construction at the site of the former Ford Motor plant on Route 1.
The events calendar page for the Convention/Expo center at Raritan Center.
Edison Township's Official Website
For your convenience, the link to the Home Page. See the direct links below to individual pages at the township website that I'm guessing will be of greatest interest at Edison's official website. Some pages from the township's official website are also linked further below under the specific categories of interest.
A handy calendar that displays scheduled meetings for the council, other township administrative boards and committees, and public events. Click on the item in question to learn more. A very nicely done feature--possibly the most useful one for the entire site.
See this page's navigation bar for council meetings schedule, agendas and minutes, and bios for its members. I've put that material into a more convenient single page format here at this site's Council Agendas & Minutes page.
A .pdf document from the Sanitation department. I've tried to organize the file's most pertient information into a single page format at our own
Trash & Recycling Pickup page.
Want something taken care of that is the township's responsibility to address? Or you believe it may be up to them to fix? Here's your complaint form. Send it in online and the township promises to e-mail and/or phone you back with their follow-up.
If you encounter any problems getting issues resolved please see our own Issues Affecting Us page!
From the township's official website, this page provides information about the Edison Senior Center. In addition, some of the links included are the Mr. Fixit Program, whereby volunteers will do light repair work to homes as long as certain conditions of the program are met; Edison Senior Outreach Service (S.O.S.), which gets seniors linked to a variety of available social services--especially vital for seniors who are isolated some or all of the time.
Parking or traffic tickets issued by the township may be paid online. (Does anyone handwrite and mail checks anymore these days?)
You may pay these bills online, if you wish.