Metropark to get $30 million makeover NJ Transit to replace high-level platforms and add amenities by 2010 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       New Jersey Transit will spend $29.8 million to make much-needed improvements to the Metropark Station in Iselin, which is NJ Transit’s busiest outlying rail station. “Over time, heavy use of the station has taken its toll on platforms,” said NJ Transit Executive Director George D. ... More ... Traffic laws we don’t know or simply ignore       Passing on the right or hanging tassels from a rearview mirror can get you tickets in the Garden State BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer You see the flashing red lights in the rearview mirror and you don’t know why. You weren’t speeding, and you know that you came to a f... More ... Time capsule reveals church’s and world’s past Newspaper headline of Hitler invading Poland and start of WWII BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       WOODBRIDGE — The Rev. David Kosmoski of St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church in Avenel said the most interesting item found in the church’s 1939 time capsule was the yellowed and brittle front page of the New York Herald Tribune newspaper. More ... Misconceptions abound about police, traffic laws       Metuchen officer dispels myth about ticket quotas; former prosecutor addresses DWI issues BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Most people have their own perception and misconceptions about the police — good and bad — but some misconceptions can be answered simply by asking a membe... More ... Curator recalls meeting with President Ford Museum played recordings of president on the day of his burial BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer       EDISON — On the day Jack Stanley met former President Gerald R. Ford, he was struck most by his modesty. Stanley, the curator of the Thomas Alva Edison Museum, met Ford at his Rancho Mirage, Calif., home in November 1999. More ... Town hall to extend hours on Tuesdays BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       WOODBRIDGE — Mayor John E. McCormac has extended town hall hours every Tuesday beginning Jan. 2. The Municipal Clerk’s Office, the Municipal Registrar Office, the Police Department, Department of Planning & Development, and Municipal Court hours will be extended to 6:30 p.m. every Tu... More ...