District 18

East Brunswick

Edison

Helmetta

Highland Park

Metuchen

South Plainfield

South River

District 18 –
General Information

The 18th legislative district in central Middlesex County is extensively developed with a variety of industrial, commercial and residential complexes, including a number of large multi-family housing projects that contribute to its higher than average population density. Edison Township, with 97,687 residents in the 2000 U.S. Census, is the largest municipality, over twice the population of second-ranking East Brunswick at 46,756 residents. The district also is ranked second of the 40 legislative districts as a location for jobs.

Once part of Raritan Township, Edison derives its present name from Thomas Alva Edison; the municipality was the site of Edison's industrial research laboratory at Menlo Park established in 1876, where Edison invented over 400 patented items including the phonograph, the electric railway and the incandescent lamp. The small borough of Helmetta, with only 1,825 residents in the 2000 Census, also has one of the more interesting histories in New Jersey, with many of its buildings now on the state and national registers of historic places for their significance as a typical nineteenth century "factory town". The town was the site of the factory of the George W. Helme Company's General Cigar and Tobacco Company, which continued to operate making snuff and other tobacco products until 1993.

New Jersey
District 18

East Brunswick
Edison
Helmetta
Highland Park
Metuchen

South
Plainfield

South River

East Brunswick
Elected Officials

Mayor – David Stahl
dstahl@eastbrunswick.org

Council President – Michael Hughes
mhughes@eastbrunswick.org

Council VicePresident– James Wendell
jwendell@eastbrunswick.org

Councilperson – Camille Ferraro
cferraro@eastbrunswick.org

Councilperson – Denise Contrino
dcontrino@eastbrunswick.org

Councilperson – Nancy J. Pinkin
npinkin@eastbrunswick.org

www.eastbrunswick.org

Edison
Elected Officials

Mayor – Antonia Ricigliano
mayor@edisonnj.org

Council President – Robert Karabinchak
rkarabinchak@edisonnj.org

Council Vice President– Wayne Mascola
wmascola@edisonnj.org

Councilperson – Robert C. Diehl
rdiehl@edisonnj.org

Councilperson – Sudhanshu Prasad
sprasad@edisonnj.org

Councilperson – Thomas Lankey
tlankey@edisonnj.org

Councilperson – Alvaro Gomez
agomez@edisonnj.org

Councilperson – Michael Lombardi
mlombardi@edisonnj.org

www.edisonnj.org

Helmetta
Elected Officials

Mayor – Nancy Martin
helmettamayor@verizon.net

Council President – Sewell Peckham
sewpeck@verizon.net

Councilperson – Vincent Asciolla
vinasciolla801@aol.com

Councilperson – Robert Janeczek
rjanoshooter3@comcast.net

Councilperson – Peter Karczewski
petek1128@yahoo.com

Councilperson – Joseph Perez
perez_joe@verizon.net

Councilperson – Patrick Smith
patrick.smith08828@comcast.net

www.helmettaboro.com

Highland Park
Elected Officials

Mayor – Gary Minkoff
minkoffhp@gmail.com

Council President – Gayle Brill Mittler
brillmittlerhp@gmail.com

Councilperson – Elsie Foster-Dublin
fosterdublinhp@gmail.com

Councilperson – Jon Erickson
ericksonhp@gmail.com

Councilperson – Padraic Millet
millethp@gmail.com

Councilperson – Jeffrey Morris
jmorrishp@gmail.com

Councilperson – Susan Welkovits
welkovitshp@gmail.com

www.hpboro.com

Metuchen
Elected Officials

Mayor – Thomas Vahalla
mayor@metuchen.com

Council President – Peter Cammarano
pcammarano@metuchen.com

Councilperson – Jay Muldoon
jmuldoon@metuchen.com

Councilperson – Sheri-Rose Rubin
srrubin@metuchen.com

Councilperson – James Wallace Jr.
jwallace@metuchen.com

Councilperson – Dorothy Rasmussen
drasmussen@metuchen.com

Councilperson – Ronald Grayzel
rgrayzel@metuchen.com

www.metuchennj.org

South Plainfield
Elected Officials

Mayor – Matthew P. Anesh
anesh@southplainfieldnj.com

Council President – Raymond Rusnak
rrusnak@southplainfieldnj.com

Councilperson – Robert Bengivenga Jr.
bengivenga@southplainfieldnj.com

Councilperson – Timothy McConville
tmcconville@southplainfieldnj.com

Councilperson – Alex Barletta
abarletta@southplainfieldnj.com

Councilperson – Richard Frank
rfrank@southplainfieldnj.com

Councilperson – Derryck White
dwhite@southplainfieldnj.com

www.southplainfieldnj.com

South River
Elected Officials

Mayor – John Krenzel
jkrenzel@southrivernj.org

Council President– James Hutchison
jhutchison@southrivernj.org

Councilperson – John T. Trzeciak
jtrzeciak@southrivernj.org

Councilperson – Rui Almeida
ralmeida@southrivernj.org

Councilperson – Peter Guindi
pguindi@southrivernj.org

Councilperson – Thomas Roselli
troselli@southrivernj.org

Councilperson – Matthew M. Vaughn
mvaughn@southrivernj.org

www.southrivernj.org

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