Author: KATHY CHANG, Managing Editor

  • Common calendar, Packet papers, Nov. 10

    Common calendar, Packet papers, Nov. 10

    Ongoing New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical background necessary. Volunteers should…

  • Preliminary results: Metuchen voters approve three-question school bond referendum

    Preliminary results: Metuchen voters approve three-question school bond referendum

    Voters headed to the polls to decide on three referendum ballot questions, which Metuchen school officials said would essentially move the district forward for the next 20 to 30 years, during the general election on Nov. 8. Question 1 involved everything that is being physically constructed totaling $69.48 million. All four district schools are proposed…

  • Criterion Sentinel: Preliminary election results

    Criterion Sentinel: Preliminary election results

    There were elections for seats on the municipal governing body for Metuchen and for the unexpired Ward 1 seat in Woodbridge during the general election Nov. 8. There were also elections for seats on the Boards of Education (BOE) in Metuchen, Edison and Woodbridge. The results listed here reflect what has been posted online by…

  • Community Bulletin Board: Middlesex County: Nov. 8

    Community Bulletin Board: Middlesex County: Nov. 8

    New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical background necessary. Volunteers should be…

  • Old Bridge Police Department welcomes new officers

    Old Bridge Police Department welcomes new officers

    OLD BRIDGE – The Old Bridge Police Department welcomed new officers to the ranks. Mayor Owen Henry with Acting Police Chief Donald Fritz Jr. introduced the new officers at a Township Council meeting in October. The officers – Nicholas Perrone, Nicholas Endaz, Andrew Paterek, Thomas Rothmund, and Christopher Spurlock – were then sworn in before…

  • Middlesex County envisions Middlesex College a ‘multi-faceted destination’ for education, sports, arts and entertainment

    Middlesex County envisions Middlesex College a ‘multi-faceted destination’ for education, sports, arts and entertainment

    EDISON – Can Middlesex College become a multi-faceted destination for the entire county? That is what officials plan as they have finalized its Community, Innovation, and Opportunity (CIO) Strategic Investment plan as part of the county’s Destination 2040 Strategic Plan. The plan to transform and bolster Middlesex College and the Magnet School System, as well…

  • Metuchen Borough Council adopts ordinance to allow cannabis wholesale, retail businesses in certain zoning districts

    Metuchen Borough Council adopts ordinance to allow cannabis wholesale, retail businesses in certain zoning districts

    METUCHEN – With cannabis essentially “already here,” the Borough Council had a decision to make on whether or not they would participate in and benefit from the new legal marketplace in the state. “Metuchen residents can visit any existing dispensaries or have [the cannabis] delivered to their homes,” Council President Jason Delia said noting there…

  • Common calendar, Packet papers, Nov. 3

    Common calendar, Packet papers, Nov. 3

    Ongoing New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical background necessary. Volunteers should…

  • Community Bulletin Board: Middlesex County: Nov. 2

    Community Bulletin Board: Middlesex County: Nov. 2

    New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical background necessary. Volunteers should be…