Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Reformed Church Home offers residents attention, compassion, personalized care

    Kate Shepard accepts the Excellence in Leadership Award for her role as executive director and administrator at Reformed Church Home. The award was presented by Leading Age NJ, a state-wide organization representing not-for-profit senior living communities. Reformed Church Home … family caring for family. That’s not just something they say. It’s their defining difference.When families…

  • Garden club with deep roots seeks to cultivate growth

    EDISON — Nearly 65 years after its inception, the township’s Terra Nova Garden Club continues to grow. The club is seeking to welcome new members to its ranks, which include a diverse group from Edison and four surrounding communities, ranging in age from youth to 95 years old and encompassing a variety of races, talent…

  • Arthritis and Osteoporosis Associates can address and ease your concerns

    At Arthritis and Osteoporosis Associates, they don’t just treat conditions, they treat people.They know that when patients come to see them, they are dealing with more than just pain; they’re dealing with the questions and concerns that health problems invariably bring.The fundamental goal of the practice and the singular mission of everyone on the team…

  • Grand jury indicts men charged with Middlesex County burglaries

    A grand jury in Middlesex County has handed up a 142-count indictment charging two New York men with taking part in a series of burglaries in nine communities. Felix Bruno, 33, and Anthony Goodwine, 50, both of the Bronx, were charged with committing burglaries between Dec. 12, 2013, and Aug. 18, 2014, and collecting more…

  • How you can lower your risk of breast cancer

    Regular exercise can help women lower their risk of developing breast cancer. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, second only to lung cancer. One in eight women is expected to develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and a recent survey by the Society for Women’s Health Research found that 22 percent…

  • Family mourns slain mother; new details emerge

    By Jessica D’Amico WOODBRIDGE — Family members are mourning the death of a mother of four whose ex-boyfriend allegedly stabbed her before later being shot dead in a standoff with police. Dina Marie Heil, 46, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, was pronounced dead at 4:35 p.m. Oct. 5 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old…

  • Metuchen chief makes plea for additional officer

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer The Metuchen Borough Council was set to vote Oct. 5 on whether to approve the hiring of an additional police officer after an appeal by the chief at a previous council meeting. Police Chief David Irizarry gave a presentation to the mayor and council at the Sept. 21 meeting, asking…

  • Autumn activities abound to enjoy in the Garden State

    By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer Gary DiGregorio, owner of the Twin Pond Farm & Country Market in Howell, demonstrates pumpkin bowling. Using a small pumpkin as the ball and hay bales as gutters, he bowls a strike. Everyone gets a prize in the game, with four strikes earning the big prize. MATT DENTON Fall is…

  • Aldi store coming to Edison Commons

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — The zoning board gave Edison Commons a green light to construct an Aldi grocery store on Route 27 between Talmadge and Vineyard roads. The project consists of adding a 17,800 squarefoot store and 95 new parking spaces to the property, which has existing retail, including Entenmann’s bakery. The property…