Category: Sentinel-EDM News

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — For ESL — English as a Second Language — students, the district’s new Learners of English Achievement Program (L.E.A.P.), allowed extra time in the classroom in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. “These kids are coming to school and having fun,” said Maria Anan, a language arts teacher at…

By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer As more and more homes in Woodbridge’s most flood-prone region are purchased and demolished by the state, a plan for the future of the area has emerged. “It takes us to the next level as we’re nearing the completion of the Blue Acres process,” said John Hagerty, a spokesman for…

Jessica D’Amico EDISON — A 19-year-old township resident drowned in a Pennsylvania quarry, according to police. Jonathan Baksh was swimming with friends in the Eastern Industries Quarry in Lower Mount Bethel Township around 3;26 p.m. on Aug. 17, when he went underwater and didn’t resurface, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Members of Pennsylvania Water Rescue…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer A patron takes a solitary stroll through the Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton Township, an oasis of nature and art. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR An escape from everyday life can be found in the sculpture garden and arboretum of Grounds For Sculpture. “I know it sounds cliché, but we are an…

Demetrius Branham EDISON — Police are searching for a 45-year-old township man who went missing in Woodbridge. Demetrius Branham was last seen June 22, getting into a newer-model Mazda 3 sedan with another man outside the La Mirage Motor Inn, 969 Route 1, in the Avenel section of Woodbridge, police said. The Mazda is black…

WOODBRIDGE — Township police arrested a Carteret man after a chase that led to a multiple-car crash. Damar K. Jordan, 33, was charged Aug. 16 with eluding and five counts of assault by auto. He also received a number of motor vehicle citations, consisting of DWI, driving while suspended, reckless driving, failure to observe a…

EDISON — Township police plan to crack down on drunk driving as part of the 2015 “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. Through Sept. 7, local and state law enforcement will set up sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols in search of motorists who are driving while intoxicated, police said. A national campaign, “Drive Sober…

By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Metuchen High School students who had hoped to play ice hockey in the coming school year will not achieve their goal. The Aug. 11 Metuchen Board of Education meeting became contentious as board members and residents discussed the possibility of the district joining an ice hockey cooperative in the Edison…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer From the Garden owner Drew Madzin endures the August heat to check on one of his honeybee hives. In a healthy colony, worker bees like the one pictured below can number in the tens of thousands, and all of them are female. PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Standing among…