Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Military get free admission to Plays-in-the-Park

    EDISON — Active members of the U.S. military and their families are invited to receive complimentary admission to Middlesex County’s Plays-in-the-Park this summer. “It’s impossible to overstate the service and sacrifice that our military has given us,” Middlesex County Freeholder Director Ronald G. Rios said. “I know the entire Board of Chosen Freeholders is very…

  • Clara Barton rehab proposal draws questions in Edison

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — Residents raised concerns during a recent Township Council meeting about a move toward rehabilitating properties in the township’s Clara Barton section. The discussion surrounded a council proposal, which was ultimately approved at the May 27 meeting, to have the Planning Board review a draft resolution designating certain Amboy Avenue…

  • Metuchen seeks to keep public informed about major projects

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer The lot where Whole Foods Market is slated along with other retail sits awaiting construction. PHOTO BY GERARD TRABALKA METUCHEN — While the borough stands on the precipice of two major developments kicking off this summer, both projects remain in preliminary stages for the moment. As both projects begin to…

  • Summer escapes offer time to recharge

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Destinations within reach of central New Jersey include the 47-mile Pine Creek Gorge, left, which is surrounded by 165,000 acres of Tioga State Forest in Pennsylvania, and the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C., which evokes a wind-sculpted rock formation and is in walking distance of the U.S.…

  • Edison budget would bring tax increase

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Taxpayers could be looking at a 3.5 percent increase in the municipal tax rate if the Edison Township Council adopts the 2015 budget that was introduced at its May 27 meeting. Officials stressed that the current proposal is only an introduced budget and not the final product. “We will continue to…

  • Recognizing the signs and symptoms of prostate cancer

    Prostate cancer is a deadly disease that forms in the tissues of the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system that is found below the bladder and in front of the rectum.According to the Canadian Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian men (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancers), while the National…

  • Residents don’t waste chance to discard hazardous items

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Middlesex County residents drop off household hazardous waste items and paint materials during a collection day at the Middlesex County Highways Division facility in North Brunswick. Middlesex County collected some 85,000 pounds of hazardous waste in one day last month. More than 750 cars dropped off the materials on May…

  • Integrative health: healing through holistic care

    By Nina K. Regevik, M.D., FACP, ABIHM Patients at Raritan Bay Medical Center are increasingly adding an important new dimension to their healthcare experience: integrative health. Many Americans may have never heard of integrative health, but this holistic movement is making a difference at hospitals across the United States.According to a 2011 American Hospital Association…

  • Committee paves the way for accessible downtown

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer METUCHEN — Getting more people to visit the borough’s downtown has been an ongoing goal of officials and others in town. What some may not have realized, however, is that getting to and around the downtown is easier said than done for individuals with disabilities. “It sometimes is an issue…