Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Citizens to file police reports online in Edison

    Police Department expects to save 2,000 man-hours by using new system BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Find the car scratched? The bike stolen from the yard? Soon, victims of these types of incidents will be directed to go online and fill out their own police reports. This summer, the Edison police department will begin using…

  • SummerHouse launches this weekend in Metuchen

    Arts series includes live music, cultural and historical events throughout July and August BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer There is plenty to do locally on hot summer days this year. In an effort to draw more people to Metuchen’s downtown area, the Borough Improvement League (BIL), Metuchen Market Day and the Metuchen Arts Council have…

  • Helping hands

    The Middlesex County College Center for Veterans Services recently held a clothes and food drive to benefit military veterans in the area. Sorting through the clothes are David Brimmer (l), the center’s coordinator, and Paul Lazaro of Old Bridge, the center’s assistant. They collected more than 100 articles of clothing and 40 pounds of canned…

  • Vahalla, Kazelesky wrap careers at Metuchen H.S.

    Mayor retires from teaching; head nurse says there was never a boring day at school BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The end of the school year also brought a conclusion to the careers of two longstanding employees of Metuchen’s school system. Teacher Thomas Vahalla, who is also Metuchen’s mayor, and head nurse Maureen Kazelesky are both…

  • Metuchen Market Day held on Saturdays

    Metuchen Market Day farmers market is being held every Saturday through Oct. 20at the northeast corner of the Pearl Street Parking lot from 9 a.m. through 2 p.m.New to 2012 Metuchen Market Day:• Cherry Grove Farms (homemade raw milk cheese and grass-fed pork)• Country Stand Farm (vegetables)• Gourmet Nuts and Dried Fruit Returning vendors include…

  • Back in school after 20 years, a student finds her passion

    Program for women provides skills to be effective leaders in politics, public policy BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Catherine Malone EDISON — Catherine Malone is not your traditional student at Middlesex County College. She is in her mid-40s, and this time around — a couple decades since her previous studies — she has a different…

  • Terra Nova Garden Club brings trophies to Edison

    EDISON — The Terra Nova Garden Club received three prestigious awards at the 87th annual meeting of the Garden Club of New Jersey on June 7. The club was awarded three silver trophies and several certificates of merit for its work in community service and civic beautification. These included the Hanover Garden Club Trophy, presented…

  • New writing and visual arts camp set to open in Metuchen

    METUCHEN — Two local residents have teamed up to offer a visual arts camp this summer at the Old Franklin School. The camp, dubbed TheArtist’s Eye, will show children, through hands-on exercises, how art and writing operate to create a higher sense of communication, according to the camp’s organizers, glass artisan Amy Brooks of Paradise…

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    Students at J.P. Stevens High School, Edison, look for family and friends in the audience as they get set to receive their diplomas during commencement exercises June 20 at the Rutgers Athletic Center, Piscataway. SCOTT FRIEDMAN