Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Graduates find community college experience rewarding

    Valedictorian: Class of 2012 is excited, scared … ready BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Middlesex County College graduates wave to friends and family as they make their way to their seats during the May 17 commencement exercises on the Edison campus. JEFF GRANIT staff Some 1,408 graduates bid farewell last week to Middlesex County College…

  • Metuchen Public Library must tighten budget for 2012

    Library officials displeased with allocation, which mayor says reflects the economy BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Officials at Metuchen’s public library are regrouping after the governing body denied their budget request earlier this month. The Borough Council approved a library budget that totals $736,609. However, library personnel had requested $760,270. Metuchen Public Library Director Melody Kokola…

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    Jason Wang, 9, ducks from the “wrecking ball” during the 22nd annual Edison Family Day at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center May 20. MATT DENTON

  • Edison first aid squads now Raritan Valley EMS

    Service launched in January with 174 active members, two of whom are paid BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Facing the same shortages of volunteers as other first aid squads around the country, the trustees of Edison’s three squads came together two years ago and decided that something needed to be done. That something was to…

  • Metuchen places ‘Cops in Shops’

    METUCHEN — Borough police are currently participating in the state’s Cops in Shops program. The police department received a $4,000 grant from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control for the program, which places undercover police officers at liquor establishments in town. The program, which kicked off last year, runs until May 2013. Metuchen…

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    Bill Hunt (l) of Old Bridge and Deborah Grosso-Proulx of North Brunswick take part in an acoustic jam session at the To Be Continued… bookstore in Metuchen on May 8. Local musician Ron Victoria started the Tuesday night jams several months ago. See story, page 6. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Edison keeps municipal tax rate stable in 2012

    Council reduces spending in health care coverage, fire department salaries BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The Edison Township Council will hold a final vote during a special meeting May 16 on a $116.4 million municipal budget that keeps municipal taxes stable in 2012. The special meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in council chambers.…

  • Metuchen community considers Pearl St. plan

    Some residents feel project would provide housing option for older residents, commuters BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The business and residential communities have weighed in on Metuchen’s plans to redevelop the Pearl Street parking lot. During a May 7 meeting, Borough Councilman Jay Muldoon presented the feedback, both positive and negative, that he received from Chamber…

  • Fishing

    Brianna Bienvenue, 10, of Edison, and her mom, Jackie, throw their lines out on Lake Papaianni during Edison’s annual Fishing Derby on May 6. SCOTT FRIEDMAN