Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Council candidates share views on Metuchen issues

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Voters will not only choose a mayor on Nov. 8, they will elect half the Metuchen Borough Council. Three of the council’s six seats are up for grabs. Incumbent Democrats Peter Cammarano and Jay Muldoon are seeking three-year terms along with newcomer Ron Grayzel, who is running unopposed for a one-year…

  • Edison board aims to boost connectivity

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The Board of Education has voted in favor of a contract with a cable provider as part of its effort to bring technology in the schools up to 21st-century standards. “The infrastructure is quite primitive at this point,” Superintendent of Schools Richard O’Malley said at the board’s workshop…

  • Edison police investigate gas station robberies

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Police are investigating two gas station robberies that took place on consecutive days last week and may be connected. The first robbery occurred at 5:20 a.m. on Sept. 24 at the Raceway Gas station on Route 1 south. The attendant, a 59-year-old Edison resident, told police that an…

  • MCC professor pens book of poetry

    Emanuel di Pasquale EDISON — Emanuel di Pasquale, assistant professor of English and poet-inresidence at Middlesex County College, recently published a new work of poetry. “Harvest” consists of 41 poems that look at nature, the connection between men and women, and basic human passions. It has both a New Jersey and a Jersey Shore focus…

  • Metuchen police report series of vehicular break-ins, thefts

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Police are warning residents to lock their car doors after a recent rash of burglaries and thefts. Two motor vehicles were broken into on Rose Street. A small Coach bag was taken from an unlocked 2004 Hyundai around 2:36 a.m. on Sept. 26. Police were on regular patrol…

  • Irate over Irene

    Local officials, residents air frustrations with JCP&L during BPU meeting BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI When it came to Jersey Central Power & Light Co.’s response to Hurricane Irene at a Sept. 26 Board of Public Utilities meeting, the same types of words kept coming up: Unacceptable. Terrible. A joke. State legislators, municipal officials and residents from…

  • Vahalla, Carpena discuss platform in mayor’s race

    Two seek four-year term as chief administrator BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Mayor Thomas Vahalla METUCHEN — When they step to the polls this November, residents will decide who will serve as their mayor for the next four years. The two-man race features Republican challenger Peter Carpena and incumbent Democrat Thomas Vahalla. Carpena is running on…

  • Police warn residents of scam

    EDISON — Police are making residents aware of a scam that reportedly cost a 31- year-old Edison resident more than $1,000. The woman told police that she was selling pieces of furniture on a popular Internet website. A supposed buyer sent the woman two checks from a money transfer agency. Each check was in the…

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    Alex Gresso of Teaneck plays a smooth bass during the Metuchen Jazz Fest 2011 on Sept. 24. SCOTT FRIEDMAN