Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Historian tell of the day Metuchen met the Majors

    Local club conquered St. Louis Cardinals under the lights at high school BY JIMMYALLINDER Correspondent Marc Doremus of Edison listens as Rich Puerzer presents “Big League Baseball in a Small Town: Metuchen and the Summer of 1936” at the borough library. SCOTT FRIEDMAN A few years ago, Metuchen resident Rich Puerzer noticed a team photo…

  • Committee questioning will continue April 14

    Edison council takes vote of ‘no confidence’ in township administrator BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON— Township administrators have been re-subpoenaed to appear for questioning by the Township Council’s Committee of the Whole. The committee will meet at 6 p.m. April 14. This will be the body’s second meeting. An estimated 350 people turned out…

  • Edison council asks mayor to wait on employee layoffs

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Township Council members called on Mayor Antonia Ricigliano to hold off on the layoffs of about 35 township employees. The layoffs had been planned to take effect April 8, but council members pleaded with the administration during their March 30 meeting to wait at least two more weeks.…

  • Local business owner gets jail term for money laundering

    EDISON — A former member of the township Zoning Board of Adjustment was sentenced March 31 to six months in prison for money laundering related to illegal immigration documents. Nilesh Dasondi, 44, owner of Sterling System LLC, formerly Cygate Software & Consulting, was charged in connection with the trafficking of immigration documents used to procure…

  • Edison police probe luring attempt

    EDISON— Police are investigating a possible luring incident reported around 3:50 p.m. March 25. Edison Police Lt. Sal Filannino said the victim, a 15-year-old girl, was walking on Pacific Street toward Wilson Avenue when an unknown male allegedly pulled up in a motor vehicle and propositioned her to get in his vehicle after describing the…

  • Authors to discuss, sign‘Jersey Sting’ in Edison

    Metuchen resident Josh Margolin (r) and Ted Sherman will discuss their book “The Jersey Sting” April 10 at the Barnes & Noble in the Menlo Park Mall. Politics and corruption have become almost inseparable in New Jersey. And for one Metuchen man, they have formed the foundation of a career. Josh Margolin, a New York…

  • Dine in Downtown Metuchen Tuesdays and Wednesdays during April

    METUCHEN— Restaurants in the Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce have joined together to offer prix fixe dinner specials on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings during April. Diners can choose from 18 Metuchen-area restaurants. Prices for the dinners cover three price points: $15 or less, $25 or less and $35 or less. “It is wonderful to offer…

  • Spring Lake: a little bit of everything

    BY SAM SLAUGHTER Named for the spring-fed lake in the middle of the town’s Divine Park and nicknamed the “Irish Riviera” after the town’s wealthy founders, Spring Lake is a haven for relaxation and beauty along the Jersey Shore. Just two miles long by one mile wide with tree-lined streets and wooden bridges, picturesque Spring…

  • Shore musician finds his hero

    ‘Jerseyboy Hero’ premieres April 7 in Red Bank BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Chris Vaughn set out to promote his music and found an ally in rock icon Bruce Springsteen. For Red Bank musician Chris Vaughn, making music was the easy part. But getting it out there would require the help of one of his…