Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Keane receives praise for 13 years as chief

    Retires after 31 years with Metuchen department BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer James Keane A s Police Chief James Keane wraps up 31 years with the borough police force, he said what he will miss most is working with the people in town. “With this job, you deal with the public, whether they come to…

  • Edison school budget restores staff, programs

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Taxes would rise by $82 on the average home T he 2011-12 Edison Township school budget will allow the district to begin restoring some of the people and programs that were cut last year. “We are not where we should be, but it is a good start,” Superintendent of Schools…

  • Local business a ‘jewel’ for 40 years and counting

    Kovalchuk, Devils teammates celebrate anniversary of Fords Jewelers BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Above: Fords Jewelers owner Barry Berman (c) looks on as retired player Scott Stevens (l) and current Devils Vladimir Zharkov, Ilya Kovalchuk and Johan Hedberg sign autographs. Below: Alex Fortunato of Toms River waits to get an autograph from Devils goalie Martin…

  • Edison panel begins questioning mayor

    Council members probe issues including ‘gag order,’ layoffs BY KATHY CHANG A crowd packed the Edison council chambers for the Feb. 28 meeting, the first in a series of Committee of the Whole sessions. KATHY CHANG EDISON — In front of a packed house last week, Township Council members spent two-and-a-half hours grilling Mayor Antonia…

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    St. Joseph High School’s Kevin Mayce (c) and Bandon Dolan (r) celebrate with teammates after defeating Piscataway, 51-43, in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament final at Rutgers’ Louis Brown Athletic Center in Piscataway on Feb. 25. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Manley bids ‘bittersweet’ farewell to Metuchen seat

    Personal events prompt resignation of council’s only Republican member BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Justin Manley Justin Manley said goodbye to friends and supporters Feb. 22, his last meeting as a Metuchen councilman. Manley, the council’s lone Republican, resigned midterm after deciding not to seek re-election in November. “My life has changed a lot since I…

  • Edison schools get nearly $2M increase in state aid

    Superintendent: Board may restore some programs cut last year BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A n increase in state aid for the 2011-12 school year will allow for some restoration and relief after a year of drastic cuts to programs and personnel in the state’s fifth-largest school district. The Edison Township school system will receive…

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    Chef Harvey Rosen of Ceramica de Spana shares some cooking secrets with patrons at the ninth annual New Jersey Flower & Garden Show. The event was held Feb. 17-20 at the New Jersey Convention Center in Edison. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Initiative aimed at helping environment, saving money

    Edison officials are implementing changes in the municipal court and Recreation Department with the aim of entering the green scene beginning on March 1. Mayor Antonia Ricigliano announced that since almost 4 billion trees worldwide are cut down for paper each year, one of the major changes occurring in the township will involve the use…