Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Budget issues are focus of Ricigliano’s address

    Mayor highlights ongoing need to achieve savings during ‘State of the Twp.’ BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Antonia Ricigliano Edison Mayor Antonia Ricigliano spoke of ongoing local, state and national economic struggles, and the township’s response to them, during her 2011 “State of the Township” address at the Pines Manor on Jan. 25. “The economy has…

  • Metuchen names ball field in honor of late volunteer

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent This spring when Metuchen Little League baseball players take to the field at Vidas Park, they will do so at Steve Johnson Memorial Field in honor of a local volunteer who died in November. Johnson, 47, was a manager, coach, commissioner and board member for Metuchen Little League, which runs baseball…

  • Football and pizza are Marino’s passions

    Hall of Fame QB helps open Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza BY SHAWN LAYTON Correspondent Above: Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino (standing, left) and Anthony Bruno, owner of Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, get ready to chow down Jan. 22 during Marino’s visit to the restaurant on Parsonage Road in Edison. The restaurant was celebrating…

  • Educators, students air frustrations on aid cuts

    Democratic legislators host public meeting to get firsthand accounts on impact of cuts BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Sen. Barbara Buono Hundreds of teachers, administrators, students and parents filled the Edison High School auditorium recently, eager to discuss the impact of last year’s reductions in public education funding. More than two and a half hours…

  • Metuchen officials plan for more makeup days

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent METUCHEN — Not only is the snowy weather snarling traffic, creating icy walkways and causing pulled muscles from shoveling, it’s wreaking havoc on the school calendar. To make up for last week’s snow day, Metuchen students will be in school on Feb. 18, a Friday, instead of kicking off the Presidents…

  • Further snow days would shorten spring break in Edison schools

    EDISON — The township’s school district built two snow days into its 2010- 11 calendar, but has used three. The third snow day came on Jan. 27 after Mother Nature dropped upwards of another foot of snow on the region. As a result, school will be in session on Presidents Day, Feb. 21, according to…

  • Edison teen to perform at Red Bank’s Count Basie

    Pianist, 16, has played piano for audiences since he was 5 BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Kevin Jang EDISON— From New Jersey to Italy, 16-year-old Kevin Jang is no stranger to performing for large audiences. As the winner of the 2010-11 Monmouth Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Concerto competition, Kevin will be performing a piano concerto…

  • Former police chief fills county undersheriff post

    — Brian Donahue Position re-established as one of Scott’s first actions as sheriff M iddlesex County Sheriff Mildred S. Scott has re-established the position of undersheriff, which she said will help to build stronger relationships between county and local law enforcement and enhance operational efficiencies in her department. Kevin B. Harris, who served as police…

  • Penguin Parade

    Akshay Kumaresan participates in a fishing game during the Penguin Parade at the Edison Public Library’s main branch on Jan. 6. JEFF GRANIT staff