Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Holocaust survivor to discuss recently published memoir

    East Brunswick resident Michael G. Kesler will introduce his book, “Shards of War — Fleeing To & From Uzbekistan” on Jan. 16 at 9:30 a.m. at Congregation Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave. in Metuchen. He will also be speaking about the book on March 5 at 5 p.m. at Highland Park Conservative Temple, South Third…

  • Vahalla: Metuchen faces difficult decisions in ’11

    Rasmussen, Wallace take council seats, giving Dems 5-1 majority BY ENID WEISS Correspondent A host of local politicians and community members gathered at Metuchen Borough Hall on Jan. 3 to celebrate the swearing-in of new Borough Council members Dorothy Rasmussen and Jim Wallace. Former Gov. Jim Florio, a borough resident, officiated the oaths of office.…

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    Kayla Takitch, 10, of Edison, enjoys a spin around the rink during a New Year’s Day skating session at Roosevelt Park Family Ice Skating Rink in Edison. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Tomaro is Edison’s first freeholder in six years

    Democrat receives praise for years of council service BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Edison bid farewell to a longtime Township Council member last week as Middlesex County said hello to a new freeholder. Charles Tomaro resigned from the council effective Jan. 6 to be sworn in as the newest member of the Board of Chosen…

  • New council prez calls on mayor to lift ‘gag order’

    Members are told ‘this is a better way to pass information’ BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The first order of business for Edison Township Council members in 2011 was to call on Mayor Antonia Ricigliano to rescind her executive order restricting their contact with municipal employees. Councilman Robert Diehl voiced his frustration with the mayor’s…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Jerry Duffy, assistant coach with the Westfield Fencing Club in Scotch Plains, oversees a distance drill during a Dec. 28 fencing introduction workshop at the Metuchen Public Library.

  • Events set to honor MLK

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — A weekend of celebration is planned to honor the man who famously “had a dream.” The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce, the Metuchen-Edison- Woodbridge- South Amboy YMCA, New Hope Baptist Church and the Second Baptist Church have joined together to coordinate the themed celebration, “The Birth of New…

  • Police charge burglary suspect after multiple-town pursuit

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Police in three townships have charged a 40-year-old North Brunswick man with numerous offenses. Eugene J. Andreola Jr. was charged with burglary and theft in Edison, while Middletown police charged him with burglary, theft, possession of burglary tools, criminal mischief and various motor vehicle violations. Woodbridge police added…

  • Edison police: Four assaulted man who asked them to lower noise

    EDISON — Four men were arrested on charges of aggravated assault and robbery at the Days Inn on Route 1. Police were dispatched on a report of a fight outside the hotel at 11:30 p.m. Jan. 1, police said. The alleged victim, a 21-year-old Washington, D.C., resident, told police he was staying at the hotel…