Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Met. citizens group works to improve schools

    Two decades in, CQE boasts membership in the hundreds BY ENID WEISS Correspondent School elections may draw a low voter turnout, and few people may make time to attend school board meetings, but a small group of Metuchen parents have remained active, and vocal, through the grassroots group Citizens for Quality Education. On July 26,…

  • Crowds gather in hopes of seeing the president

    Area residents spend day waiting to catch a glimpse of Obama during Edison visit BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — With word that none other than the president of the United States would be making an afternoon visit, hundreds of people lined up on Route 27 and Plainfield Avenue on July 28, some as…

  • Summer Robotics Competition

    Caleb Rutter, 8, of Metuchen, and Nicole Carr, 12, of Edison, watch their Lego Mindstorm robot, which they built and programmed, maneuver the track during the Summer Robotics competition held at the First Baptist Church of Metuchen on July 17. The Edison-based Say Watt Robotics Team sponsored the event. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Edison union to vote on deal for assistants

    Proposal would restore jobs of many paraprofessionals BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The Board of Education has recommended an agreement for the Edison Township Education Association to consider in hopes of bringing back a “significant” number of paraprofessionals and other staff members. The board voted 5-0 in favor of the sidebar agreement. Board…

  • Police probe possible scam

    METUCHEN — Police are investigating a potential service-related scam. The victim, a 95-year-old borough man, received a phone call last week from an unknown male who told him that he could inspect his furnace for free since he was doing work in the area, the victim’s son-in-law told police. The victim told the caller that…

  • Woman injured in purse snatching

    EDISON — An unknown suspect forcibly took a purse from a 55-year-old Edison woman in the parking lot at the Pathmark store on Route 1 around 12:30 p.m. on July 23, police said. The victim told police that the suspect, described as a black male between 28 and 35 years old, approached her in a…

  • ‘Metuchen Rocks!’ Thursday nights

    The Metuchen Cultural Arts Commission, in association with the Metuchen Recreation Commission, will present its annual outdoor summer concert series — “Metuchen Rocks!” — every Thursday night in August at 7:30 p.m., plus an endof the-summer dance party and fireworks display on Sunday, Sept. 5. The concerts take place in the heart of downtown Metuchen…

  • Professional journalists not ready to pack it in

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN Iam not a person who adapts to change easily, but over the past few years I have gotten used to reading daily newspapers online. While I prefer holding a newspaper in my hand, I must say that being able to read several newspapers a day online is very convenient. I…

  • Miles for Minds

    Race winner Richard Agelillo of Philadelphia coasts to the finish line during the second annual JFK Miles for Minds 5K at Roosevelt Park in Edison on Sunday. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Almetra Lundy (l) of East Brunswick and Charlotte Burton of Somerset share a laugh on the course.