Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Chief: Bias vandalism won’t be tolerated

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — An ongoing string of bias graffiti in the township has some calling for a greater effort on the part of law enforcement to catch the perpetrators. Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg, who has been a vocal advocate in the effort to fight bias crimes, said in an email that he…

  • N.Y. man charged with luring

    Sean C. Edwards EDISON — Police have arrested a man from Brooklyn, N.Y., on charges that he tried to lure a 14-year-old girl in the township. Sean C. Edwards, 37, was arrested on June 30 and charged with luring and unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance, according to a press release from Middlesex County…

  • Juneteenth Festival

    Members of the Afro-Brazilian Cultural Center of New Jersey perform Capoeira, an Afro- Brazilian martial art, during the sixth annual Metuchen Edison Area Branch NAACP Juneteenth Festival at the Edison Job Corps Academy on June 10. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Edison culinary team defeats 15 others to take top honors

    The Edison Job Corps Academy received first-place honors during the 2010 Job Corps Culinary Arts Expo, held last week at Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing. The championship Edison team is made up of iron chef Floripe Serrano from Richmond, Va., sous chef Michelle Caruso from Long Island, N.Y., garde manger Jimmy Alvarado from…

  • Retired superintendent to take over in Edison

    Two board members say cost of interim official is too high BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer To some, a new interim superintendent who will take the helm of Edison’s public schools on July 1 represents hope, and a new beginning.   Ronald E. Bolandi will take over a school system that has seen its share…

  • Juneteenth Festival

    Eaton Brown, 6, comes out from the audience to dance with performers from the Afro-Brazilian Cultural Center of New Jersey during the sixth annual Metuchen Edison Area Branch NAACP Juneteenth Festival at the Edison Job Corps Academy on June 10. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Metuchen Highschool Graduation

    Graduates stand ready to receive their diplomas at the start of commencement exercises for the Metuchen High School class of 2010, held June 22 at the school. More photos on page 24 and at gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • ‘Rust never sleeps,’ and neither do these guys

    Drummer of all-dad band hails from Edison BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Guitarist Frank Caruso (l-r), keyboardist Vito Pirrera, drummer John Lancia Jr., bassist Joe Corradino and guitarist Rich Lancia perform as the Fathers of Rock at the Immaculate Conception Carnival in Spotswood June 15. More photos at gmnews.com. SPOTSWOOD — They come from…

  • Soldier Visits

    Metuchen Daisy Troop 80612 received a visit recently from U.S. Army Capt. Christopher Hartings, the soldier they “adopted” during his tour in Afghanistan. The girls contributed items for a care package and drew pictures to send to “Capt. Chris” earlier this year. On May 23, Hartings came to a troop meeting to thank the Scouts…