Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • School budget passes in Metuchen

    BY KATHY CHANG METUCHEN — For Superintendent of Schools Terri Sinatra, Tuesday’s school election results are a testament to the borough’s sense of community and the professionalism of the school district’s staff. “This is the 14th year, plus two referendums, that [school budgets] have been passed,” she said. “This is a real tribute to the…

  • March to Feed walkathon

    A group of J.P. Stevens High School students make their way across a footbridge April 18 at the March to Feed walkathon at Roosevelt Park in Edison. The students raised over $700 to help needy children in Africa. The students partnered with Feed the Children, which will use the money the students raise to send…

  • Christie cuts decried at legislators’ meeting

    Town and school officials, students and teachers speak out against state budget cuts BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Some people shouted and some people cried as they explained to state Sen. Barbara Buono and Assemblymen Patrick Diegnan and Peter Barnes III how the proposed budget cuts laid out by Gov. Chris Christie will affect them.…

  • Country Folk Art and Craft Show

    Patrons peruse the items on display at the Country Folk Art and Craft Show held at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison on April 17. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Edison municipal tab carries tax increase

    Three council members say township must change budgeting philosophy BY KATHY CHANG EDISON — The Township Council has introduced a $123 million budget for 2010 that raises taxes by approximately $70 on the average home. Mayor Antonia Ricigliano said a tax increase is inevitable to absorb a 17.6 percent cut in state aid. The township…

  • Police, Army officers team up for lesson

    Edison students get military-style lesson with DARE program BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The 120 fifth-graders at Menlo Park Elementary School learned about the dangers of drugs and alcohol in a way that the students found fun, interesting, and, at times, a bit punishing. Aditi Singh, 11, is fitted with Fatal Vision goggles during the…

  • Ricigliano reflects on first 100 days

    Mayor says she works hard to respond to residents and their concerns BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Edison Mayor Antonia Ricigliano said she hit the ground running when she took the top spot of the state’s fifth-largest township in January, and has kept up the momentum through her first 100 days. Antonia Ricigliano “Every day…

  • Police campaign aimed at slowing motorists

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The Edison Police Department is embarking on its fourth year of participation in the “Keep Kids Alive Drive 25” campaign, a nationwide program targeting observance of the residential speed limit. Police held a press conference at the intersection of Montview and Harris roads near James Monroe Elementary School on April…

  • Route 1 gas station robbed

    EDISON — Police are looking for three men involved in the robbery of the Fuel One gas station on Route 1. The robbery occurred at 1:30 a.m. April 4. The gas station attendant, a 17-year-old male, told police that one of the suspects, wearing a ski mask, approached him with a small bat in his…