Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Ricigliano settling into her new role as Edison’s mayor

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer After a year in which she pulled a huge upset over Jun Choi in the Edison Democratic mayoral primary election, and then a resounding general election win over Dennis Pipala, new mayor Antonia “Toni” Ricigliano has been slowly but surely settling in to her new role as township leader. Antonia…

  • Senator’s bill proposes putting end to COAH

    Towns would be authorized to plan for development of affordable housing BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Abill that would abolish the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) has been introduced in the state Senate as S-1. The bill was introduced in a Senate session that was held after Gov. Chris Christie was inaugurated on Jan.…

  • Rafano discusses priorities as new freeholder director

    Economic development council among initiatives in works BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Longtime Middlesex County freeholder and South River resident Christopher Rafano will serve his first term as director of the board this year. Upon being sworn in to the role earlier this month, Rafano, who has been a freeholder since 1998 and was deputy…

  • Family Fun Night

    Left to right: Urvi Somi applies henna to Moenika Chowdhury at the International Family Fun Night at Wardlaw Hartridge School on Jan. 22. Indianica Academy dancers perform. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Edison-based foundation receives grant

    EDISON — The New Jersey Foundation of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities, based in Edison, recently received a $50,000 grant from The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey to support its Donated Dental Services Program. Since the foundation was created six years ago, more than 500 grants have been awarded, totaling nearly $18 million. “The New…

  • Edison Police search for man who may have approached girl

    EDISON — A report of a suspicious vehicle on the south side of Edison has police searching for the driver of that vehicle. On Jan. 18 at about 6:45 a.m., a 9-year-old girl was walking along Harrison Street near Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva. The girl’s mother was about 20 feet in front of the child.…

  • Tuition reimbursement bill to have 2nd chance

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer State legislators who want to enact a law that lays out how a school district employeemay be reimbursed for the cost of tuition for ongoing education will make that attempt in the first days of the new legislative session. Proponents of such a law believed they were on the right…

  • IRS office open on upcoming Saturdays

    Several Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Taxpayer Assistance centers in New Jersey will be expanding service to area taxpayers eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) by opening its doors on three Saturdays. The extra days and hours are being added to help potentially eligible taxpayers who may not be able to seek assistance during…

  • WHS students learning to tickle the ivories

    Yamaha music equipment gives students, teachers new way to have fun with music BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer When it came time for the music department at The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison to think about an upgrade, it didn’t take long for Music Department co-chair Jane Brown to find exactly what she needed. Lauren Kisare…