Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • 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…

  • Silver Alert is now law

    Legislation that establishes a system to help locate missing persons who suffer from dementia or other cognitive impairments was signed into law by then-Gov. Richard Codey. The measure, S-1551/A-2844, creates an emergency Silver Alert System for providing public notification of those missing persons in a manner that is similar to the Amber Alerts that are…

  • Edison BOE to try again with bond referendum

    Two separate questions up for Jan. 26 vote BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer "The print version of this article that appears in the January 20 edition of the Sentinel listed an incorrect date for the Edison Township Board of Education bond referendum. The date, January 26, in the article below is correct." EDISON — After…

  • Edison Police search for man who may have approached girl

    By Dan Newman 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…

  • Early morning explosion shuts down part of Rte. 27

    Gas leak blamed for destruction of home office BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Ahome office on Route 27 in Edison was destroyed early Monday morning in an explosion that has been blamed on a natural gas leak. Edison Battalion Chief James Hook assesses the situation of a smoldering pile of charred rubble that remains from…

  • Meeting brings college attendance rate to light

    Metuchen group has concerns about lack of students going to four-year schools BY ENID WEISS Correspondent As Metuchen Board of Education officials discussed concerns regarding next year’s school budget and their ongoing search for a new high school principal, several parents and the leader of a community group attended the Jan. 12 school board meeting…

  • Relatives tell of the tragedy of Alzheimer’s disease

    Share stories of mental decline of patients, heartache of caregivers BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Mildred “Muney” Davis is described by her son as a “real lady”: she taught her son to hold doors open and she never used four-letter words. She worked for her husband Lou’s business, volunteered her time for the Jewish Chronic…

  • Cases of Alzheimer’s disease to double by 2050

    No cure yet for the most common, most debilitating form of dementia BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer (Editor’s note: The following statistics and information have been provided by the Alzheimer’s Association Greater New Jersey Chapter.) As the most common form of dementia, accounting for about 70 percent of all cases, Alzheimer’s disease affects 5.3 million…