Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • ‘Willy Wonka’ play Jan. 8 in Edison

    The Lindeneau Elementary School PTO will present “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8 (snow date is Jan. 15), at the Edison High School auditorium, Boulevard of Eagles, Edison. Doors will open at 7:10 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door. Refreshments, Wonka Bars, T-shirts, flowers and…

  • Temple Emanu-El’s January events

    Temple Emanu-El, 100 James St., Edison, has announced its upcoming schedule for January. All events take place at the temple unless otherwise noted. • Jan. 9, Shabbat B’Shir at 10 a.m., greeting the Sabbath with song. Torathon is the annual day of Torah study, with the congregation’s own learned scholars leading the way. This is…

  • Best photos of 2009

    Photographers’ picks JEFF GRANIT staff NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV championship final at The College of N.J. in Ewing Dec. 5. The Edison Memorial Tower Sept. 3. JEFF GRANIT staff NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I semifinal in Metuchen Nov. 21. JEFF GRANIT staff Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway Jan. 24. ERIC SUCAR staff Middlesex County…

  • Residents encouraged to become involved in local government

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Edison Mayor-elect Antonia Ricigliano speaks to residents during the Edison Call to Service Summit on Dec. 17. EDISON — About 80 people showed up for the Edison Call to Service Summit on Dec. 17, which was co-hosted by the Citizens’ Campaign and the Metuchen Edison Woodbridge YMCA. The summit is…

  • Forum: N.J. business climate, Bell Labs building at crossroads

    Statewide survey finds execs down on N.J. economy BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Results from a statewide survey of top executives show the business environment in New Jersey was more negative than positive in 2009, according to findings presented at the third annual New Jersey Economic Policy Forum held in Holmdel on Dec. 15. The…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff A pedestrian braves the cold and rainy weather during a walk around Roosevelt Park in Edison on Dec. 26. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • E.P.D. says they got drug investigation started

    Police director says more arrests are on the horizon BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Just days after it was announced that four Edison High School janitors were charged with illegal use and resale of prescription drugs, two top-level township law enforcement officials said it was their department that spearheaded the effort to investigate, saying that…

  • Edison police arrest pair after narcotics investigation

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Two men, one of whom is an Edison resident, were arrested last week as a result of a narcotics investigation. Quincy Clark, 34, Edison, and Eugene Lockhart, 24, New Brunswick, were spotted in a parked car in the rear of the Edison Diner on Route 1 by two township police…

  • What’s in a name?

    Roadways and bridges are named for the famous BY KAREN L. KESTEN Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff You’re stuck in traffic again and you turn on the traffic report. You hear the names of bridges and roads over and over, but who are these people, and why do they have their own bridge? Spanning the…