Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • More swastikas discovered in Edison

    Rabbi, mayor get into war of words over recent incidents BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Another incident of anti-Semitism has been committed within Edison, this time at a public park. PHOTO COURTESY OF CONGREGATION BETH-EL Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg outside of Congregation Beth-El on Sept. 28 where three swastikas were painted on the outside of…

  • Have a seat

    JEFF GRANIT staff Chris (l) and Matty Scaffa, of Manalapan, talk with Rich Leybovich from Ferguson, a wholesale plumbing-industrial-PVF-heating company, about the differences in Kohler toilets at the Go Green Expo at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison on Oct. 9.

  • Middlesex College to start construction on Crabiel Hall

    Building named after late freeholder director to be completed by early 2011 BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer In the 1980s, Dorothy Power served on the Middlesex County Board of Freeholders with the late David B. Crabiel and got to know him very well over the years. “He had a huge interest in so many things…

  • NBHA advocates ‘bone-afied’ mission for a shelter

    More than 150 dogs take part in Dog Walk fundraiser in North Brunswick BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Since the township is facing “ruff” times in terms of sheltering animals, the North Brunswick Humane Association has ‘no bones’ about asking residents to donate to its mission, Project Shelter. The most recent event was the sixth…

  • Teen charged with bias intimidation

    A16-year-old male who was charged for punching a 19-year-old Edison man has also been charged with bias intimidation in the Sept. 19 incident. According to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, the 16-year-old, whose name has not been released because of his age, was originally charged with juvenile delinquency in the aggravated…

  • Ridin’ along in my automobile

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Anna Keenan, 6, of Metuchen, pedals her way around the track during an afternoon of fall fun at VonThun Farms in South Brunswick on Oct. 4. The farm features a 3-mile corn maze carved in the shape of New Jersey.

  • Hailey’s Harp and Pub to open in Nov.

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Hailey’s Harp and Pub will celebrate a grand opening on Nov. 3. Until then, the newest eatery on Metuchen’s Main Street is operating what it calls a “soft opening” with a limited menu, a shorter workweek and shortened kitchen hours. “It’s to allow staff to ramp up,” said Victor DeLusso, Hailey’s…

  • Yoga program coming to Edison

    EDISON —Over a decade ago, Gomathy Swamy took up yoga as a way to try to help her focus on her studies as a physical therapy student. “I think I was a pretty good student overall, but once I took up yoga, my studies went much better and I gained lots of clarity overall,” Swamy…

  • Am I going to make it, Doc?

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Edison Parks Department employee Undray Jones gets tested for carpal tunnel syndrome by Dr. Jidong of Bayshore Rehab Medicine of Edison during an employee health fair in Edison on Oct. 1.