Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Boro makes it easier, less expensive to do business

    Metuchen passes amendment designed to attract new stores BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer METUCHEN — At last week’s meeting, the Borough Council unanimously passed an amendment to its land use code that will make it faster and less expensive for new businesses to open up shop in the borough. The council passed an ordinance stating…

  • Celebrating a century’s worth of experience

    Local resident celebrates 100th birthday BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN G. MOONEY James H. Carrigan cuts the first slice of his cake to celebrate his 100th birthday at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4410, Woodbridge, Aug. 16. Carrigan officially turned 100 on Aug. 19. WOODBRIDGE — At the age of 100,…

  • Three arrested in Woodbridge shooting

    Authorities think that crime was not random BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer KATHY CHANG A police car sits outside the scene of a Ryan Street residence in Fords where a Keyport man died and a Fords woman was critically wounded after being shot multiple times the night of Aug. 18. The police have since arrested…

  • Parent hails state’s autism coverage law

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer New Jersey residents who have children with autism and who must pay a significant amount of money for the cost of therapy will remember Aug. 13, 2009, for a long time. Sharon Dey “Aug. 13 was an emotional and victorious day for families that have children with autism,” said Sharon…

  • O’Leary bows out of Assembly race

    Mayor says he cannot risk hurting Dem. Party’s chances BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent South Amboy Mayor John O’Leary announced last week that he is withdrawing from the 19th District Assembly race. O’Leary, who will remain as mayor, said in a statement that recent anonymous attacks against him, taking the form of letters and Internet blogs…

  • Mourners celebrate life of Monsignor Alliegro

    Popular priest’s death follows long battle with cancer BY ENID WEISS Correspondent More than 1,000 people, including more than 100 members of the clergy, crowded into the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Metuchen for the funeral of Monsignor Michael J. Alliegro on Friday, Aug. 21. He died Aug. 17 at Saint Peter’s University…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Carson Tramontin, 4, of Metuchen, checks out his 4½-inch catfish during the annual youth fishing derby at Tommy’s Pond in Metuchen on Aug. 15.

  • Edison detective pleads guilty to shoplifting

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer An Edison Township police detective pleaded guilty to charges of shoplifting from a local supermarket in March where he moonlighted as a security guard. David Yanvary, 54, admitted to stealing $42 worth of merchandise from a ShopRite on March 17, including the DVD movie “Role Models,” a jar of honey,…

  • Shelling out memories

    Local kids get involved with charitable cause BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer On a rainy day about a year and a half ago, Joe Cascio had his two daughters, Olivia and Sophia, along with his nephew, Jake Iantosca, and nieces, Samantha, Dani, Nicole and Ali Iantosca, at his Metuchen home. Top: From top left going…