Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Cops searching for luring suspect

    METUCHEN — Police are looking for a white male with short brown hair and a short trimmed beard, possibly a goatee, who attempted to lure an 11-year-old girl as she was walking to school on the morning of Jan. 15. The incident occurred on Whitman Avenue, police said. The victim told police that when she…

  • Griffin-Ussak selected as new council president

    Wayne Mascola retained as council vice president BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer AnnMarie Griffin-Ussak is the new president of the Edison Township Council, replacing last year’s council president, Robert Diehl. Wayne Mascola was appointed council vice president for the second year in a row. Griffin-Ussak was modest but appreciative of her new position. “Well, this…

  • Used cell phones can benefit soldiers

    Cell Phones for Soldiers and Edison Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 3117 and its ladies auxiliary are kicking off a cell phone collection drive. Donated cell phones are sold to a company that recycles them. The money received from recycling the cell phones is used to purchase calling cards that will be sent to…

  • Vahalla urges unity in borough address

    Followed by vote to end liaison positions; falls along party lines BY ENID WEISS Correspondent During his opening State of the Borough speech at the Metuchen Borough Council’s Jan. 5 meeting, Mayor Thomas Vahalla called on the council— now evenly split with three Republicans and three Democrats — to work together in light of what…

  • Local YMCA aids international counterpart

    PHOTO COURTESY OF RYAN PATTERSON Some members of the Metuchen YMCA Manta Rays swim team paint the Grand Bahama YMCA gym. The group visited the Grand Bahama YMCA Jan. 1-6 to provide services to their international counterpart. METUCHEN — It was 15 years ago when the Metuchen YMCA partnered with the Grand Bahama YMCA, situated…

  • Excerpts from Mayor Vahalla’s address

    Metuchen Mayor Thomas Vahalla, in his address to the Borough Council during the Jan. 5 reorganization meeting at borough hall, anticipated budget cuts as the borough braces for the impact of a tight economy and dwindling state funds. He mentioned examining refinancing bonds in light of dropping interest rates as a way to cut spending.…

  • Sign of the times

    Sign warning of environmental cleanup posted on chem. co. site BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer AkzoNobel Inc. recently erected a sign warning people of the ongoing environmental cleanup and investigation. EDISON — A sign warning people that an area of the Edison Boat Basin is currently under environmental remediation and investigation has been posted by…

  • Outdoor sportsmen

    Left: Alaska’s Roger MacPhee competes in a lumberjack competition during the 26th annual Outdoor Sportsmen’s Show held at the N.J. Convention and Exposition Center in Edison on Jan. 9. Above: Larry Tibbits, Maine, creates a custom woodwork. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff

  • Freeholders reorganize, set agenda for the year

    The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders welcomed new members and paid tribute to the past during its annual reorganization meeting last week. Longtime Freeholder Stephen J. “Pete” Dalina, who was elected at the Jan. 6 meeting in New Brunswick to serve as freeholder director for 2009, said it is his goal to enhance the…