Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Edison holds tree lighting

    BY LAUREN MORTENSON Staff Writer With reindeer antlers on his head and a red light-up nose like Rudolph’s, 3- year-old Christopher Lazu sat on top of his uncle’s shoulders searching for Santa in a crowd of Edison residents. His brother Anthony, 8, and their cousin Stephen, 8, joined the rest of the guests in attendance…

  • Steve Forbes speaks in Edison

    Publisher, former presidential candidate talks about economy BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Steve Forbes, editor in chief of Forbes magazine and former presidential candidate, gave Wardlaw-Hartridge High School students a crash course in economics on Dec. 1 at the north Edison school. He discussed the current sagging economy, the presidential election, the Federal Reserve, monetary policy,…

  • Edison CFO resigns

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — The township’s chief financial officer, David Hollberg, has resigned and will leave his position at the end of this month, after about eight months as head of the municipal finance department. According to a press release issued by communications director Jerry Barca, Hollberg is leaving to be the…

  • Mourners bid farewell to county’s top official

    Crabiel remembered for love of family, public service BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Hundreds of family, friends and colleagues of David B. Crabiel gathered to mourn the loss of the longtime county government leader last week in Milltown, where he lived his entire life. Crabiel died at the age of 78 at Robert Wood Johnson…

  • Planner talks traffic with residents

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Several dozen people examined giant satellite maps and discussed the best routes to travel through town as they traipsed through the Metuchen Senior Center at the borough’s public hearing on traffic on Dec. 2. “This is an opportunity, for the first time, for the borough to have a circulation plan,” said…

  • Edison named safest place for women in U.S.

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer If an article by Self magazine is correct, then women should feel safer in Edison than in any other city in America. The township was named by the health and fitness magazine as the safest place for women in the U.S., beating out runners-up Cambridge, Mass., and Nassau and Suffolk…

  • Twp. kicks off toy drive

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — The township has kicked off its annual holiday toy drive to benefit needy children this year, with township officials donating the first items during the drive’s official start on Dec. 3. “I am proud of our community’s spirit of giving. This toy drive is another opportunity for Edison…

  • ‘Fowl!’

    Above: Samantha Reilly, 8, of Edison, focuses on the basket with the encouragement of John Spiess, special events coordinator, during the “Fowl” Shooting Contest sponsored by the Edison Recreation Department on Nov. 22. Proceeds of the event will benefit area food banks. Right: Anish Chouthai, 8, hopes his shot will win the tiebreaker against David…

  • 176 turkeys donated at food drive

    Various community groups pitch in for charity effort BY LAUREN MORTENSON Staff Writer Though the weather was frightful, the turkeys were delightful, as St. Francis Cathedral Social Concerns and the Community Food Bank of New Jersey received 176 donated turkeys during the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive in Metuchen on Saturday, Nov. 22. The food and…