Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Met. business aids group homes

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Despite the sagging economy, business is good for Virginia Weber, who runs a retail and wholesale window covering business called Hillside Designs out of her Metuchen home. So, she took some time off Oct. 7 to donate her products and services to the Center for Great Expectations in Somerset. “I really…

  • Residents decorate Amboy Ave. for fall

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — Residents and visitors driving down Amboy Avenue in the township will see the street dressed for the autumn after about three dozen residents took the time to plant rows of mums and decorate with cornstalks around the lampposts last Saturday. The effort was part of an overall beautification…

  • Cops seeking gas station thief

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Police are searching for a man who robbed a gas station on Amboy Avenue on Oct. 7, stealing cash and an employee’s cell phone. According to Sgt. Robert Dudash, police public information officer, the suspect was described as a black man approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall, wearing a black…

  • YMCAs launch youth health program

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Roughly 18,000 children in 359 YMCA branches across the state have kicked off the Healthy U programs on Oct. 1 in an effort to combat childhood obesity. Over 500 children are served through the Metuchen, Edison and Woodbridge YMCA and will participate in the program through the after-school system. The…

  • Turnpike Authority approves toll hike

    Tolls will fund transportation projects all over N.J. BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer The New Jersey Turnpike Authority unanimously voted to raise tolls over the next four years in order to fund several infrastructure projects. Under the new plan, approved Oct. 10, tolls for what the Turnpike Authority says is the “average driver” would increase…

  • Manley challenges Dems for council

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent The Justin Manley for Metuchen BoroughC ouncilW eb site affectionately calls its candidate who works as chief technology officer for Arch Reinsurance Co. in Manhattan a “geek.” And his smiley-face logo sports glasses look a lot like Manley’s own spectacles. Justin Manley It’s part of his image that he’s embraced in…

  • Wild Bird Country marks 5th anniversary

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Above: Wild Bird Country owner Colleen Snow poses for pictures with store resident sun conure “Sunny” at the store’s location in Edison on Tuesday, Sept. 30. The store, located at 1199 Amboy Ave. in Edison, is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year. Right, Wild Bird Country offers a wide variety…

  • Cops arrest alleged metal thief

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — Police arrested a man on suspicion of burglary on Monday, Sept. 29, believing that he intended to steal copper wiring and other scrap metal from a vacant storefront on Route 27, according to Sgt. Robert Dudash, police public information officer. According to authorities, Officer David Salardino was on…

  • Kicks for Kids

    Clockwise from top left: NY Red Bulls midfielder Sinisa Ubiparipovic demonstrates some fancy footwork for the crowd during the charity soccer marathon for “Lanie’s Angels for Kids with Cancer” at St. Joseph’s High School in Metuchen on Sunday. Jashua Nyema, of the Edison United Tigers, makes a move past Cranford Panthers goaltender Josh Lawrence, only…