Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • International films at Metuchen Public Library

    The Metuchen Public Library will begin its annual summer foreign film series, the Edna Newby International Film Festival, on Monday, July 14, with the Russian film “The Italian.” The festival will continue for the next five weeks. Each film will be shown twice, at 2 and 7:30 p.m., on the indicated date. Admission is free…

  • Metuchen mulls over townhouse application

    Zoning Board concerned that firetrucks could have trouble with access BY ENID WEISS Correspondent While everyone else is enjoying the summer, Metuchen officials are poring over architectural and landscaping plans and meeting with engineers and Nicholas J. Netta, the chief architect of a proposed 12-unit townhouse development on Amboy Avenue. The townhouses are planned for…

  • ‘Beauty & the Beast’

    Above: Eric Harper portrays the boastful Gaston in the scene “The Tavern” at the dress rehearsal for “Beauty and the Beast,” a production of Middlesex County’s Plays in the Park at Roosevelt Park in Edison on Friday. Top right: The Beast, portrayed by George A. Williams, sings “How Long Must This Go On” at the…

  • Edison makes some GovDeals

    EDISON – Does anyone need a new horse trailer? Or some extra VHS tapes? Anyone? Anyone? Edison Township’s selling them, as well as a number of other items, through an Internet site catering specifically to municipal governments called GovDeals. According to township spokesman Jerry Barca, Edison had been pondering the use of the site since…

  • Variety Village bids farewell to founder

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer After 24 years as owner of the Variety Village, Nick Ferrara said goodbye to what borough residents said was the place to go in downtown Metuchen for those little last-minute or hard-to-find items. KATHY CHANG After 24 years as owner of the Variety Village in downtown Metuchen, Nick Ferrara said…

  • Twp. gets new, wheelchair accessible van for seniors

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – Edison recently unveiled a new minivan designed to service the township’s senior citizen population. The van, a Chevy Uplander, is specially built to accommodate people in wheelchairs through a manual wheelchair ramp for easy entry and exit. The van will join the township’s fleet of 13 buses in…

  • Council to revote on Cablevision contract

    Action to address lingering questions after measure passed with tie vote BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – An ordinance on a cable contract in Edison will go through a revote after the motion passed with a 3- 3 tie vote during the Township Council’s July 9 meeting. Councilman Dr. Sudhanshu Prasad had abstained, though…

  • Library hopes to shut the book on discrimination

    N.B. resident donates books and DVDs about Sikh religion BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer JENNIFER AMATO Rajinder Singh Gadhok (l) has donated a collection of books and DVDs about the Sikh religion to library director Cheryl McBride for the North Brunswick Public Library. County residents are welcome to borrow the materials. NORTH BRUNSWICK – To…

  • Progress made on swamp preservation

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – Preservation efforts for the Dismal Swamp, a 1,000-acre wetland with parts in Edison, Metuchen and South Plainfield, have received the support of both Middlesex County as well as the state Legislature in a pair of separate but complementary actions over this past month. The Dismal Swamp, which environmentalists…