Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • ‘Always Fresh, and All Ways Italian’

    Bensi restaurant now open at Shoppes at North Brunswick BY SUSANNE MORELLI Correspondent Bensi, located at The Shoppes at North Brunswick at the intersection of Route 1 north and Route 130 south, serves up old-world charm in an eclectic setting. PHOTOS BY SUSANNE MORELLI The interior of Bensi restaurant, located at The Shoppes at North…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Trumpeter David Schneck, of Edison, performs a solo in “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp” written by Edwin Franko Goldman, at the concert by the Brio Symphonic Band, sponsored by the Metuchen Cultural Arts Commission in Metuchen on Saturday. For more photos, see page 3.

  • Deported immigrant sues twp. over rights violations

    Rajnikant Parikh accuses police of brutality, township of deliberate neglect BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Rajnikant Parikh, who in 2006 became the subject of a major controversy involving alleged police brutality and collusion with immigration authorities, has launched a federal lawsuit against Edison Township as well as a number of local police officers and federal…

  • Brio Symphonic Band

    Left: Blake Patterson, of Tinton Falls, plays the bassoon at the concert by the Brio Symphonic Band, sponsored by the Metuchen Cultural Arts Commission in Metuchen on Saturday. Due to inclement weather, the concert was held in Campbell Elementary School instead of Tommy’s Pond Park. Above: Edward Logue leads the musicians at the concert by…

  • Roadwork on Route 27 in Metuchen to begin July 15

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent If you thought construction along Route 1 has increased traffic congestion through Metuchen, just wait until work begins on replacing the bridge over the Port Reading secondary (ConRail) line on Route 27. SCOTT FRIEDMAN This busy two-lane stretch of County Route 27 in Metuchen between Wakefield Drive and Homestead Road will…

  • Edison chemical leak addressed

    EDISON – A county hazardous materials (hazmat) team responded to a chemical spill on Park Avenue in Edison, according to a spokesperson for Middlesex County Health Director David Papi. The call went out on July 2 around 9:30 in the morning, and two technicians in one hazmat truck responded. Upon arrival, the technicians found a…

  • Man charged with shoplifting expensive wines and liquors

    EDISON – A Brooklyn, N.Y., man was arrested after allegedly being caught with several bottles of very expensive alcoholic drinks from Costco on Route 27 on July 2. According to Lt. Joseph Shannon, Edison police public information officer, around 4:50 p.m. a man later identified as Mark Yakubov, 37, walked into Costco with a black…

  • Kids pick up Internet safety smarts in class

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN – Two fifth-grade classes of Roseanne Misrahi’s computer lab classes at Edgar Middle School became Internet safety savvy during the school year. “This is the first time I used Cablevision’s Power to Learn ‘Internet Smarts.’ I was a little apprehensive,” she said. “They have different programs catering to every…

  • Soon-to-be centenarian reflects on a life of change

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent METUCHEN – On July 13, longtime Metuchen resident Constance Hickey turns 100. Hickey, her husband and two children were one of the first families to move into the Jefferson Park homes in 1950. Later she was one of the first seniors to move into the borough’s senior housing on Lincoln Avenue.…