Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Local music school hits all the right notes

    Will take part in Metuchen’s art and music festival BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer TheWesterhoff School ofMusic andArt opened in the borough in 1998 with a three-member faculty and 25 students offering piano, violin and art lessons. Ten years later, the school has grown to a 16-member faculty and 350 students offering guitar, saxophone, viola,…

  • Private instructors must now pay fee to use twp. facility

    EDISON – The Township Council unanimously adopted an ordinance that would impose a fee for private professionals to hold classes and other programs in township buildings. The measure, passed unanimously during theMay 29 council meeting, states that if the township sponsors a class or program offered by an outside professional, that professional will need to…

  • Edison wins award for commuter friendliness

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – The township’s municipal government has been recognized by the New Jersey Department of Transportation as a smart place to work. The New Jersey Smart Workplace award program recognizes employers that provide commuter benefits, help employees address limited or expensive parking, reduce traffic congestion, improve employee recruiting and retention,…

  • Resident honored for extensive volunteer work

    Resident recognized for removing 5,000 illegal signs, other volunteer work BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – Edison resident Carl Zimmerman, 57, is known throughout town as a jack-of-all-trades. He’s an entrepreneur, breathing life into his vending machine business, a volunteer firefighter, a police reservist, a hot dog vendor, a labor consultant, a Santa Claus…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff George Georgoulas is congratulated by Professor Bill Mariano of the English Department during the procession of the 41st commencement at Middlesex County College on Thursday.

  • District declines to retain special services director

    Hearing before school board to dispute the matter currently being scheduled BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Sources within Edison’s school district have reported that Suzanne Hiatt, schools special services director, will not have her contract renewed for the following year, a move that she has disputed by requesting a hearing before the Board of Education…

  • Ground broken on new public safety center

    Will house police, fire and EMS workers as well as provide training space BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Edison Township officials joined with local business owners in breaking ground on the new public safety center in Edison during an unusually cold morning on May 22. A rendering of the new public safety center in Edison.…

  • Local food pantry facing dwindling stock

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – A local food pantry has been struggling to meet increased demands in the wake of rising prices worldwide. The Hands of Hope program at St. James Episcopal Church in Edison, which runs a large food bank and a soup kitchen, has reported a spike in the number of…

  • Local Cub Scouts honored

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer KATHY CHANG Seven of the 59 members of the Metuchen Cub Scout Pack 69 crossed over into the Boy Scouts, six earning the Arrow of Light award, the highest award in Cub Scouts, at the Cub Scout award ceremony onMay 9. Top row: Daniel Bernheimer (l-r), 10,Metuchen; Scott Boxer, 11,…