Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Not a prisoner. Not an addict. Not dead.

    Author shares with Edison students his experience of escaping gang life BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – Among gang members in South Central Los Angeles, it is generally believed that there are only three things one can ultimately be: a prisoner, an addict, or dead. By the time Luis J. Rodriguez had turned 18,…

  • Local band cites many influences

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer PHOTOS BY KATHY CHANG Left: The local band Amercy will perform at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark on Feb. 29. Cody Bissette, 17, (top l-r) of Metuchen, plays the drums, Nick Nalepa, 17, of Metuchen, is the lead singer, and Mike Bray, 19, of Metuchen, plays bass…

  • GREEN SCENE

    Pause before you prune: February He who would perfect his work, must first sharpen his tools. Confucius, 551-479 BCE Having the right tools always comes first. Don’t start pruning before taking a close look at your equipment. You probably rely on tools that have been inherited or accumulated over several years. It pays to make…

  • Reaction to proposed indoor sports complex mixed

    Meeting gauges public reaction to soccer fields, bowling alley BY JAY BODAS Correspondent Anew bowling alley and two soccer fields near the center of Metuchen are being proposed. Preliminary plans for an entertainment center containing these elements, to be located at 700 Middlesex Ave., were discussed at a Feb. 13 meeting of the borough’s Recreation…

  • Faire attendees have a wicked good time

    ‘Wicked Faire’ boasts pirates, ninjas, knights, many, many, many others BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer For the most part, the Holiday Inn in Edison is surrounded by roads and the cars that drive upon them, contemporary artifacts of the modern industrial age we currently inhabit, with a number of asphalt paved parking lots a little…

  • Pulomena to pursue administrator position

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK – Middlesex County Freeholder John Pulomena has resigned fromthe county board to pursue the position of county administrator. Pulomena has been on the board for 10 years. He chaired the county’s Public Health and Education Committee, which created the state-of-the-artAcademy of Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, and the…

  • Photo

    JEFF GRANIT staff Lili Butewicz of South River stands near a cherry tree at the New Jersey Flower and Garden Show at the N.J. Convention and Expo Center in Edison.

  • Edison police director ordinance tabled

    Township needs time to address legal concerns from state PBA BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – The Edison Township Council tabled a pair of ordinances that would establish a civilian police director as head of the township police department and change the criteria for promotion within the force. The announcement to do so was…

  • Police seek information on luring incidents

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – Edison police are searching for information regarding two separate attempts to lure children into cars. Both incidents took place Thursday, Feb. 14. The first took place around 7:50 a.m. near the swimming pool area of an apartment complex on Michelle Circle, which is near Talmadge Road.A13-year-old girl was…