Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • School to donate 6,000 books to Katrina relief

    Volunteers still need to raise $1,000 for shipping BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – This may be one for the books. Students, faculty and staff at John Adams Middle School in Edison have collected over 6,000 books for school children in New Orleans over the course of five weeks. The effort, coordinated by the…

  • Community input sought on train station developments

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON- A local firm is seeking residents’ input on what they do and don’t want near the Edison Train Station. Representatives from the firm Intercap Holdings, which owns the 43-acre plot of land that might see development of some sort over the course of the next few years, wants to…

  • P.D. nominee hopes to build strong consensus

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – A point Brian Collier, nominee for the director of the Edison Police Department, really wants to drive home is that he is a Jersey boy at heart and a Jersey cop in particular. His demeanor and speech certainly reflect this, his mannerisms calling to mind someone who, despite…

  • Police report 22 car burglaries in one weekend

    Only one car that was burglarized was actually locked BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN – After a rash of motor vehicle burglaries that plagued the borough last weekend, Police Officer David Liantonio said it’s important for people to lock their car doors. “These [suspects] preyed on people who left their car doors open,” he…

  • District to hold series of budget presentations

    BY JAY BODAS Correspondent METUCHEN – The new year will bring with it a new round of school budget discussions and a raise for the borough Board of Education (BOE) business administrator. “Every year, we start our discussion of the budget with a presentation based on data for you,” said schools Superintendent Theresa Sinatra at…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff St. Thomas student Kateri Noble, 13, of Monroe, is one of 124 students representing 19 central New Jersey elementary schools competing in the second annual Mathematics Competitions sponsored by St. Joseph High School, Metuchen, on Jan. 12. For more photos, see page 3.

  • Council: No more houses

    Council passes resolution declaring general aversion to residential development BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON- The Township Council has pledged to oppose and resist any new residential development that can be helped. Through a resolution passed during the council’s Jan. 9 meeting, the council unanimously approved what was described by Council President Robert Diehl as…

  • Police may have director instead of chief

    Choi nominates DEA agent for potential new police director position BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer The Edison Police Department may face a drastic change in its command structure if a proposal by Mayor Jun Choi is approved by the Township Council. Police Director nominee Brian Collier (l-r), acting Chief Ron Gerba and soon-to-be Deputy Chief…

  • Edison Animal Shelter to undergo ‘green’ renovations

    Grant will let facility be first ‘green’ animal shelter in New Jersey BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – The Edison Animal Shelter will be getting a $100,000 face-lift thanks to a county grant that was unanimously approved during a Jan. 9 Township Council meeting. The grant, coming out of the Sustainable Economic Growth Improvement…