Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Lost Boy, now man, recounts tale of survival

    Sudanese CivilWar survivor tells of flight through Africa, to the U.S. BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Abraham Awolich METUCHEN – At the age of 7, Abraham Awolich found himself displaced from his home in Sudan and alone. “We all had to run away and hide,” said Awolich, who in 1988 fled his home on foot…

  • New members take their seats on Metuchen council

    Dyas tapped as council president; Cammarano to fill Vahalla’s council term BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN – After 12 years, the borough has a new mayor in addition to three new faces. In a private ceremony on New Year’s Day and a second ceremony during the Jan. 6 reorganization meeting, Thomas Vahalla, 58, took…

  • Township man arrested for allegedly assaulting police

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – A township man was arrested after allegedly assaulting two Edison police officers responding to a disorderly conduct call at 1604 Route 27. Sgt. Robert Dudash, public information officer for the department, said that theman, John James Faracy, 36, was “clearly intoxicated” when police arrived at 1:45 a.m. on…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Kids run around the Kid Zone at the New Jersey Youth Soccer Organization Expo held at the NJ Convention Center in Edison on Saturday. The expo included coaching workshops, various vendor exhibitions and more than a dozen clinics throughout the day.

  • Spending plan stresses austerity, looks for ratables

    Choi plan hopes to stabilize property taxes over the next three years BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Edison Mayor Jun Choi’s proposed threeyear spending plan is being touted as the bitter medicine the township needs. The malady? To Choi and his supporters, outof control property tax rates and a bloated municipal government. The cure? A…

  • Weighting for a win

    Local teen hopes to break power-lifting record at state competition BY JAY BODAS Correspondent Most days after school, Woodbridge High School senior Tony Malave can be found at the Metuchen YMCA, sitting on the bench. PHOTOS BY JAY BODAS Tony Malave, 17, can bench press 485 pounds. By the time he competes at the International…

  • Acting superintendent looks forward to looking forward

    Says longtime experience in district will help him be quality administrator BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – John DiMuzio has been very busy. Although he has been acting superintendent of Edison’s school district for only a month and a half, his schedule is already nearly filled to the brim. Having spent the opening weeks…

  • Council introduces 2-cent tax increase to pay twp. bills

    Resolution is first official action of four new council members BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON- Township residents may be receiving a slightly heftier tax bill the next time around, after the Township Council during a special meeting on Jan. 3 introduced a resolution that would increase the levy to $1.01 per $100 of assessed…

  • County gov’t feels new year will be taxing

    Freeholders sworn in at re-org; director calls for necessary tax reform BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Stephen Dalina EDISON – Middlesex County Freeholders Stephen J. “Pete” Dalina, Christopher Rafano and Blanquita Valenti were sworn in as members of the board during the freeholders’ reorganization meeting Friday, held at Middlesex County College in Edison. Dalina, sworn…