Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Board of Ed. dismisses Superintendent Toth

    Administrator placed on paid leave until contract expires in 2010 BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer The Edison Board of Education narrowly voted to place Superintendent Carol Toth on paid administrative leave until her contract expires in 2010. The vote took place late during the Nov. 19 board meeting. Director of Personnel John DiMuzio will serve…

  • Three must recuse selves from Stop & Shop hearing

    Land ownership raises questions of conflict BY JAY BODAS Correspondent Aconflict of interest. This was the reason given at the Nov. 19 Metuchen Borough Council meeting as to why three members of the borough government who also sit on the Planning Board have voluntarily recused themselves from hearing a Planning Board application on how to…

  • Welcoming winter

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from above: The Metuchen High School marching band entertains the crowd at the Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce’s 54th annual Winter Festival Parade on Nov. 25. Girl Scout Troop 81652 gets into the holiday spirit. The Nutcracker makes an appearance at the parade.

  • A mother’s nightmare, a son’s ordeal

    Woman shares experience of son’s murder trial, tells her story through book BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN – Hope and faith helped Ann Matthiews deal with every mother’s nightmare. In her first book, “Angels Don’t Lie,” which is part nonfiction and part fiction, Matthiews’ 20-year-old son, whom she names Nick Stern in the book,…

  • Police substation at Menlo Park Mall reopens

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Edison Mayor Jun Choi (at podium) stands alongside local law enforcement officials and mall security officers at a press conference presenting the newly reopened Edison Police Department substation at the Menlo Park Mall in Edison on Nov. 19. The substation had its reopening just…

  • Birth info not easily obtained by adoptees

    RegDay serves to inform residents about adoption information hurdles BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer Mirah Riben just wants to educate people, that’s all. Riben, a member of Origins-USA, a national nonprofit organization working to support families affected by adoption, tried to do just that on Nov. 10 at a small table at the entrance of…

  • For the Record

    In a photo caption on page 3 of the Nov. 7 edition of the Sentinel, Aly Spadavecchi of Sewaren was incorrectly identifed as Carley Delliman. We regret this error.

  • Woman’s CPR training saves daughter’s life

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN – After six years of annually renewing her CPR [cardiopulmonary resuscitation] certification as a Girl Scout leader, Susan Wilcox never really thought the day would come when she would have to use it on her own 6-year-old daughter. However, the time came on the night of Nov. 8. “I…

  • Home cooking fires peak on Thanksgiving Day

    According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires and NFPA is urging the public to keep safety in mind when preparing holiday meals. Cooking fires are more likely to happen on Thanksgiving than any other day of the year. In 2005, cooking fires were involved in…