Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Dem org.’s mailing lacked ‘paid for by’ language

    Chairwoman said letter supporting Dacey for mayor was not political BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer METUCHEN – A letter sent to registered Democrats in Metuchen on April 25 from the Metuchen Democratic Organization supporting Councilman Tim Dacey for mayor may have violated the Election Law Enforcement Commission’s (ELEC) rules on political…

  • Council rejects approval of Oak Tree Road grant

    Mayor to seek exception from state to avoid losing grant money BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer The Edison Township Council narrowly rejected the approval of a $50,000 state Smart Growth grant on May 9 to study future parking and pedestrian planning along Oak Tree Road. The rejection of the resolution, by…

  • Photo

    SCOTT PILLING Staff Ready to ride, more than 400 police officers stopped to rest May 9 in the parking lot of the Palace Hotel in Edison before continuing on the Police Unity Tour in honor of officers lost in the line of duty. More photos, page 13.

  • Sheriff releases sketch of suspect of child luring case

    Another man cleared of wrongdoing in two other incidents, police say BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer The Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office Composite Unit has released a sketch of the man who attempted to lure a sixth-grade Edgar Middle School student into his car last month. On April 10, an 11-year-old student…

  • With a hacksaw and a dream, man goes green

    Re/Cycler uses old bikes to reinvent the two-wheeler, help environment BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Above: “Chopper Johnny” aka John Maurer shows off his bike, The Re/Cycler, made up of discarded bicycles redesigned and welded together. At right: Maurer demonstrates how he takes the remnants of old bikes and creates a…

  • Man found shot on Rte. 1 still unidentified

    Police seek to ID man, who is in critical condition BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE – Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a black man who was found on the shoulder of Route 1 north near the entrance to the Garden State Parkway on May 12, with a…

  • Five million miles and one heck of a view

    Astronaut returns after space flight; Edison names day in his honor BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff NASA astronaut Mark Polansky returned to his native Edison on Monday and spoke to students at his alma mater, J.P. Stevens High School. Polansky commanded the space shuttle Discovery on its latest…

  • County program could mean ‘greener’ future

    Local officials meet to discuss county’s sustainability plan BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – Middlesex County is coming out of its industrial past and trading concrete gray for environmental “green.” Two hundred local, county and school officials met May 2 at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Hall in Edison to…

  • Wordfest brings literary performance to Metuchen

    Twenty authors and one old theater welcome lovers of the written word BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer METUCHEN – Paul Watkins came to Wordfest 2007 to ward off schizophrenia. The acclaimed author of “Stand Before Your God” and “The Ice Soldier” joined 18 other authors, poets and musicians at the annual…