Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • ILR landfill Planning Board meeting postponed

    Concerns continue over unclean fill observed being put on landfill BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – A special Planning Board meeting set to continue a contested application for a 500,000-square-foot warehouse to be built on the ILR landfill was postponed Wednesday. The application is being brought forth by JERC Partners…

  • County ranked eighth in child well-being report

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer A new report released last week by the Association for Children of New Jersey puts Middlesex County slightly better than middle-of-the-road when it comes to child well-being. The New Jersey Kids Count report says that Middlesex County is ranked eighth out of the state’s 21 counties…

  • Captive contestants

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: A security guard wheels “inmate” Jesse Cinquegrana of Woodbridge on a cart during a radio station contest in which contestants compete against one another inside a “prison” in the mall. Left: Jack Tirone, a contestant in the contest, sits inside a “prison” at the mall. Tirone is competing against…

  • Three Dem. slates emerge for council nomination

    Slates backed by mayor, ’05 mayoral candidate to challenge incumbents BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – As the deadline passed to file for a spot on the June 5 Democratic primary ballot for four contested council seats Monday, three slates have emerged, ranging from relative newcomers to political veterans. Mayor…

  • Residents will be asked to approve $26M budget

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – Residents will go to the polls on April 17 to vote on a $26,278,575 tax levy and choose three candidates for the three available seats on the school board. If the tax levy on the $28,431,451 school budget is approved, the school tax rate…

  • New resource available for parents of teenagers

    Millstone resident helps launch monthly online magazine BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer It is an era when parents need to know about cell phones, instant messaging (IM) and “gap” years following high school. Parents also must know enough to be able to give their kids advice on chat rooms, drinking, drug…

  • Prodigal Foundation plans annual scholarship dinner

    Prodigal Foundation Inc. will hold its seventh annual scholarship dinner for high school seniors affected by cancer, at Colonia Country Club on April 26. Prodigal Foundation reaches out to enhance the quality of life of children who have been adversely affected by cancer. Its missions and goals include establishing scholarships for high school seniors who…

  • Alleged purse snatcher arrested in Roosevelt Park

    Suspect was in custody five minutes after robbery was reported BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – Township police responded quickly to a purse snatching in the parking lot of the Menlo Park Mall on Thursday evening, arresting a suspect within five minutes after the robbery was reported, according to Edison…

  • Wellness Center provides cutting-edge exercise

    Metuchen High School and YMCA to use $250,000 in new equipment BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – The new $250,000 state-of-the-art Wellness Center has opened and is becoming an athlete’s haven. The smell of sweat and new equipment emanates from the facility that sits in the old wrestling quarters behind…