Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • The 5 R’s

    SCOTT PILLING staff The Peppermint Patty Playhouse put on a show about the benefits of recycling for the students of Ben Franklin Elementary School on Friday.

  • Childhood obesity rates at crisis proportions

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – A soon-to-be-released state obesity task force report will call for body mass index (BMI) testing to be done in all public schools. “If we do not act, our children may now be the first generation of Americans that would have a lower life expectancy…

  • Pumpkin art

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Serena Zilli, 6, and Catie Shannon, 6, of Brownie Troop No. 960 of Edison have fun painting their pumpkins at the grand reopening of the Triple C Ranch in Edison on Sunday.

  • PBA head, mayor spar over purpose of group

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer EDISON – The head of the local Policemen’s Benevolent Association said he went to the meetings of a community relations advisory committee with “an open mind.” “No preconceived notions,” said Michael Schwarz, president of the PBA Local 75. “We were hoping it would be…

  • New barn

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN After looking around at the new barn, (l-r) Matthew Hale, 6, Frank Diserio, 6, Jason Hale, 4, Matthew Diserio, 4, and Nicolette Diserio, 1, head off to see the other activities that await them at the grand reopening of the Triple C Ranch in Edison on Sunday.

  • MCC moves to expand school nursing program

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – A collaboration between Middlesex County College and Raritan Bay Medical Center will ease the demand for slots in the school’s nursing program. The new program will eventually admit 110 students each year. “We had 600 applications for 40 slots this year,” said Gerald Ostrov,…

  • Edison gets $500,000 grant from county for park upgrade

    EDISON – Middlesex County recently awarded the township a $500,000 grant for needed improvements to Lake Papaianni Park, officials said. “We are pleased they have been able to free up some of the funds,” said Mayor Jun Choi at an Oct. 10 press conference held on the 30-yard line of the Edison Jets football field.…

  • Renovations on tap for Edison station

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – The Edison train station will undergo an extreme makeover in the coming months, NJ Transit officials said recently. The renovations will add nearly 600 new parking spaces on a 9-acre parcel of property NJ Transit acquired on the station’s western side. Construction is expected…

  • Rock craft

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Manushree Gupta, 5, of Edison, paints a “Martian rock” during a Martian Rock craft activity at the Edison main library on Thursday.