Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Work on arsenal site could take 5 to 10 years

    EWA prez says advisory board doesn’t represent entire community BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – It’s unlikely any of the buried ordnance on the old Raritan Arsenal property will pose any danger to the public, a federal official said recently. “There has never been an occurrence of anything happening at…

  • Dragon tails

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The “Little Buddha” takes care of the dragon as members of the Metuchen’s Master Norman Chin Kung Fu gave a demonstration of their famous Dragon Dance during the annual Metuchen Country Fair on Saturday.

  • Input needed on Ford site redevelopment plan

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer Edison EDISON – The redevelopment plan for the former Ford Motor Company site should be designed to benefit the township, a consultant told the Planning Board recently. “I wanted to first dispel some of the rumors,” said attorney Joseph Bauman at the Oct. 4 board meeting.…

  • PBA backs out of community committee

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – The fledgling Community Relations Advisory Committee formed in the wake of several racially tinged events has lost one of its key members. “We gave it a fair shot, and we thought it was a good idea, but we didn’t like the direction it was…

  • Rare, puzzling disease often puts lives on hold

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer Anthony W. DeSarno EDISON – Three years ago, Mary Beth Austin had a full-time job and a social life. But in just three days, things changed forever. “I started off with a cough,” said Austin, now 49. “It hit my lungs and I was immediately critical.…

  • Zoners move decision on 85-foot sign to Oct. 17

    EDISON – Zoning Board members have postponed a decision whether to allow a local business to construct an 85-foot electronic sign near the New Jersey Turnpike. Heller Industrial Parks Inc. will have to wait until the Oct. 17 board meeting to find out if it can erect the sign, which is 70 feet higher than…

  • Riding high

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Richard Paster from Union and his grandson walk around Raritan Center in Edison looking at high-speed boats during the Power Boat Show on Friday.

  • Police K-9 unit to start in several months

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – The police department has established a new K-9 unit funded entirely by grant money, Chief George Mieczkowski said. “They will have the ability to track lost people, suspects, narcotics, and so will be multipurpose,” Mieczkowski said at a Sept. 25 Township Council work session.…

  • MCC’s student-friendly enrollment center opens

    College has come a long way since doors first opened 40 years ago BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer JAY BODAS This semester, Middlesex County College opened its new enrollment center at Chambers Hall. The $250,000 center, designed and constructed entirely in-house, takes advantage of existing space, eliminating the need to add…