Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Chaplain says he’s being prevented from doing job

    But township still sending him checks twice a month BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer EDISON – His checks from the township keep coming twice a month. But Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg isn’t sure what he’s being paid for anymore. The head of Congregation Beth El has been the township’s…

  • Finishing touches

    SCOTT PILLING staff Anthony Autera, 6, Fords, puts the final cleaning touches on his father Joe’s 1965 Plymouth Belvedere during Metuchen’s Antique Cruise Night on Main Street.

  • The player hater

    So. Bruns. man writes book about a lifetime of abhorring the Yankees BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer New York Yankee hater Gene Hutmaker, of South Brunswick, wrote a book titled “Banned in the Bronx” in response to the numerous pro-Yankee books available, which he says dilute the truths behind the organization.…

  • Choi, police chief taken by surprise by ICE arrest

    ICE spokesperson says they coordinated arrest with police BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer JAY BODAS South Asian demonstrators marched in front of Edison’s municipal complex last Wednesday to protest the actions of police at a July Fourth incident on Dayton Drive. Local officials are investigating federal authorities’ claims that Edison Township…

  • Cop cleared in brutality claim by Indian activist

    Mayor plans to establish Indian-American ‘blue ribbon’ civilian panel BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer PHOTOS BY JAY BODAS In response to last Wednesday’s demonstration at the municipal complex, around 50 counter-rally protesters also demonstrated in support of the police department. The officer accused of police brutality by an Indian leader acted…

  • Council hopes state puts brakes on OTW

    Public hearing slated for Aug. 24 at Hilton Hotel BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE – The New Jersey State Racing Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed off-track wagering facility later this month in Iselin. Members of the Township Council reversed their previous stance and voted unanimously to…

  • An inside look

    SCOTT PILLING staff Bill Cherensky, of Metuchen, takes a peek at the inside of a 1949 custom-built Ford during Metuchen’s Antique Cruise Night on Main Street.

  • Camp counselors honored for a good deed

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – A group of local camp counselors were recently honored for returning a lost wallet containing $710 in cash to police . The youths, Chris Perez, 17, Chris Buchok, 17, Ilia Ortiz, 16, and head counselor Jennifer Feeley, who is a substitute teacher, found the…

  • Garden tour to showcase some of the best in town

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer JAY BODAS Linda LaStella’s house on Amboy Avenue in Metuchen will be the first stop on the “Art in the Garden” tour of the gardens of five local residences, to be held all day on Saturday, Aug. 19 and sponsored by the Edison Arts Society. Gardening…