Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Mayor taps former DCA head for administrator role

    Anthony Cancro, 53, will make $129,000 a year BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON – After half a year, the township is just one month away from having a permanent business administrator. Mayor Jun Choi last week appointed Anthony Cancro, a former acting commissioner with the state Department of Community Affairs,…

  • Symphonic band to hold Independence Day concert

    The Metuchen Cultural Arts Commission will present the Brio Symphonic Band in an Independence Day concert at 5 p.m. July 2 (not July Fourth) in the Metuchen Senior Citizen Center parking lot, 15 Center St. The concert will feature patriotic music, classic band tunes and selections from the American Musical Theater. The Brio Symphonic Band,…

  • Love of the outdoors led to author’s life work

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – When David Zatz and his wife invited his mother, Arline, to the Jack Lissemore Rose Garden in Tenafly seven years ago, he and his wife chuckled at her spontaneous idea about writing a book on all the outstanding gardens in New Jersey. Arline recalls…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Hungry fathers all over Edison got the opportunity to feast in honor of Father’s Day when Cub Scout Pack 12 sponsored a Father’s Day breakfast Sunday at St. Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church, Edison. Server Chuck Henriques dishes up hearty plates of eggs, sausage and more to (l-r) Mark Koperwhats, 9, his father, Bill,…

  • Man knows when to hold them or fold them

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – Entrepreneurs and business people who are considering selling their business and need help are in luck. Robert Chalfin’s new book, “Selling Your IT Business: Valuation, Finding the Right Buyer, and Negotiating the Deal,” which is published by John Wiley & Sons Inc., gives a…

  • Most stayed home from polls on primary day

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – Very few people in town made it to the polls on primary day last week for the uncontested race for the two, three-year terms up on the Borough Council. Out of the borough’s 8,804 registered voters, 390, or 4.4 percent, came out to vote…

  • Edison Elks Lodge 2487 installs 2006-07 officers

    Edison Elks Lodge No. 2487, which has provided more than 25 years of service to Edison and the surrounding community, has held its installation of officers for 2006-07. The officers are: Nancy Dunham, exalted ruler; Bob Schwarz, leading knight; Frank Gorbe, loyal knight; Robin DiAnno, lecturing knight; Foster Smith III, esquire; Stew Warner PER (past…

  • AARP chapter to hold Installation Luncheon

    The Edison AARP Chapter 3446 will hold its Installation Luncheon following a short meeting starting at noon on June 19 at the Edison Job Corps Academy, 500 Plainfield Ave. Dues for 2006-07 (September to June) are now past due. Tickets for the luncheon are still available through Rose at (732) 738-8013. In lieu of the…

  • Show of strength

    DENNIS SYMONS JR. John Brown (first on rope) and Lamar Nichols (second on rope) with members of the Metuchen High School basketball and football teams attempt to pull the fire truck in the Metuchen Pulls Together for Jonathan Verges event on Saturday.