Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Event on tap for MHS’s ‘Mr. Congeniality’

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer KATHY CHANG Metuchen Pulls Together hopes to get a wheelchair-accessible van for Jonathan Verges, who has cerebral palsy, and his family. Verges (front) with Metuchen High School teachers Barbara Johnson (l-r), Thomas Vahalla and Paula Greene, and his friend, Michael Yasin. METUCHEN – Borough residents are…

  • Council stalls on hiring planner for Ford site

    Firm officials will be at next meeting to discuss Hartz Mountain’s plans BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON – Is it time? The Township Council tabled a resolution recently to award a contract to a professional planner to evaluate Hartz Mountain’s plans for the old Ford Motor Co. site on Route…

  • higher than what municipalities generally pay for legal representation, Barnes said. The mayor disagreed. “There are a variety of professionals involved in any development, including attorneys and planners,” Choi said. “What has traditionally happened is, a developer would come into Edison armed with a whole team of professional planners, attorneys, engineers, et cetera. And what…

  • Funeral home providing free bereavement support

    The Costello-Runyon Funeral Home, 568 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen, continues to offer a bereavement support group. Ongoing sessions are held every Wednesday and Thursday morning from 10:30 a.m. to noon, as well as Wednesday evening from 7-8:30 p.m. The program, which is free of charge, takes place at the funeral home. Carol Burner, a certified grief…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Master Liamg Yin Zhao, of Edison, demonstrates the Chen style of tai chi for onlookers Saturday in Roosevelt Park in Edison. The event was part of World Tai Chi and QiGong Day, an annual event that offers similar exhibitions throughout the world. Story, page 6.

  • Church to observe May Friendship Day May 5

    Church Women United of Metuchen/Edison will observe May Friendship Day at 12:30 p.m. on May 5 at the First Presbyterian Church, Woodbridge Avenue, Metuchen. A covered-dish luncheon will precede the meeting. The women of the Oak Tree Presbyterian Church and First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen will present the program, whose theme is “Signs of Growth.”

  • Man who attacked boy may face assault charges

    Auto body shop to remain closed after tool-throwing incident BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer Police are searching for an employee of the Lin Crest Auto Body Shop on Route 27 who allegedly threw a tool at 11-year-old Danny Pastrana last week, causing the child to bleed profusely from the face, Sgt. Robert Dudash said. Lisa…

  • Tai chi aims to calm the body, soothe the soul

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON – Like a wave, their arms swam through the air. Their bodies turned this way and that. Backs were arched. The left foot met with the right hand. A kicking gesture, it looked as if these people were performing martial arts in slow motion. That’s…

  • Radio residents angered by Zoning Board decision

    Board approves councilman’s request to hike house height BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer Michele Kuhn had no choice but to accept the decision made by the Metuchen Zoning Board on April 19. “It’s going to be a struggle,” sighed Kuhn, who lives next to Councilman Thomas Vahalla’s house. “I’m just not…