Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Running careers don’t stop after graduation

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — K.C. Meehan ran cross country and track at the University of Virginia. But she decided to take a break from the sport and took a year and a half off after college. Eventually though, she picked up her running shoes again. “I was looking…

  • Bills provide more public notice on development

    Legislation prompted by recent court decision on Edison sign ordinance BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Ace of Base probably did not have this in mind when they released their early 1990s hit “The Sign.” Legislation recently introduced in both the state Senate and Assembly should have a lot of people seeing…

  • Photo

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Three-year-old Emma Sanchez, of Matawan, stands spellbound amid a cacophony of colors while she and her mother attend the fourth annual New Jersey Flower & Garden Show last weekend at the N.J. Convention & Expo Center in Edison.

  • Planning Board votes to put meetings on TV

    Board members will vote on new board atty. at March meeting BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Smile for the camera.Edison Township Planning Board Chairman Henry Cackowski has said that televising meetings might promote an increase in residents who only want to be on television. But his yes vote last week to…

  • Local bike club rides for fun, not competition

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Jerry Glick, of the Fords section of Woodbridge, has been riding with the Central Jersey Bicycle Club for 33 years. In that time, he said the organization has gone from a few dedicated cyclists to nearly 1,000 members. The club will meet at…

  • State DCA cop review not ready for release

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — Borough officials are waiting for the state Department of Community Affairs to release its evaluation of the Police Department. Police Chief James Keane, Capt. Robin Rentenberg, Mayor Edmund O’Brien and Borough Administrator William Boerth traveled to Trenton recently and met with the director of…

  • Book-tac-toe

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Children’s librarian Glenis Brookens reads the book “The Paper Boy” to brothers Sohan Shrehan, 5, and Ullal, 2, of Metuchen, during the Book-Tac-Toe with African American history at the Metuchen Public Library on Saturday.

  • History Day offers glimpses of the past

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — Joyce Randolph came to see if she could find a familiar face in old photographs. “I want to see if I can find more pictures of my father-in-law, Donald Randolph,” she said. Donald Randolph is one of many faces who are in the old…

  • Fed judge turns down fired worker’s request

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON — A federal judge has denied former Mayor George A. Spadoro’s secretary’s request to be immediately reinstated to her job. U.S. District Court Judge Jose Linares denied Alexandra Vignola’s application for an order to show cause, which would have speeded up the ruling process. She…