Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • 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…

  • Squabble over attorney seems to be at an end

    Proposed hourly rate under what many lawyers charge, Rutgers prof. says BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Edison Township could soon have a redevelopment attorney for the Ford/Hartz Mountain property. The Township Council recently tabled the appointment of the law firm McManimon & Scotland as attorneys for the redevelopment of the Ford…

  • Photo

    SCOTT PILLING staff During last weekend’s blizzard, Henry Birnbaum, of Edison, finally got a chance to wipe the cobwebs off his snow blower after experiencing the warmest January in recorded history. Some parts of Central Jersey saw almost 2 feet of snow accumulate in less than 24 hours.

  • Vietnam vet remembers the ‘poor man’s war’

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer SEAN DWYER Calvin Gross, of South Plainfield, speaks of his experience in Vietnam at the PNC Arts Center’s Vietnam Era Educational Center in Holmdel. It’s been almost 40 years since Calvin Gross first set foot in Vietnam to help fight what he calls “the poor person’s…

  • Super Pet Expo a howling success despite snowstorm

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer JAY BODAS Craig Rogers throws a Frisbee to his dog, Riggs, at the Coca-Cola Classic K-9 show at last weekend’s Super Pet Expo at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison. EDISON — Whoever said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks never…

  • New faces, new titles at boro police department

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer Metuchen METUCHEN — Three in, three out and two promoted marks a big transition for the township police department. “It’s like a revolving door around here,” said Police Chief James Keane. Three new officers were sworn in and two were promoted to sergeant at the Feb.…

  • Community mtg. planned for Feb. 28 on downtown’s future

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — Mayor Edmund O’Brien wants the public’s input on how to preserve the borough’s downtown while still attracting more business. A “community-wide dialogue” on the township master plan will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at the borough’s Senior Citizen Center. Residents will be…