Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • The apprentice

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Magician/illusionist Scott Drukker Jr. explains to Stephen Hegedus, 4, Edison, some of his dad’s tricks after a show at the Forum Theater in Metuchen, Saturday.

  • Pretty bird

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff “Kirsten,” a cast member of the Magician Scott Drukker show, makes a spectacular entrance to the stage of the Forum Theater in Metuchen, Saturday.

  • Boro won’t pay for tree damage

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — An Aylin Street resident whose house was damaged when a tree limb fell onto it wants the borough to pay for part of the repairs. Francis Molochnick told the Borough Council at last week’s meeting that the tree limb caused $2,800 of damage to…

  • Church members to have place of their own

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON — Olsen Road residents can look forward to some new neighbors in the near future. With final approvals from the township Zoning Board, the Korean Sarang Baptist Church plans to build a roughly $3 million, 17,600-square-foot place of worship at 590 Olsen Ave. this year.…

  • Pets for adoption from Woodbridge Animal Control at PetSmart

    Butterfly Butterfly is a medium-size adult female black/brown collie/ shepherd mix. Butterfly was in the same home as Sasha, (who is still with the shelter). She has the same sad story. She was neglected and kept inside all the time. Her owner has now passed away. Butterfly, like Sasha, is very shy, but has warmed…

  • Second stray kitten tests positive for rabies virus

    Exposed workers and residents undergoing treatment BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Edison Township health officials are going door to door urging residents to make certain their pets are vaccinated and licensed, following the death of a second rabid kitten in less than a month. A kitten was brought into the Edison…

  • Photo

    SEAN BRADY staff Members of the choir from the Christ the King Parish in Jersey City sing during the Mass for Racial Harmony at the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Metuchen, Sunday. See story on page 14.

  • New board members ‘first step’ in reform

    Choi ousts two appointees; ECA approves of decision BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer A former political rival is now hoping he and the new mayor can see eye to eye. Edison Community Association President William Stephens, who was narrowly defeated by Jun Choi in the mayoral election in November, last week…

  • Gulf Coast still in chaos 4 months after Katrina

    College student volunteer sees devastation of hurricane firsthand BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer Jessica Pracher, 20, a junior at Centenary College, is pictured with the photographs she took from her trip to Chalmette, La., to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Six days in Chalmette, La., has changed 20-year-old Jessica Pracher’s…