Category: Sentinel-EDM News

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    Miguel Juarez staff John Schuchman and his son, Jack, 2, dance together with the beat of Mr. Ray during the Moss School fund-raising concert at Metuchen High School for the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts on Thursday.

  • Couple undaunted by house’s ghostly history

    Ayers Allen House on Durham Ave. predates the Revolutionary War BY KATHY CHENG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHENGStaff Writer The Ayers Allen House on Durham Avenue in Metuchen. Top photo, one of the home’s original ovens. People knock on their door, peer through their windows, and even ask if they are devil worshippers. But that…

  • Catching drug dealers priority for detective

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — Detective David Irizarry can make your drug charges disappear. No, he’s not David Copperfield, he’s a detective with a specialty in narcotics. “You won’t believe how easy it is to sell drugs,” said Irizarry to the Civilian Police Academy recently. “I rely on the…

  • Twp. man charged with wife assault

    BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG Staff Writer BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERGStaff Writer EDISON — A township man was charged with aggravated assault after police said he attacked his wife on her birthday. Bhailalbhai Harihar Patel, 53, was taken from his apartment on Minebrook Road and charged with domestic violence, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for…

  • EMS workers to be wait staff at JavaMoon Café

    BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG Staff Writer BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERGStaff Writer EDISON — There will be some not-so-familiar faces waiting tables at Edison’s JavaMoon Café on Nov. 12. In fact, the staff will be entirely inexperienced, said Ken Schwartz, who owns JavaMoon Café with partner Ellen Traberman. However, if you’ve ever had a medical emergency,…

  • Staying in focus

    Miguel JuArez staff Young photographer Dylan Manfir tries to snap a photo of Mr. Ray during the Hurricane Katrina relief concert at the Metuchen High School on Thursday.

  • Turkey shoot promotes holiday spirit

    EDISON — A “fowl” shooting contest will be held this weekend to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. “No turkeys will be hurt though, as this will be a basketball foul-shooting contest,” said John Spiess, township special events coordinator. The free competition starts at 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 12 at the Stelton Community Center at 328 Plainfield…

  • State could take up to 45 properties for project

    $40 million road plan BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Some residents and businesses will lose their properties if the state moves ahead with a massive $40 million reconstruction of the Wood Avenue and Route 27 intersection. “It has caught a lot of people off-guard I think, especially given the…

  • Chronicle of a troubled time in a young life

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — Alcoholism took part of his life, but now 20 years in recovery, Jim James has put his insights and thoughts as a young man into the character of his first book “Life’s a Bitch, Then You Die, But That’s OK, I Promise.” “This book…