Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • One Metuchen school board seat to be won by a nose

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer METUCHEN — The race for the third post on the borough’s Board of Education remains too close to call in the case of two candidates. Three votes were all that separated Justin Manley from opponent JoAnn Sabatino-Falkenstein. Manley recorded 1,268 votes while Sabatino-Falkenstein received 1,265 in Middlesex County’s unofficial tally.…

  • Incumbent keeps seat, two newcomers prevail in close Edison school board election

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer EDISON — The township’s first Board of Education election held in November proved to be a pretty close race for the nine candidates that ran for three seats. Deborah Anes, the sole incumbent who sought re-election, was the top vote getter, with 3,302 votes, or 17 percent of the overall…

  • Waterfront park bringing life to formerly contaminated site

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer The site of the future Woodbridge Waterfront Park has undergone extensive cleanup efforts to bring it from a former industrial site to a natural playground. PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN HAGERTY A once-contaminated site will again become a natural attraction for the community to enjoy. Years in the making, the start…

  • Metuchen on road to greater safety

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer A Metuchen street where a pedestrian’s life was lost may soon become safer. Grove Avenue — where a 75-year-old man was killed in November 2013 while attempting to traverse a crosswalk at Christol Street — has become the focus of safety efforts by officials and residents. “We all recognize that…

  • The struggle is real

    Carolyn Latkovich Editor’s Note: This week, Greater Media Newspapers examine a few of the struggles faced by families and individuals in Central New Jersey. This begins an occasional series on some of the physical, emotional and mental health challenges and successes experienced by our readers. F orty seconds is about the time that it takes…

  • Edison Memorial Tower

    A crowd gathers around the Edison Memorial Tower to witness the lighting of the restored bulb that sits atop the structure at the site where Thomas Edison perfected the incandescent light bulb in 1879. For more photos, see page 3. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Edison again brings light to the township at tower rededication

    Edison was alight with celebration when the Edison Memorial Tower was illuminated after a renovation that brought life back to the 77-year-old beacon. “The special relationship Middlesex County shares with the legacy of Thomas Edison has never been forgotten, and this monument is one of the most significant reminders of that relationship,” Middlesex County Freeholder…

  • Metuchen mulls new firehouse site; aid sought for family routed by fire

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer METUCHEN — As a task force weighs options for a site on which to build a replacement for the borough’s blighted firehouse, a recent blaze underlined the importance of Metuchen’s volunteer firefighters. Fire Chief Rob Donnan and other members of the mayor’s task force again discussed the need for a…

  • The Struggle is real but the solutions are many: Obesity in childhood leads to lifelong health complications

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer THINKSTOCK Luck played a role in the transformation of a Manalapan teen’s life when he went to the pediatrician with his mother. Dr. Jill Sharon, a Manalapan pediatrician, was filling in for Alec Fiallo’s regular pediatrician, and she noted his high cholesterol level and excessive body weight. Shortly thereafter, Alec…