Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Wrigley plant to close; 150 to be displaced

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — One more piece of the township’s industrial history, dating back nearly 60 years, is coming to an end. The unit of Chicago-based Wrigley Co. that produces the gum base for the chewing gum conglomerate, L.A. Dreyfus Co., is planning on closing its…

  • MCFOODS asks area businesses for help

    BY MEGHAN ROBERTS Staff Writer BY MEGHAN ROBERTSStaff Writer A local food collection service is asking the business community to give some extra help to those in need this summer. The Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services (MCFOODS) distributes goods to more than 60 pantries throughout the county and serves residents in every…

  • Counter action

    JAY BODAS Stubbs, short for “stubborn,” became an Angel PAWS mascot three years ago when he began to bat his paw at customers who adopted the Woodbridge shelter’s animals; it was obvious he did not want to leave.

  • Moment of prayer

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Ankita Saripella, 16, chants a Hindu hymn at the Sri Guruvayoorappan Temple’s anniversary celebration in Marlboro Sunday.

  • GOP joins Stephens on fusion ticket for fall

    Republican mayoral, council candidates drop out of race BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer They’re sick and tired of being losers.That is why the Edison Republican candidates for mayor and council backed out of the November general election political race in the township, said Sylvia Engel, local Republican municipal committee…

  • Photo

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell draws “Hutch,” as canine friend Earl plays with some visitors during a book signing Saturday at the Raconteur bookstore, Metuchen. See story, page 3.

  • ‘Mutts’ comic creator a devoted friend to animals

    BY DARCIE BORDEN Correspondent BY DARCIE BORDENCorrespondent MIGUEL JUAREZ Patrick McDonnell, creator of the comic strip “Mutts,” during a presentation Saturday at the Raconteur bookstore. Earl, the Jack Russell terrier who is the star of the “Mutts” comic strip, returned to his hometown of Metuchen Saturday to meet with his adoring fans at the Raconteur…

  • A beech tree falls in Metuchen; locals upset

    Residents angered over old landmark taken in the name of progress BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer JAY BODAS Kenneth Dickinson Jr., of Edison, and Samantha Streckfuss, of Metuchen, sit on the trunk of a rare 100-foot-tall copper beech tree cut down last week by LaPorta Builders, Metuchen, to make way for…

  • New police hires bring more diversity to force

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Edison EDISON — The township police department is no longer a man’s world or for residents only. Eleven new officers, including one woman and five who live out of town, were recently sworn in, bringing the total number of officers on the force to…