Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Fallen century

    JAY BODAS The rings on the trunk of the massive beech tree cut down on East Chestnut Street, Metuchen, last week shows its 100-plus years.

  • DEP not waiting for polluters to pay up

    Cleanup gets under way at old KTK Drum site on Midvale Road BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer It’s like Edison’s own version of California’s prehistoric La Brea Tar Pits. That’s how Edison Wetlands Association (EWA) Executive Director Robert Spiegel describes the KTK drum site on Midvale Road, where contaminants…

  • Democratic chairman backed despite challenge

    Paterniti will remain as head of Edison Dem. Organization BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Some things in Edison politics change. Some don’t.Democratic mayoral candidate Jun Choi ended Mayor George A. Spadoro’s quest for a fourth term in the June primary. But the Edison Democratic Organization voted almost unanimously last…

  • Photo

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Proud to be in the class of 2005, Yelena Berger and Zahra R. Ahmed dole out some smiles and thumbs up at Edison’s J.P. Stevens High School graduation last week at the Rutgers athletic center.

  • Lessons of the streets hit home for attorney

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer JAY BODAS Metuchen YMCA volunteer Mialeeka Williams takes a call while helping out at the front desk on Wednesday nights. METUCHEN — Mialeeka Williams was once a Los Angeles County gang member who switched sides to become a New Jersey attorney. “One of my cousins was…

  • No one badly hurt in Route 1 south pileup

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Thirteen turned out to be a lucky number for the 13 people who escaped serious injuries after a seven-car pileup last week. “Luckily, the majority of the 13 people involved were treated and released,” Patrolman Robert Dudash said. “It appears that the…

  • Unidentified clothed body found in field off Parsonage Road

    EDISON — Police made an unsettling discovery when they found a clothed skeleton off Parsonage Road early this week. “We can’t release any details yet,” said Patrolman Robert Dudash. “But we do know that skeletal remains were found off Parsonage Road.” The skeletal remains were found at about 8:30 a.m. on Monday by people working…

  • Acting troupe featured on Forum stage

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer METUCHEN — The Forum Theatre will host a children’s acting troupe this weekend. Two plays, “The People Garden” and “The New Kid,” will be performed on June 25 at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. respectively. The People Garden will also star Metuchen resident Kayla Bashe, 10.…

  • 3 acres set aside for Greenway

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer METUCHEN — Middlesex County and Metuchen have teamed up to preserve the township’s remaining green space. The county and township made a combined purchase of 2.68 acres of land at the corner of Middlesex Avenue and Memorial Parkway, which is one of the last remaining segments…