Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Mayor speaks up about meeting attendance

    Twp. government does not require him to be there, Spadoro says BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer It’s not my job.That’s what Edison Mayor George A. Spadoro’s response was to a recent flurry of criticisms by residents that he should attend Township Council meetings. “Each community has a different form of government,” the mayor said…

  • Proposed CDBG changes bad news for Metuchen

    Council urges Congress to keep CDBG program as it is BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer The Bush administration’s proposed 2006 budget has Metuchen officials worried about the survival of the Community Development Block Grant program (CDBG), which aids the poor, elderly and disabled. “This is a vital, vital part of the fabric of our community,”…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff J.P. Stevens’ Amy Bonk makes it official as the Lady Hawks celebrate their third straight GMCT title on Friday night after beating Piscataway in the final at Rutgers.

  • Council elects Kruczak’s replacement

    Residents angered over lack of public process in selection BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Last week marked the third time Democrat Salvatore Pizzi was elected to fill an unexpired term on the township’s governing body, but it was not a charm to many residents. Residents grumbled when…

  • Man versus nature

    John Aden Lewis Despite the recent snowstorms in Metuchen, there are several reasons I will never own a snowblower. It makes an awful, high-pitched noise. It burns petroleum and fills the air with fumes. Most importantly, it is snowfall, unexpected and unpredictable, that preserves my connection with the American frontier spirit. In my mind, a…

  • Driver charged in truck spill

    METUCHEN — Police said the driver of a commercial dump truck was responsible for a spill that tied up traffic on Grove Avenue last week. Peter M. Desarno, 28, Browns Mills, was charged with violating a borough ordinance after he allegedly overfilled his vehicle with soil contaminated with fuel oil around 9:40 a.m. Feb. 23,…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Kulveen and Jhujhar Sama got caught up in a little snowball fight in front of their Edison home last week.

  • Serial drunken driver resentenced for offense

    Philip Gonzalez still faces trial in death of St. Joseph honor student BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — An Edison man charged in the drunken driving death of a 17-year-old in 2004 was resentenced for his fourth drunken driving offense last week. Philip Gonzalez, 44, was sentenced to 180 days…

  • Turkey time

    SCOTT PILLING staff Faith Elizabeth Benko, 3, of Edison, chats with friends while enjoying their meal at the Wesley United Methodist Church’s annual turkey dinner over the weekend.