Category: Sentinel-EDM News

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    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Actress Susan Sarandon waves to old friends and star-gazers in her hometown of Edison at the Christmas tree lighting in the Clara Barton section last week. See page 3.

  • CHS parents show up in force to support coaches

    Coaches not to blame for locker room assault of two players, parents say BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Colonia High School soccer parents had one message for the Board of Education last Thursday: Lay off the coaches. That is what members of the Goal Club, a Colonia High School parents’ organization whose children…

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    PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff Schools Superintendent Theresa Sinatra stands with boilers installed at Metuchen High School in the 1950s. They would be replaced under the proposed referendum.The cramped offices occupied by the guidance department at Metuchen High School would be overhauled if voters approve the Dec. 14 referendum.

  • ’Tis the season

    FARRAH MAFFAI staff An Edison family takes a closer look at the lighted Christmas tree after holiday festivities in the Clara Barton section of Edison last week.

  • Hometown girl who made good pays visit

    Actress and BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — The weather outside may have been frightful, but if you asked anyone at the Christmas tree lighting last week, they’d tell you the company was delightful. In a scene she described as “something straight out of ‘Our Town,’ ” actress…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Frank Castro (l) and Bill Donahue of Woodbridge VFW Post 4410 present the colors iast Sunday at the Sewaren waterfront in honor of Pearl Harbor’s 63rd commemoration.

  • Township officials push for property tax reform

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Township officials are seeking the support of area legislators as well as residents for a constitutional convention on property tax reform. The Township Council unanimously passed a resolution at the Dec. 8 council meeting calling for tax reform. “The Legislature, when considering…

  • Practice makes perfect

    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Arlene Britt plays the piano as the children of the Edison Recreation Department Theater Co. warm up before performing at the township’s annual Christmas tree lighting in the Clara Barton section last week.

  • Council replacement to be named at end of Jan.

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Some here see the impending resignation of Councilman William Kruczak as a political loss, while others see as an opportunity for positive change in the all-Democratic governing body. There are two years left on Kruczak’s four-year third term on the Borough Council.…