Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Don’t touch

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Metuchen police dispatcher Shane Young and Casey Donato, of Piscataway, act out a domestic violence scenario for the Metuchen Citizens Police Academy Nov. 4.

  • Rank of Eagle Scout doesn’t come easily

    Metuchen school focus of teenager BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer METUCHEN — For East Brunswick’s David Thorne, providing the borough with a needed service should land him a lofty perch shortly. The 17-year-old has spent the past couple of months scraping and repainting the exterior of the Old Franklin School building…

  • Residents skeptical about open space buys

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — The price of open space may be high, advocates of the open space tax say, but preserving quality of life is priceless. But Anthony Russomanno, a former member of the township’s Open Space advisory committee, and several other residents have questioned some…

  • Oak Tree dedication turns controversial

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Depending on whom you talk to, the dedication of the Oak Tree Pond site last week was either an open space preservation milestone or a developer’s political coup. Mayor George A. Spadoro stood on the site Nov. 4 and declared victory in…

  • Scream chases two robbers away

    EDISON — Police said a cashier’s scream was all it took to foil an attempted armed robbery last week. Patrolman Robert Dudash said a 47-year-old township woman was working behind the counter at Food and Spices of India on Woodbridge Avenue around 7 p.m. on Nov. 1 when two suspects entered the store. Both were…

  • Duck season

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Visitors to the Triple C Ranch Open House, Edison, on Sunday feed ducks and other animals that live at the preserved site.

  • Keeping time no easy task for jewelry store

    BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Fall back. Spring ahead. For Rob Astuni, that helpful reminder of which way to wind the clocks for daylight-saving time could well become his mantra. Astuni has worked in the watch department at Fords Jewelers for the past year. Six weeks ago, as some…

  • County OKs Keasbey food-recycling plant

    BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — A recycling plant that would turn rotten milk, meat and vegetables into fertilizer is one step closer to operating in Keasbey. The Middlesex County Board of Freeholders recently unanimously approved the inclusion of Boston-based Mining Organics Management into the county’s solid waste management plan.…

  • Findlay wouldn’t rib you about his BBQ

    To former minister turned chef, cooking is a way of life BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer PHOTOSBYJEFF GRANIT staff Above, new Red River BBQ restaurant partners Marco Velez (l) and founder Rusty Findlay. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A taste of the Midwest. Rusty Findlay and his barbecue ribs have made a new…