Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Budget adopted; more public input promised

    Tax rate unchanged, but residents unhappy most of surplus used BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer The Edison Township Council adopted the 2005 budget with an unchanged tax rate and the promise of better future communication with residents about how their tax dollars are spent The promise came from officials after protests by a contingent…

  • Jewish family service seeks volunteers, drivers

    Jewish Family and Vocational Service of Middlesex County needs caring volunteers to work with older adults at its Cameo and Elderday programs. Both groups meet from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Temple Emanu-El, 100 James St., Edison. Programs include arts and crafts, music and dance (piano available), lectures and…

  • Health official, mayor appeal for flu shots

    Mayor hopeful more vaccine on the way soon BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer There are 600 at-risk people in Edison on a waiting list for the flu vaccine.And both Mayor George A. Spadoro and township health director John Grun have appealed to the state Department of Health and Senior…

  • Contracts, utility costs lead to cap increases

    Tax rate unchanged, but residents unhappy most of surplus used BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — The Township Council recently adopted the municipal budget, but not before also adopting an ordinance to allow the township to exceed state spending caps in some areas. There will be no increase…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Alexa Monticollo, 6, of Edison, takes a pony-guided tour of the Triple C Ranch in Edison at its Halloween Open House on Sunday.

  • Having a grand ole time

    JOHN SZPARA Borough resident Shirley Lazaar dances to the jazz sounds of the Dan Faulk Trio at the Metuchen Public Library Oct. 24.

  • Four decades of change in schools and students

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — The year was 1963. A young Vincent Capraro had set out on his life’s journey as an educator. He would never forget it. It was also the year that another ambitious young man, living his own American dream, would be cheated by…

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    JOHN SZPARA The Dan Faulk Trio, from left, Roberta Picket on keyboards, Tony Jefferson on drums, Faulk on saxophone, perform at the Metuchen Public Library Oct. 24.

  • School board slams new education budget law

    BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer METUCHEN — The Board of Education has formally joined a growing statewide chorus revolting against a recently enacted education law. The school board in a unanimous vote on Oct. 26 urged the state Legislature to repeal the Education Budget Cap and Oversight Law, or S-1701. “This…