Category: Sentinel-EDM News
-

‘What’s It Worth?’ You might just be surprised
Antique appraiser shows collectors how to learn value, warns of scams BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Lori Verdame, an art historian and curator who is known as Dr. Lori, talks about a print during the appraisal session. Milltown resident Jeanne Dorn visited North Brunswick on Oct. 17 and…
-

Police probe two robberies
EDISON — Police reported two robbery incidents in the township last week, both on the night of Oct. 16. At approximately 7:40 p.m., a 25-year-old male from Rockaway, N.Y., told police he was walking in Roosevelt Park near the veterans memorial when he was approached from behind by a suspect described as a white male,…
-

Open space, historical preservation on ballot
Officials say buy land now before prices escalate in future BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Edison voters will soon decide whether or not to extend the life on the open space tax and use a portion of the money to preserve history. There will be no increase in the…
-

Enter haunted house at own risk
BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Prepared to be scared. That’s what members of the Woodbridge High School choirs are saying about the seventh annual Haunted House and Halloween Festival at the high school between 6-9 p.m. on Oct. 30 and Oct.31 at the high school. And these kids should…
-

Public, union workers protest Alfieri project
Board chairman has union member removed from meeting BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer The Edison Planning Board’s refusal to reopen the public hearing on a controversial office building to be built in Metropark angered a crowd of residents and union members who attended the Oct. 18 meeting. “What happened to free speech?” resident and…
-

Start of Raritan project put off until Sept. ’05
The start of a project designed to reclaim the Raritan River for recreation will have to wait until next September. The first phase of the Raritan River Strategy Plan, a large-scale plan involving nine towns in Middlesex County that border the river, would have seen the river dredged from the Albany Street bridge in New…
-

Photo
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The Most Rev. Paul G. Bootkoski, bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen, inspects the ranks of police officers from four counties at the blue Mass at St. Matthew the Apostle Church in Edison on Monday. The Mass honors deceased law-enforcement personnel.
-

Making a difference
JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Brownies Madison Kaye (l), Hannah Doyle, Rylie Ellam, and Lea Perez, spread mulch around a tree at Remembrance Park in Colonia in honor of Make A Difference Day last Saturday.
-

Church’s plans to build on Olsen Ave. approved
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — The Korean Baptist Church of America has the township’s blessing to build its house of worship in a small industrial park. The Zoning Board voted unanimously at its Oct. 19 meeting to grant the church the necessary variances to build on a…
