Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Lawyer questions 6 extra Beechwood acres

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — A Superior Court judge agrees with a local attorney that the controversial Beechwood at Edison development should be constructed on 23 acres, not the 29 approved by the Planning Board. Superior Court Judge James P. Hurley recently clarified his November 2003 ruling…

  • Borough hall almost done after many delays

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — After more than a year of delays, borough employees should be moving into the new municipal building in a few weeks. "We’re anticipating moving in on the 20th of August," Mayor Edmund O’Brien said at the Aug. 2 Borough Council meeting. Work is proceeding…

  • Krome wants to go out on a good note

    Club owner presentsseveral self-imposedrules and changes BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Club owner presents several self-imposed rules and changes BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — In less than a year, Krome nightclub will be history. According to owner Tom Beninato, the long-standing establishment at Old Spye Road and Route 35 formerly known as Club Bene…

  • Metuchen kids follow the yellow brick road

    BY TERRY LEWISCorrespondent BY TERRY LEWIS Correspondent METUCHEN — Some very talented Metuchen children went somewhere over the rainbow for a few hours recently. Kids in Production, a nonprofit organization, proudly presented their version of "The Wizard of Oz" in the Metuchen High School auditorium July 22. The performance, sponsored by the Metuchen Recreation Commission,…

  • Borough summer concert series has something for all

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Borough summer concert series has something for all BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — The 2004 summer concert series kicked into gear July 29 as Ron Kramer and the Hurricanes took their swinging style of blues rock to the stage at the borough’s senior center. The series of free concerts,…

  • South Main St. traffic should ease by autumn

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer South Main St. traffic should ease by autumn BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — The borough’s efforts to reduce traffic for the south Main Street area are under way, officials said recently. The project, which has been on the borough’s agenda for some time, is aimed at calming traffic flow…

  • Ford begins public sessions on plant razing

    But public wantsmore redevelopment details BY ELAINEVANDEVELDEStaff Writer But public wants more redevelopment details BY ELAINEVANDEVELDE Staff Writer The details and delays surrounding the razing of the defunct Ford Motor Co. in Edison may be available, but the public seems more interested in the site’s pending redevelopment. Ford held its first public information session on…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Guitarist and vocalist Ron Kramer and sax player Ralph Liberto of Ron Kramer and the Hurricanes kicked off Metuchen’s summer concert series at the senior center July 29.

  • EWA discovers toxic site off Midvale Road

    Environmental group head says DEP needs totake action now BY ELAINEVANDEVELDEStaff Writer Environmental group head says DEP needs to take action now BY ELAINEVANDEVELDE Staff Writer Edison’s local environmental group is demanding that the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) take immediate action to remediate a recently discovered small toxic spot in the woods before…