Category: Sentinel-EDM News

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    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Diane Peluso, Metuchen, sorts through tomatoes at the Von Thun farm stand at the Metuchen farmer’s market on a recent Saturday.

  • Burning body found in Raritan Center

    Medical examiner rules death of man a homicide BY BRYANSABELLAStaff Writer Burning body found in Raritan Center BY BRYANSABELLA Staff Writer Edison firefighters responding to a blaze in a marshy area just off the end of the Raritan Center Parkway made a gruesome discovery Saturday — the body of a man in a shallow grave,…

  • Job Corps recognized for ‘unique partnership’

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — AT&T and the Edison Job Corps are perfect together, according to a company that recently presented them with an award. CompTIA, based in New Orleans, Louisiana, recently presented three awards of excellence to schools and internship programs for innovations in technology. The…

  • Police tweak scoring system of agility test

    New method may helpdept. recruit more women BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Police tweak scoring system of agility test New method may help dept. recruit more women BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer As a means to encourage gender diversity on the police force, Edison police officials say they have removed roadblocks that stood in…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Samantha DeSanto, 7, makes a splash onto the scene at the Edison Elks’ annual open house and picnic Saturday.

  • Edison nixes using tax to preserve tower

    Voters must decide whether to renew1-cent open space tax BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Voters must decide whether to renew 1-cent open space tax BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Extending the life of the Edison’s open space tax is fine with the Township Council. It is the use of the tax for historic preservation…

  • Adoptees seek access law to provide a ‘sense of self’

    BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Thomas McGee of Oceanport is a proponent of legislation that would give adopted children access to their original birth certificates. For decades, information as basic as their mothers’ and fathers’ names, their true nationality and cultural heritage has been denied to adoptees in New Jersey. "I’ve…

  • Seatbelt crackdown was a success

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — A two-week seatbelt "Click It or Ticket" campaign in the borough was successful, officer David Liantonio reported last week. Made possible by a grant from the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety, and coinciding with a national initiative, borough officers put in overtime and…

  • Career turns to comedy for former class clown

    BYJACQUELYNLANECorrespondent BYJACQUELYNLANE Correspondent OLD BRIDGE — How many financial advisers does it take to create a successful comedy business? In the case of lifelong township resident Mike Muziker, only one. Muziker, 26, had always been interested in comedy. As a child he was the certified class clown. "So I had credentials," he said. His first…