Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Council supports historic preservation

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Council supports historic preservation BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON – Township officials want to help secure the future of one of the township’s most important historic sites. The governing body passed a resolution at the May 26 Township Council meeting in support of seeking out grants and footing…

  • Bridge to preservation not easily traversed

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON – Officials have made a plea to keep a passageway to environmental treasures passable. At its May 26 Township Council meeting, the governing body unanimously passed a resolution asking the state Department of Transportation to redesign its plans to construct a tunnel-like structure…

  • Local man recalls his day with Reagan

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Metuchen resident Stanley Lease (r) recalls fondly the day he spent as Ronald Reagan’s driver, during an appearance in the area in 1977. METUCHEN — Stanley Lease had the nicest car in town. That and an obscure political connection set him on a ride…

  • Community comes together to support troops

    BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer PHOTOS BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Members of the Hopelawn VFW Post 1352 color guard Steve Cserr (r), Tracy Kacsur and Steven Halkovich stand at attention before the Support Our Troops rally. On the far left is Charles Seguine of the Purple Heart Chapter 181. WOODBRIDGE — The sun had…

  • State grants local water company 9.5% rate hike

    BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — The Middlesex Water Company will receive a little more than half of a requested 17.8 percent increase for its water customers. The Iselin-based water company announced in a statement that the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) approved a 9.5 percent increase for its 27,000…

  • State could fine local Dems up to $1.3M

    No hearing date hasbeen set, accordingto the N.J. ELEC BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer State could fine local Dems up to $1.3M No hearing date has been set, according to the N.J. ELEC BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Time will tell whether the state Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) will spare Edison Democrats from as much…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Runners competing in the 1,600-meter race head into the first turn at the June 2 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield High School.

  • Local man’s remains found in Chesapeake Bay

    Body parts scatteredin three suitcasesfound over 11 days BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Body parts scattered in three suitcases found over 11 days BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer Remains discovered in three suitcases over a two-week period in the Chesapeake Bay were determined to be those of a Woodbridge man, according to Virginia Beach Police. Partial…

  • Police collar five in ‘bleach-bomb’ attacks

    One local man, 18, and four Iselin juvenilesface explosives charges BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer One local man, 18, and four Iselin juveniles face explosives charges BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Police announced Friday the arrest of five local teens in a rash of incidents involving homemade chemical "bombs" discovered in the township over…