Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Traffic-calming project hits speed bump

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — The Borough Council reported that two bids for planned traffic-calming projects on South Main Street were rejected recently. The reason? Cost. T&M Associates, Middletown, did the design work for the project and indicated that it should cost a little more than $412,500. Both rejected…

  • County lends $20M for National Lead

    Sayreville has a yearto find developerand pay county back BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Sayreville has a year to find developer and pay county back BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Middlesex County officials are hoping to kick-start a redevelopment of the National Lead site, thanks to $20 million in new bonds. The county Board…

  • New Alzheimer’s wing open in veterans home

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — After years of waiting, a special place to care for about 40 U.S. war veterans with Alzheimer’s disease has opened its doors. What has been named the Old Glory wing of the Menlo Park Veterans’ Memorial Home became open to vets in…

  • Group gives a lift to those out of work

    BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Anthony Rapa (above) can no longer be a member of the Professional Service Group because he found a job. Everyone who volunteers at the nonprofit job service organization hopes to follow in Rapa’s footsteps. Lillapam Satpal, of Piscataway (below), and Parso Sadani, of…

  • Speaker shines light on story of baseball great

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Dr. Lawrence Hogan and fan Evan Tardosky pose with replica jerseys after Hogan’s presentation on Negro League Baseball at the Metuchen Senior Citizen Center. It was a great day for baseball. Although they weren’t out on the diamond, on a balmy Friday afternoon,…

  • Tree commission steps out of the shade

    Many trees along Amboy Ave. reaching the end of their life spans BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Many trees along MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Metuchen residents have long enjoyed Amboy Avenue’s sycamores, but the Shade Tree Commission says most of the trees will die within 10 to 20 years. Amboy Ave. reaching the end of their life…

  • Board takes step forward on referendum

    School officials askcommunity to come outand give input BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer School officials ask community to come out and give input BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — The school board continues to shape plans for a scheduled fall referendum that will fund an overhaul of the district’s aging facilities. Last week, school officials…

  • Field narrows for Ford site developer

    Company says planto demolish plant in the works BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Company says plan to demolish plant in the works BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer The future of Ford’s shuttered, Route 1 manufacturing site may look radically different from its past. Last week, Edison and Ford officials confirmed that several developers are…

  • Local man may be reign­ing ‘Birdhouse King’

    BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Mitch Erceg sands what will be the roof of one of his “luxury birdhouses” in his garage in his Edison home. Erceg can be found working in his home studio eight to 10 hours a day, listening to bluegrass or NPR…