Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Convicted drunken driver kills 17-year-old boy

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Convicted drunken driver kills 17-year-old boy BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer Authorities say an Edison man with four prior convictions for driving while intoxicated was drinking and driving yet again when he caused an accident that took the life of a Piscataway honor student who attended…

  • Local eateries set to hold court at annual event

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — The Edison Chamber of Commerce assures the public that its next event will be the epitome of good taste. On Monday, the chamber’s seventh annual Taste of Middlesex 2004 is set to tempt the taste buds of anyone who attends the three-hour…

  • Word on the Street

    Word on the Street It could have been better. Maureen Pagnozzi Metuchen What do you think of the quality of education you received in preparation for college? It was good in some respects, and in others it was not. Xavier Spencer Trenton It was cool. But, I have to say, some of the teachers weren’t…

  • Potholes on private road cause a stir

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — A patchwork of potholes on one private road has caused a public stir; and officials say there is only one person who can quell the long-standing problem. That person is the man who owns the private section of Miko Road — Ernest…

  • Metuchen minister has full plate, open mind

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The Rev. James F. Thomas, recipient of the Sir Jack Hayward Award, stands outside Metuchen’s First Presbyterian Church March 17. In just under four years, the Rev. James F. Thomas, interim associate pastor at Metuchen’s First Presbyterian Church, has made an indelible impact…

  • Tally on winter weather cleanup remains unclear

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — Spring arrived on Saturday, right after the area was hit with a sloppy blast of snow and slush late in the season last week. In the some 26-square-mile township — despite the season’s late storm — officials said expenses for the winter…

  • Suspects net $50K in alleged burglary scam

    Police Composite EDISON — An elderly couple lost a lock box containing in excess of $50,000 cash to two men posing as home repair contractors in a flim-flam burglary on Friday, according to police. At approximately 1:30 p.m. police said a male suspect, described as 6 feet tall, weighing roughly 170 pounds, with a dark…

  • County gets award for Roosevelt Park design

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — There’s nothing stopping physically disabled residents headed to Roosevelt Park with recreation on their minds. The park has a section which is "barrier-free," or poses no recreational restrictions for physically challenged people. What is referred to as the park’s "level" playing fields…

  • Perspective

    In unexpected ways WWII changed women BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Perspective In unexpected ways WWII changed women’s lives Role in war effort helped shift societal perceptions and expectations BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer In unexpected ways WWII changed women’s lives Role in war effort helped shift societal perceptions and expectations BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer…