Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • For Metuchen sculptor, home is where the art is

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Artist Linda Vonderschmidt-LaStella displays a work in progress in her Metuchen home studio. BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer Sculptor Linda Vonderschmidt-LaStella’s Metuchen home exudes artistic sensibility. The accents and swirls that are part of the exterior paint job, the mosaic images incorporated into the kitchen floor tiles, and the sculptures…

  • Budget projects 6.17 percent school tax hike

    District BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer District’s health insurance costs expected to spike 25 percent BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — The average homeowner in the borough could pay an additional $251 in school taxes this year, according to preliminary budget figures released by the school district last week . The budget is projected to…

  • Township searches for those with burial plots

    BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — Township officials are looking for people who have deeds to be buried in the Piscatawaytown Burial Ground. The Piscatawaytown Historical Cemetery Association sold burial plots at the cemetery, which is located on Woodbridge Avenue next to the St. James Episcopal Church, to many citizens…

  • Police arrest dozens in alleged drug ring

    BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Police arrest dozens in alleged drug ring BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer Authorities have arrested dozens of area residents linked to an alleged drug network that spanned New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The arrests followed a yearlong investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Sayreville Police Department’s…

  • Local firefighters protest cuts in federal funds

    Federal, state, localofficials gather at Woodbridge station house BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer Federal, state, local officials gather at Woodbridge station house BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Firefighters and their families from the Woodbridge and Edison fire departments hold signs encouraging the Department of Homeland Security to restore grant funding for local fire…

  • State budget increases school aid $200M

    McGreevey 2005 plan to provide more to schools and towns BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer TRENTON — There will finally be more money for schools and municipalities in the state budget. In his 2005 Budget Address on Feb. 24, Gov. James E. McGreevey unveiled a $26.2 billion budget proposal…

  • Cruisin’

    Cruisin’ FARRAH MAFFAI staff Joe Savarese, Middletown, checks out the Suncruiser Jamaica with his daughter, April, 10, during the boat show at the New Jersey Convention Center in Edison on Saturday.

  • Edison senior center will stay open later

    BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — Seniors are now able to enjoy the perks of the Edison Senior Citizens Center a little longer each day. "Edison has one of the largest senior populations in the state that is growing larger all the time. The demands of our seniors for use…

  • Turnpike sign angers Edison neighbors

    BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — Residents are outraged over a billboard on the New Jersey Turnpike they say is causing a nuisance in their neighborhood. A billboard for Heller Industrial Park erected on the turnpike, between exits nine and 10, is illuminating all the residences in the neighborhood of…