• Edison Police search for man who may have approached girl

    EDISON — A report of a suspicious vehicle on the south side of Edison has police searching for the driver of that vehicle. On Jan. 18 at about 6:45 a.m., a 9-year-old girl was walking along Harrison Street near Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva. The girl’s mother was about 20 feet in front of the child.…

  • Edison-based foundation receives grant

    EDISON — The New Jersey Foundation of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities, based in Edison, recently received a $50,000 grant from The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey to support its Donated Dental Services Program. Since the foundation was created six years ago, more than 500 grants have been awarded, totaling nearly $18 million. “The New…

  • Family Fun Night

    Left to right: Urvi Somi applies henna to Moenika Chowdhury at the International Family Fun Night at Wardlaw Hartridge School on Jan. 22. Indianica Academy dancers perform. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Rafano discusses priorities as new freeholder director

    Economic development council among initiatives in works BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Longtime Middlesex County freeholder and South River resident Christopher Rafano will serve his first term as director of the board this year. Upon being sworn in to the role earlier this month, Rafano, who has been a freeholder since 1998 and was deputy…

  • Senator’s bill proposes putting end to COAH

    Towns would be authorized to plan for development of affordable housing BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Abill that would abolish the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) has been introduced in the state Senate as S-1. The bill was introduced in a Senate session that was held after Gov. Chris Christie was inaugurated on Jan.…

  • Ricigliano settling into her new role as Edison’s mayor

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer After a year in which she pulled a huge upset over Jun Choi in the Edison Democratic mayoral primary election, and then a resounding general election win over Dennis Pipala, new mayor Antonia “Toni” Ricigliano has been slowly but surely settling in to her new role as township leader. Antonia…

  • U.S. Supreme Court says that corporations are people too

    Coda • GREG BEAN This is a dark day in America. Two weeks ago, I wrote that the U.S. Supreme Court was expected to do away with most of the laws that limit campaign contributions to candidates and much political advertising by corporations and special interest groups. And late last week, the court did just…

  • Education group needs different approach

    Arecent article on the front page of the Sentinel concerned Metuchen’s rate of recent graduates continuing on to four-year colleges. According to the organization Metuchen Citizens for Quality Education (CQE), they believed that steps should be taken to bolster this number. The CQE, while having good intentions, are approaching this problem in the wrong way.…

  • Rabbi: Keep memory of Holocaust alive

    I personally feel no guilt for having the God-given privilege of being alive. I mourn for my grandparents, uncles and aunts who perished at the hands of Nazi maniacs, often weeping for not having experienced their love. I cry in anguish when reminded that six million of my brethren, young and old, left this earth…

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