• Resident comments on principal search

    At the June 16 meeting of the Metuchen Board of Education, a variety of opinions and arguments were exchanged on the topic of the search for a new principal of the high school. To these I’d like to add few points of clarification and a suggestion. The working responsibility of selecting a candidate for the…

  • Reinstate funding for deaf-blind services

    Recently, the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CBVI) refused to renew the contract for the New Jersey Association of the Deaf-Blind (NJADB) and thus cut off major funding for NJADB, which will result in its closing on July 1 NJADB provides such services for adult deaf-blind as transportation, support for medical appointments, and…

  • Official responds to letter about primary

    I write to agree in part with Jake Lynn’s recent letter ("Resident Says Ricigliano Should Be Ashamed," Sentinel, June 24, 2009). Since Jun Choi burst on to the Edison political seen in 2005, local politics have become far too dirty. In 2005, I, along with Mayor Choi, worked together to make some changes in the…

  • Bishop Ahr Jr. Legion squad off to fast start in summer action

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer After a 13-hit performance and a 12-0 lead after five innings, the Bishop Ahr Junior American Legion team defeated Fords VFW in an abbreviated contest to improve to 8-1 on the season. The team’s victory over Colonia later in the day was Bishop Ahr’s fifth straight. In the first game…

  • Eating, drinking and running, all in one place

    Run for Pizza 4-Mile Extravaganza set for tonight in Woodbridge BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer If free pizza and beer interests you, then you might make it a point to be in Woodbridge tonight for the town’s inaugural Run for Pizza 4-Mile Extravaganza. Organized by Rob DeFilippis, the fourmile race is set to start on…

  • Coach likes what he sees from Edison GMC team

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer After a number or rainouts and a pair of losses, the Edison GMC Coaches baseball team appeared to have a rough week. But appearances can be deceiving. Wins, losses, rainouts, double headers — it’s all good for Edison head coach Vinnie Abene. “The object is not to go out and…

  • Joseph Lavinia

    Mr. Lavinia, 93, of Edison, died June 9, 2009 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. Born in New York, he lived in Newark before moving to Edison. Mr. Lavinia worked for Celanese in Newark before joining All Tool in Union. He was predeceased by wife, Dorothy, and son, Joseph. Surviving are his daughters and sons-in-law,…

  • Robert P. Schneider

    Mr. Schneider, 58, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, formerly of Keyport, died June 20, 2009, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was a supervisor of traffic operations for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Woodbridge, where he worked for more than 30 years. Prior to that, he worked as a dispatcher for the…

  • Ronnie M. Weber

    Ms. Weber, 51, of South Amboy, formerly of Edison, died June 24, 2009, in the Center for Hope Hospice-Peggy’s House, Scotch Plains. She was an assistant deli manager for more than 10 years at Pathmark, Woodbridge. She was predeceased by her parents, Ronald H. and Mary Ferringer Weber, and by a brother, David Weber. Surviving…

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