• Edison Police still on the lookout for speeders

    Drive 25 campaign in its third year BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer EDISON — Last week the Edison Police Department announced its continued crackdown on speeding within the township through its implementation of the Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 campaign. “Rushing motorists and cars barreling through our neighborhoods is a serious issue for our parents,…

  • Members of Edison F.D. participate in safety course

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer EDISON — Six members of the Edison Fire Department recently completed Homeland Security Training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Ala., a facility that is operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Capt. Dwyane Borwegen, firefighter/EMT Mike Sacchi, and firefighters Matt Colletto, Peter Yackel, Daniel Wood…

  • Metuchen BOE candidates get chance to address public

    Board of Education election is April 21 BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Roughly 50 people attended a candidates forum hosted by the Metuchen Parent Teacher Council on April 1 in the Metuchen High School cafeteria. Incumbents Fran Brennan, Eileen Frowenfeld and Mary (Terry) Kohl stressed their experience in discussing their qualifications, while challengers Tanya Andrews and…

  • Hungarian refugee tells tale of fleeing his country

    Many came to our area during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Zoltan Horvath was only 15 years old in 1956 when he found himself with his parents at Camp Kilmer, a World War II-era U.S. Army post that welcomed about 35,000 Hungarian refugees who had fled their country during the 1956…

  • Pro-, anti-Choi advocates bump heads again

    Letter circulated around Edison, saying mayor is bullying people BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer In response to a recently distributed letter denouncing the candidacy of incumbent Mayor Jun Choi, his campaign spokesman has fired back, saying that his opposition is running “a campaign intended to bully residents out of running for Edison Democratic Committee seats.”…

  • Edison’s PBA says division has been dismantled

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer The head of Edison’s Police Benevolent Association wants answers to why the local police department has dismantled its Traffic Enforcement Division. According to a press release issued by Michael Schwarz, president of Edison PBA Local 75, the unit has dwindled from 12 to two, a statistic that Edison Police Director…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Kaylie Shook, 3, of Metuchen, finds some Easter eggs hidden in the nursery school classroom during the Holy Treasure Hunt at Community Presbyterian Church in Edison on April 11.

  • Resident lists issues board should look into

    Iattended the March 31 Edison Board of Education (BOE) candidates’ forum at the Menlo Park School and listened to the nine candidates vying for three spots on the board. Their altruism, their civility and their knowledge of the issues confirm the vibrancy of our town, which Business Week as well as Money magazines judged to…

  • Resident takes issue with Choi’s spending

    Iam replying to a number of opinion letters written in (the March 18) Sentinel. The letters are truly political in nature and distort the actual facts. To anyone attending the council meeting and to those who took time to watch the meeting on public television, you will have noticed council members Antonia Ricigliano, Robert Diehl…

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