Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Fire company chief takes issue with protocol change

    New procedure has career firefighters responding to calls while volunteers await direction BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Deputy Fire Chief Brian Latham is continuing to reorganize the dispatch of fire personnel, but not everyone welcomed the latest change. In an effort to reduce confusion and redundancy, the order places volunteer fire companies at the end…

  • Police: Unknown, armed man robbed Middlesex Avenue bank

    METUCHEN — Borough police and the FBI are investigating a robbery that occurred on June 20 at the Fulton Bank of New Jersey on Middlesex Avenue. Policewere dispatched to the bank on a report of a robbery in progress around 11:19 a.m., Metuchen Police Cpl. David Liantonio said . When officers arrived, bank staffers told…

  • South Asian group plans Fourth of July celebration in Edison

    EDISON — South Asian Community Outreach will host an Independence Day celebration from 4 to 9:30 p.m. July 4 at Lake Papaianni Park in the municipal complex. “Edison Township is going to witness a great event being organized by the South Asian community,” Mayor Antonia Ricigliano said. The mayor, along with state Sen. Sam Thompson,…

  • Police: Woman charged in theft after phone is traced to park

    METUCHEN — Police charged a Hamilton woman with theft of a purse. Emily A. Cuzzo, 21, was charged with receiving stolen property and possession of hypodermic needles around 12:07 a.m. on June 22. Police were dispatched to Hailey’s Harp and Pub on Main Street around 12:03 a.m. on a report of a stolen purse. After…

  • Essay gets Edison 6th-grader chance to go up, up and away

    As the grand prize winner of the ninth annual PNC Bank American Patriot Essay Contest, a statewide competition in which school children wrote about “What the American Flag Means to Me,” sixth-grader Sumant Pottepalem enjoyed a tethered hot air balloon ride on June 12 at Herbert Hoover Middle School. RUSS MENSCH/MENSCH & COMPANY, INC. EDISON…

  • Kids hunt for treasures in downtown Metuchen

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer This text will be replaced METUCHEN — For the Lara Croft team, the Metuchen Treasure Hunt began with this riddle: “A little variety is what you need, so come to me is what you do … if you can keep your head from the lions, tigers and bears too.” After…

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    Students at J.P. Stevens High School, Edison, look for family and friends in the audience as they get set to receive their diplomas during commencement exercises June 20 at the Rutgers Athletic Center, Piscataway. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Edison commits $2.3M to affordable housing

    Council hopes to avoid forfeiture of funds to state BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Edison officials want to make sure they are able to keep at least some of the approximately $5 million that is in their affordable-housing trust fund. The Township Council voted to adopt an amended trust fund spending plan June 13 in…

  • Edison presses for DOT’s OK on Towne Sq.

    Traffic issues hold up completion of giant plaza at former Ford plant site BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The Edison Township Council wants to see Edison Towne Square, located at Route 1 south and Vineyard Road, move forward. The 98-acre property is the site of the former Ford Motor Co. plant. When built out, the…