Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Police: Woman using website dating service sent unknown suspect $3,800

    EDISON — Police are warning residents of an apparent scam that recently cost a 49-year-old resident $3,800. Police Lt. Sal Filannino said the township womanmet an unknown man on a dating website. She told police that the unknownman told her through email that he was in Malaysia and needed $800 for his business. She wired…

  • JCC plans trip to NYC 9/11 Memorial

    On Wednesday, Sept. 5, the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County will sponsor a second trip to New York City to visit the 9/11 Memorial, with an afternoon bus tour to view architecture and historical sites of lower Manhattan with tour guide Marty Schneit. The cost of $41 for JCC members and $45 for non-members…

  • Police seek robbery-suspect ID

    Edison police released this surveillance photo of a suspect who allegedly robbed the Amboy Express gas station on Amboy Avenue around 6:45 a.m. May 31. Police said the suspect was seen lingering for about an hour before the incident. He then displayed the receiver portion of a handgun and demanded money. After the attendant complied,…

  • Taking steps toward cleaner Raritan River

    EPA seeks study of pollution affecting river conditions BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Stretching from west of Somerville all the way to the Raritan Bay, the Raritan River is a familiar sight to over a million residents of central New Jersey. Historically, it has also been a familiar site for the dumping…

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    The State Fair will be held at the New Meadowlands Fairgrounds, next to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, from June 22 to July 8.

  • Local towns sign on to use manned surveillance tower

    Officials say mobile unit will provide a unique vantage point for police at major events BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Local residents may find an unfamiliar pair of eyes watching over them this summer. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office recently acquired a SkyWatch surveillance platform and has entered into agreements with a number of local…

  • Edison to implement new special needs program

    BY JASON COHEN Correspondent EDISON — Beginning in September, the township’s school district will expand its special needs services to include a learning language disabilities mild-moderate program. The program will be held at the Martin Luther King Elementary School, James Madison Primary School, Herbert Hoover Middle School and Edison High School. Chris Conklin, assistant superintendent…

  • Police: Armed man robs gas station on Amboy Ave., Edison

    EDISON— Police are investigating a robbery that occurred at the Amboy Gas station on Amboy Avenue at 6:45 a.m. on May 31. The gas attendant told police that an unknown male approached him, demanded money and showed a black handgun, police Sgt. Darrin Cerminaro said. The suspect threatened to shoot the attendant, according to the…

  • Garden Staters recycling less today than in the ’90s

    Middlesex County rates, however, continue to be stable Victor Cuellar, a staff member with the Middlesex County Improvement Authority’s Recycling Division, makes his weekday rounds in Monroe. Despite the recently released statistics that indicate New Jersey’s residents are recycling less today than they did in the 1990s, a few counties are bucking that trend. One…