Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Local authors to discuss books on baseball during MCC event

    EDISON — Spring training will have just started for Major League Baseball, but some major league authors will be in midseason form as Middlesex County College hosts “A Night of Baseball Readings & Writings” on March 6. The program will include four local authors discussing baseball and their books. The first pitch is at 6:30…

  • Police warn of deception scam

    EDISON — Police are warning residents to be on the alert for a scam in which an unknown suspect seeks money to be sent overseas. Edison Police Sgt. Darrin Cerminaro said a 33-year-old township woman was the victim of an apparent scam. The woman told police that she had believed she met someone in London…

  • Edison teen robbed on Plainfield Ave.

    EDISON — Police are investigating a robbery that occurred in the vicinity of Plainfield Avenue and Route 27. The incident occurred around 6:34 p.m. on Feb. 12, police said. Edison Police Sgt. Darrin Cerminaro said the victim, a 14-year-old Edison resident, told police he was walking when five black males wearing black, hooded sweatshirts approached…

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    Children get a hands-on lesson in making their own pizza pies with help from cooking instructor Helen Bayer during a program for students in sixth through 12th grade at the Metuchen Public Library on Feb. 17. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Fire company, officials honor Edison on his birthday

    Famous inventor formed volunteer fire company after series of fires at lab BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer This text will be replaced For over 50 years, members of the volunteer Edison Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, formerly the Menlo Park Fire Company, have been coming together on or around Feb. 11 to place a wreath…

  • Sewer, landfill, road upgrades in $52M plan

    Karabinchak proposal designed to address flooding issues, improve dilapidated roadways BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Edison Township Council President Robert Karabinchak has presented an approximately $52 million capital improvement plan that calls for major infrastructure improvements. Despite the doom and gloom of dealing with $15 million worth of tax appeals this year, Karabinchak said the…

  • Local resident’s talent is truly in the cards

    Middlesex County College grad preparing ‘Card City’ for upcoming gala BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Above: Alex Perricone, of Avenel, constructed a card city using decks of playing cards. Below: A playing card re-creation of Madison Square Garden. Stacking cards has become more than a hobby for Alex “Cardman” Perricone. “I would say it’s more…

  • Firefighters compete for chef bragging rights at annual festival

    Above: Diego De La Rosa, owner of the Little Spain restaurant in the Fords section of Woodbridge, and his daughters Krystina (l) and Dianna serve paella during the second annual Cooked and Uncorked Food and Wine Festival. Below: New Brunswick firefighters Lt. Vince Inzano (l-r), Ray Schaffer and Bob Piparo work together on a shrimp…

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    Cara Mitchell of the Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League plays with Paisley on Feb. 10 during the Super Pet Expo, held last weekend at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison. Story, more photos, page 8. ERIC SUCAR staff