Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Edison council mulls change in police hiring provisions

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The Township Council is considering action that would allow auxiliary police officers a chance to go directly to the academy and potentially join the force. Council President Robert Karabinchak broached the idea of amending the police hiring ordinance during the Jan. 9 workshop meeting. “This is providing auxiliary…

  • Zimmerli highlights revelations in Soviet nonconformist art

    “Counterform 1959” oil-on-canvas by Valery Yurlov The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, will continue its series of one-person shows devoted to Soviet nonconformist artists with “In the Search of an Absolute: Art of Valery Yurlov,” on view through June 3. Yurlov stands out as one of the earliest proponents of analytical abstraction…

  • Arrest made in assault of Woodbridge police officer

    By Kathy Chang Officer Neal AuricchioDennis VeteriOne of the suspects accused in the severe beating of a Woodbridge police officer is scheduled to appear at his preliminary court hearing Jan. 31. Eleven days after an off-duty Woodbridge police officer and his friend were severely beaten after a hockey game in Philadelphia, police have made an…

  • Clothing recycling proceeds keep DARE alive in Metuchen

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer DARE clothing drop boxes such as this one behind A&P Liquors, Pearl Street, generate funds to maintain the anti-drug abuse program in the borough. METUCHEN — The proceeds that the police department gets from the New Jersey DARE clothing recycling program keeps the anti-drug and -alcohol education initiative running in…

  • Edison police charge two men in taxicab carjacking

    EDISON — Police arrested two New Brunswick men accused of carjacking and robbing a taxi driver. The incident occurred at a strip mall on Route 27 around 11:40 p.m. on Dec. 28, police said. Horacio Grajales Sanchez, 19, and Iseid Gonzales Luis, 26, were each charged with carjacking, robbery and possession of a weapon. Their…

  • Metuchen council honors WWII veteran for service to country

    Joseph Perrino, a former police chief, saved fellow soldiers despite own gunshot injury BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Former Councilman Stanley Lease (l) reads a proclamation honoring WWII veteran and former Police Chief Joseph Perrino. METUCHEN — Joseph Perrino has spent his life in service to others — both abroad and at home. The 92-year-old born-and-bred…

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    Ice skaters take advantage of pleasant temperatures on New Year’s Eve by heading out to the rink at Roosevelt Park in Edison. The Middlesex County-owned rink is open Wednesday-Sunday through April 1. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Edison officials take optimistic view of 2012

    Five council members sworn in to begin new terms BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A fter a tumultuous 2011, Edison officials are looking to move the township forward this year. That was the consensus during the Township Council’s Jan. 1 reorganization meeting, attended by Mayor Antonia Ricigliano and members of her administration, as well as…

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    “The Red March,” a photograph by Kelly Gibson, 15, taken in Roosevelt Park, Edison, took first place in the New Jersey Green Acres Photography Contest’s “People and Parks” category for the 13-17 age group.