Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Two sides air views on Jehovah’s Witnesses plan

    Religious group seeks to build driveway through preserved land BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The hearing on a proposed driveway was attended by many residents, environmental activists and congregants of local Jehovah’s Witness organizations. A land-use battle that has spanned two decades came to a head in Edison Township Council chambers last week. The governing…

  • Edison mayor, council unable to find harmony

    Sides seek to meet, but arrangements remain in dispute BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Tense would be a good way to describe the relationship between Edison Mayor Antonia Ricigliano and the Township Council. The administration and the council members have butted heads over the past year on matters such as employee layoffs, suspension of the…

  • Edison woman, 85, dies after being struck by vehicle in Metuchen

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Police investigate the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident on Nov. 3. GERALD TRABALKA METUCHEN — An 85-year-old Edison woman was killed last week when she was hit by a truck at the intersection of Main Street and Amboy Avenue. Police Cpl. David Liantonio said Fanny Chiarella was treated…

  • Metuchen authors set to discuss their books

    Writers’ subjects include political corruption, mental illness, Alzheimer’s disease BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent METUCHEN — Three authors from the “brainy borough” will be the featured guests during a Nov. 20 event at the library. Josh Margolin, co-author of “Jersey Sting,” Tom Davis, author of “A Legacy of Madness,” and Steven Patrick, author of “Journey at…

  • Metuchen police arrest teen after brief foot chase

    METUCHEN — After a brief foot chase, police arrested a 17-year-old New Brunswick male accused of stealing a motor vehicle from a Peltier Avenue residence. Patrolman Richard Westover was on routine patrol around 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 2 when he stopped a motor vehicle on Sheridan Avenue for driving with its headlights off, according to…

  • Setting the stage

    Members of the John P. Stevens Theater Company act out a scene from Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” during a Nov. 4 dress rehearsal. The students will perform the show at 7 p.m. Nov. 17-19 at the school, located at 855 Grove Ave., Edison. Tickets are $7 in advance and $9 at the door. Call Darlene…

  • Edison police charge four suspects in armed robbery

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Police arrested four Elizabeth men last week on charges they robbed and assaulted a 21-year-old Carteret man. The incident occurred around 5 p.m. in the vicinity of Langholm Court, police said. Rubin Nunez, 18, Jerome Rodriguez, 20, George Norena, 20, and Jose R. Garcia Jr., 19, were charged…

  • County opens new care facility opens in Old Bridge

    Officials tout $47 million facility’s technology, benefit to twp. BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The county unveiled the newest addition to its family of longterm care facilities, opening the doors of the Roosevelt Care Center at Old Bridge with a ribbon-cutting celebration Oct. 26. “Today is the beginning of the next step…

  • Police: Woman entered Edison health facility, took cash and ran

    EDISON — Police are investigating a robbery that took place at the Hua-Kang Health Center on Plainfield Avenue. The robbery occurred around 8:50 p.m. on Oct. 30, police said. Police Lt. Sal Filannino said a 50- year-old Edison resident was working at the facility when a woman walked through the front door yelling, “Open, open,…