Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Sports broadcaster returns to Metuchen for country fair

    Growing up, Cheche recalls, ‘We were always playing a game for the sake of a game’ BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Tom Cheche A veteran sports journalist who grew up in the borough will be coming home for the 48th annual Metuchen Country Fair on Oct. 1. Tom Cheche will be on hand to sign copies…

  • Fire destroys Edison building

    The vacant building in Edison that was home to a variety of businesses and organizations over the years was reduced to a pile of charred rubble after the Sept. 20 fire. JEFF GRANIT staff EDISON— Charred rubble is all that remains of a building that caught fire last week at the intersection of Woodbridge Avenue…

  • Edison police charge nephew, aunt in recent burglary spree

    EDISON — A string of residential burglaries over the past year led to the arrest of two suspects last week. Michael A. Masonius, 19, was charged with possession of heroin with the intent to distribute, receiving stolen property and burglary. His aunt, Claudette Masonius, 39, was charged with receiving stolen property. Police said both were…

  • Edison gas station attendant robbed

    EDISON — Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the Fuel One gas station on Route 1 south last week. The incident was reported at 9:15 p.m. on Sept. 22, police said. Police Lt. Sal Filannino said the 19-yearold gas station attendant told police that two suspects approached him on foot, and one…

  • Edison police report suspicious activity

    EDISON — Police are investigating a suspicious person report that occurred on Hillcrest Avenue around 3:15 p.m. on Sept. 21. According to the police report, a 12- year-old girl told police that she was walking near the street and observed an unknown man in a two-door Jeep Wrangler pull up alongside her and stare at…

  • We remember

    Steve Leventhal, chairman of New Jersey’s Mission of Honor for Cremains of American Veterans, participates in a moment of silence during the vigil. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Mike and Karen Rubarski of Piscataway attend a 24-hour vigil of remembrance for soldiers listed as prisoners of war or missing in action. Sponsored by the Vietnam…

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    Fire inspectors investigate the site of a vacant retail building that was destroyed during a four-alarm fire at Woodbridge Avenue and Thomasine Street, Edison, on Sept. 20. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Metuchen pool team scores big in Vegas

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent NJ’s Breakers Danny Urena (l-r), Chris Wilkinson, Jennifer Wilkinson, Rajesh Agrawal, Jonathan Kingsley, Sam Spector, Luis Gonzalez and Jack McCarthy celebrate their success in the 2011 American Pool Association’s National Team Championships at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas. METUCHEN — There is a team of skilled shooters operating out of…

  • Retiring Edison detective lauded for arrest in 20-year-old case

    Canavera credited for identifying murder suspect BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan (l) and Mayor Antonia Ricigliano honor Detective John Canavera upon his retirement. A ccording to officials, it was the perfect ending to a fruitful and effective career in police work. With Edison police Detective John Canavera’s initiative, the department…