Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Spicuzzo released from prison after serving two of nine-year sentence

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Former Middlesex County Sheriff Joseph Spicuzzo has been released from jail. Spicuzzo was sentenced in 2013 to nine years in prison for running a jobs-for-cash scheme that yielded him approximately $112,000 in bribes from those seeking positions or promotions in the sheriff’s department, Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said…

  • Metuchen’s Raconteur teams with State Theatre

    ‘Raiders’ adaptation to kick off series of monthly film and literary events BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent METUCHEN — The distance between Metuchen and New Brunswick is getting a little shorter, thanks to a new partnership between The Raconteur and the State Theatre. The borough bookstore will be sponsoring a screening of “Raiders of the LostArk:…

  • Woodbridge Police Dept. appoints five new police officers to ranks

    Woodbridge Police Department announces appointment of five to officers to patrol ranks. (l-r) Police Officer Nicholas James Errico: Police Officer Christopher Rendeiro Esteves: Police Officer Joseph William Russyk: Police Officer Michael Joseph Hart: Police Officer Matthew Edward Dougherty. Mayor John E. McCormac has announced the appointment of five new police officers to the ranks of…

  • Father and son got game when it comes to Pokémon

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Jack Kolbert (l) and another boy compete in front of a judge at this year’s Cedar Grove City Championship. EDISON — Jack Kolbert was just 5 years old when he placed fourth in the New Jersey State Pokémon Championships in 2009. Now 8, Jack and his father, Andrew, have been…

  • Weather results in Edison parade’s postponement

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Two rival groups have had their differences over the past year about each one’s efforts to hold a parade celebrating India Day. And Sunday, the scheduled date of the parades, was no different. Steady rainfall prompted the Edison-based Oak Road Business Association to postpone its event, while the…

  • Sammy’s Hope Edison Animal Shelter

    by Cathy Kang If you are looking to add a four-footed friend to your family, consider adopting a shelter pet. The Edison Animal Shelter currently has many adoptable dogs and cats in need of homes. The shelter is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and until 7:30 p.m. onWednesdays, and 10 a.m. to…

  • Hands up activity

    Left: Edison police Sgt. Robert Dudash uses a fake gun during a demonstration of a felony motor vehicle stop at the Junior Police Academy Aug. 2 at Woodrow Wilson Middle School. Above: The weeklong Junior Police Academy introduced the youth of Edison to the inner workings of the township police department. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT…

  • Law firm mourns loss of partner

    Morris Brown, a partner in the law firm of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer and a volunteer in the local community, diedAug. 9 at New York- Presbyterian Hospital. The Woodbridge-based firm announced Brown’s passing in a press release, saying it was deeply saddened by the loss. A renowned personal injury lawyer for 55 years, Brown joined…

  • Volunteer group drives adoptions at Edison shelter

    Sammy’s Hope began working with municipal facility last year BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Sammy’s Hope volunteers Naomi Milner (l-r), Christine Young and Darren Young wash pit bull mix Mimi at the Edison Animal Shelter Aug. 10. PHOTOS By ERIC SUCAR staff EDISON — In less than two years, the nonprofit organization Sammy’s Hope has…