Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Greatest of the Garden contest at EARTH Center

    The EARTH Center, home to Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County, will host its Garden Field Day and open house 1-5 p.m. Aug. 20 (rain date, Aug. 21). The event will take place at the EARTH Center, 42 RivaAve. in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, South Brunswick, and is the EARTH Center’s biggest event of the…

  • Man struck crossing street in Metuchen

    METUCHEN — A76-year-old borough man is recovering from injuries after being struck by a motor vehicle as he was attempting to cross the street. The incident occurred at 5:16 p.m. on Aug. 5 at the lighted crosswalk at the intersection of Main Street and Highland Avenue, police said. Jaroslaw Malinowski was in the middle of…

  • police beat 

    All items in Police Beat are taken from police department records. All suspects are presumed innocent until found guilty in court. METUCHEN  A burglary was reported at a Ross Street residence. Between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Aug. 9, an unknown suspect or suspects pushed in a window air-conditioning unit, entered the home and…

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    Edison youngsters get a lesson in law enforcement during a session of Edison’s 13th annual Junior Police Academy Aug. 2 at Woodrow Wilson Middle School. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Girl Scouts praised for dog park initiative

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The initiative as well as the persistence by Girl Scouts Abigail “Abby” Brooks and Lilith “Lilly” Rebecca Hoover has led to a community-wide dog park expected to come to fruition in spring 2016. Abby and Lilly were presented with county and local proclamations at a Metuchen Borough Council meeting on…

  • Edison gets set to host top golfers, huge crowds

    PGA Tour playoffs kick off with The Barclays at Plainfield Country Club Aug. 23-28 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The global golf community will set its sights on Edison later this month as the PGATour brings The Barclays to the Plainfield Country Club for the first time. The tournament will take place Aug. 23- 28…

  • Permit discord leads to two separate India Day parades

    Processions to be held on separate parts of Oak Tree Road BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer What has traditionally been one large parade celebrating India’s independence from British rule will be two separate events this year. On Aug. 14, the Indian Business Association (IBA) will hold a parade on Oak Tree Road in the Iselin…

  • A ‘Night Out’ on the town

    Youngsters enjoy evening of fun, games and education BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Dominique Liantonio, 9, of Edison, makes her creative mark on the pavement. METUCHEN — Six-year-old Akshay Kamat of Edison sat wide-eyed on the front of a fire truck. It was his first time at Metuchen’s annual National Night Out Against Crime, held…

  • Edison police investigating robbery of Rite-Aid store

    EDISON — Police are searching for two unknown women who robbed the Rite-Aid store on Route 1 last week. Astore manager told police that two black females entered the store on Aug. 1 and grabbed various items, concealing them in a bag they were carrying, police said. The two women then attempted to leave the…