Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Car break-ins reported in Metuchen

    METUCHEN — Police are warning residents to lock their car doors after the borough experienced a rash of car burglaries over a recent two-day period. The burglaries occurred between March 31 and April 2, police said. AJVC headphone unit and loose change were stolen from a 2004 Honda that was parked on Kate Lane between…

  • Point Pleasant Beach: a shore town with much to offer

    Beachfront, boardwalk and a thriving downtown draw visitors year-round BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Point Plesant Beach Point Pleasant Beach is a shore town that prides itself on being about more than its expansive beachfront. In fact, the borough, known as Point Beach in Shore parlance, boasts numerous special events that draw people into town. The…

  • Roadshow Edison-bound

    EDISON — Colleen Rivera loves to tell stories about impressive finds. One, for example, is about a buried treasure that a family knew was in its backyard. “So one day the granddaughter decided to excavate what her grandmother, an escapee from an oppressive Russian tsarist rule, put in the dirt years ago. Turns out it…

  • Ex-mayoral assistant latest to file suit against Edison

    Russomanno argues he was laid off after speaking out on township matters BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — A former township employee has filed a lawsuit against the township alleging that his First Amendment rights were violated and that he was wrongfully terminated. Anthony Russomanno, who served as MayorAntonia Ricigliano’s campaign manager during her…

  • Historian tell of the day Metuchen met the Majors

    Local club conquered St. Louis Cardinals under the lights at high school BY JIMMYALLINDER Correspondent Marc Doremus of Edison listens as Rich Puerzer presents “Big League Baseball in a Small Town: Metuchen and the Summer of 1936” at the borough library. SCOTT FRIEDMAN A few years ago, Metuchen resident Rich Puerzer noticed a team photo…

  • Committee questioning will continue April 14

    Edison council takes vote of ‘no confidence’ in township administrator BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON— Township administrators have been re-subpoenaed to appear for questioning by the Township Council’s Committee of the Whole. The committee will meet at 6 p.m. April 14. This will be the body’s second meeting. An estimated 350 people turned out…

  • Edison council asks mayor to wait on employee layoffs

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Township Council members called on Mayor Antonia Ricigliano to hold off on the layoffs of about 35 township employees. The layoffs had been planned to take effect April 8, but council members pleaded with the administration during their March 30 meeting to wait at least two more weeks.…

  • Local business owner gets jail term for money laundering

    EDISON — A former member of the township Zoning Board of Adjustment was sentenced March 31 to six months in prison for money laundering related to illegal immigration documents. Nilesh Dasondi, 44, owner of Sterling System LLC, formerly Cygate Software & Consulting, was charged in connection with the trafficking of immigration documents used to procure…

  • Edison police probe luring attempt

    EDISON— Police are investigating a possible luring incident reported around 3:50 p.m. March 25. Edison Police Lt. Sal Filannino said the victim, a 15-year-old girl, was walking on Pacific Street toward Wilson Avenue when an unknown male allegedly pulled up in a motor vehicle and propositioned her to get in his vehicle after describing the…