Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Edison police investigate report of attempted luring

    EDISON — Police are investigating a possible luring incident that occurred at 6:47 a.m. on Nov. 1 at the intersection of Stony and Louise roads. The victim, a 14-year-old female, told police she was waiting for the school bus when a black or dark-colored four-door sedan pulled up next to her, according to police. The…

  • Metuchen Chamber scares up a hit project downtown

    Votes being taken for best scarecrow through Nov. 19 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A scarecrow gracing a lamppost downtown appears ready to do business. ERIC SUCAR staff METUCHEN — Halloween is far from over in the borough’s downtown, where more than 70 scarecrows adorn trees and lampposts. They’re hard to miss: A cop scarecrow,…

  • ‘Tootsie Roll Drive’ nets over $21K for second straight year

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Generosity goes a long way. Over a four-day weekend inApril, members of Knights of Columbus Council No. 4885 manned busy street corners in the township, collecting money for the mentally disabled. The organization’s efforts over the years have brought in thousands of dollars, and in each of the…

  • Police warn of scam

    METUCHEN — Police are warning residents of a possible scam that occurred through an Internet website recently. On Oct. 24, a resident told police that she listed an exercise machine for $100 on a popular Internet website used for advertising. The person who replied to her sent three separate money orders of $965, police said.…

  • Karabinchak holds off Republican challenger for Edison council seat

    Robert Karabinchak EDISON — Democratic Councilman Robert Karabinchak will fill the one-year unexpired term on the Township Council. The 54-year-old councilman, who was appointed to his seat last December to take the place of AnnMarie Griffin- Ussak, received 9,364 votes Tuesday. He defeated Republican Mary Lou Resner, 61, who garnered 7,229 votes. The term runs…

  • Edison board selects new superintendent

    O’Malley will leave Monmouth Co. district, earn salary of $210,000 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer After a long and at times contentious search process, the Edison Township Board of Education has selected a new superintendent. Richard J. O’Malley, 40, of Flemington, will take the district’s top job on or before Feb. 7. His contract will…

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    Helen Bayer (l) teaches a group of teenagers how to bake a loaf of bread from scratch at the Metuchen Public Library Nov. 4. Youths from grades six through 12 were invited to the workshop, “Baking Bread with Mrs. B.” ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Weight-loss, stop-smoking seminars at JCC

    The Hypnosis Counseling Center will present a set of workshops Nov. 11 for smoking cessation and weight loss at the Edison JCC, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. Each one-hour workshop includes hypnosis exercises, discussion and an optional CD for $18, which assists in reinforcing immediate results and longrange success. The workshops can be taken individually…