Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Jr. police weeks all about drills, skills and dodge ball

    Edison P.D. wrapping up five-week session for 400 township youths BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Middle school is a critical time in a child’s development. That is why members of the Edison Police Department believe it is important to hold their annual Junior Police Academy, now in its 12th year. The academy, for kids going…

  • Edison union OKs plan to save 150-plus jobs

    Majority of the restored positions are assistants who work with disabled children BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Amajority of the 127 paraprofessionals in the school district, along with a number of teachers, aides and guidance counselors, will come back to work this fall. Members of the Edison Township Education Association cast a 91.9 percent vote…

  • Police note rash of purse snatching

    EDISON — Police are warning people staying at hotels to keep their belongings on them, after another purse theft was reported at a hotel in the township. “This has been an ongoing problem we have had,” said police Lt. Sal Filannino. A Louis Vuitton purse was reported stolen at the Hilton Garden Inn, in the…

  • India Independence Day Parade

    Tarkesh Patel leads the Swamibapa Pipe Band during Sunday’s India Independence Day Parade. An estimated 37,000 onlookers turned out to watch hundreds of marchers, bands and floats proceed along Oak Tree Road from Edison to Iselin. More photos at gmnews.com. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Ex-corrections officer admits sexual assault of Edison girl

    ASouth Plainfield man pleaded guilty July 30 to a charge of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced. Robert Hartobey, 33, pleaded guilty to a single count of aggravated sexual assault, admitting he sexually assaulted the child in her home in Edison on May 13, 2006. Under the terms of…

  • Local school districts see more retirements

    Savings has allowed boards to hire less-experienced, lower-salaried teachers BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer School districts across the state have undoubtedly sustained a harsh financial blow from the loss of state aid, and area school officials are beginning to realize the educational impacts of the budgets adopted last spring. The collective loss of $820 million…

  • Suspects sought in impersonation of police officers, robbery of N.Y. couple

    EDISON — Police are looking for two individuals who allegedly posed as police officers and robbed two residents of Flushing, N.Y., of approximately $500 worth of possessions last week. The incident occurred on Meadow Road around 8 p.m. July 31, police said. The two victims, a 43-year-old female and a 32-year-old male, told police they…

  • Downtown music series kicks off in Metuchen

    Concerts scheduled each Thursday through Sept. 5 BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Metuchen resident Donna Smith brought lawn chairs, a friend, her daughter and her daughter’s friend to the Metuchen Rocks concert Aug. 5. Above: Vera Sousa of The One & Nines entertains the crowd on Aug. 5 during the kick-off performance of Metuchen Rock! a…

  • Police investigate assault

    EDISON — Police are looking for five to six suspects who allegedly assaulted a 17-year-old male township resident in a parking lot last week. The incident occurred at 7:40 p.m. on July 26 in a parking lot on Oak Tree Road, police said. The victim told police he was sitting in the passenger seat of…