Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Gas attendant attacked, robbed in Edison

    EDISON — An attendant at a Route 1 north gas station was assaulted and robbed last week, according to police. Two attendants, both age 43, were working at the Raceway gas station around 10 p.m. Aug. 3 when they noticed the suspect standing behind a corner of the station building, according to police. As the…

  • 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…

  • Youth Football Camp

    James Sherry (l) and Marc Tamasco work on a running back drill at the Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison, July 26. Children ages 6-14 learned skills during the weeklong youth football camp with help from former New York Giants, as well as professional educators and high school and college football coaches. More photos, gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR…

  • Obama visit spices up business at sub shop

    Crowds converge for president’s visit to Edison BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Honored. That is how David Thornton and Carl Padovano, co-owners of the Tastee Sub Shop on Plainfield Avenue, described how they felt when they learned that President Barack Obama had chosen their small business for a visit last week. Obama wanted to meet…

  • County fair tradition goes back 72 years

    Festivities continue through Aug. 8 in East Brunswick BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer The Middlesex County Fairgrounds in East Brunswick is being brought to life this week with the scent of cotton candy and the glow of neon lights. Returning for its 72nd year, the Middlesex County Fair has food, music, rides and the usual…