Category: Sentinel-EDM News

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    ERIC SUCAR staff A pedestrian braves the cold and rainy weather during a walk around Roosevelt Park in Edison on Dec. 26. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • E.P.D. says they got drug investigation started

    Police director says more arrests are on the horizon BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Just days after it was announced that four Edison High School janitors were charged with illegal use and resale of prescription drugs, two top-level township law enforcement officials said it was their department that spearheaded the effort to investigate, saying that…

  • Edison police arrest pair after narcotics investigation

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Two men, one of whom is an Edison resident, were arrested last week as a result of a narcotics investigation. Quincy Clark, 34, Edison, and Eugene Lockhart, 24, New Brunswick, were spotted in a parked car in the rear of the Edison Diner on Route 1 by two township police…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Students in kindergarten through second-grade at St. Francis Cathedral School in Metuchen practice for their Christmas show on Dec. 16. Another photo, page 9. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Janitors charged with use, sale of prescription drugs

    Police director hints that others are in the crosshairs of investigation BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Three janitors at Edison High School, one of whom is the son of a Board of Education member, have been arrested and charged with abuse, illegal use and resale of prescription drugs. A fourth, who is a former township…

  • Errico back as Edison school board member

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer The Edison Board of Education has appointed Ralph Errico to fill the position left vacant by Carmelo Vaticano last month. Ralph Errico Errico, who will serve until the next school board election in April, defeated 14 other candidates in the process. The 50- year-old Errico served from 1997 to 1999…

  • Local students get a visit from Edison’s bravest

    Township firefighters stop by Lakeview School BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Students at the Lakeview School in Edison had a chance to meet some real-life heroes last week during the students’ annual pizza party. Robert Muth (r), dressed up as a firefighter during the Edison Fire Fighters Association’s annual pizza…

  • Metuchen police urge motorists, pedestrians to be alert

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — In light of the motor vehicle and pedestrian accident that occurred on Dec. 7, police are stressing the importance of driver and pedestrian awareness on the roads. “Everyone needs to be cautious,” said PatrolmanDavid Liantonio. “Drivers need to be wary of pedestrians, and pedestrians need to be aware…

  • Beck faults state oversight of caretakers of disabled

    Legislator calls on AG to investigate Division of Developmental Disabilities BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-12th District) is calling on the state attorney general to investigate the state Division of Developmental Disabilities’ oversight of disabled individuals who are placed with caretakers in the community. “It is our duty to protect those citizens…