Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Neighborhood Watch Program draws nearly 50

    Police hope to keep attendance up with guest speakers BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Police hope to keep attendance up with guest speakers BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Borough authorities announced that more than 45 people have volunteered to participate in Metuchen’s new Neighborhood Watch Program. The volunteers were organized at a meeting in the high school…

  • $140K settlement seeds area eco-projects

    Settlement from landfill firm going to grants for Middlesex environmental groups BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Environmental groups across Middlesex County will be receiving additional funds as a $140,000 settlement awarded to the Edison Wetlands Association from landfill firm Edgeboro Disposal will be distributed among 14 different organizations for various projects. PHOTO COURTESY OF EDISON…

  • Background check bill clears Senate

    Bill would expand criminal checks of school employees BY LAUREN MORTENSON Correspondent The New Jersey Senate unanimously passed a bill last week that will revise the current background check requirements for all school employees who come in contact with students. Sponsored by Sens. Loretta Weinberg, Barbara Buono and Shirley K. Turner, bill S-110 will revise…

  • Traffic bill passes Legislature

    Bill would give local government more power to regulate traffic BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer In a move that was praised by area politicians, a bill that would give counties and municipalities the authority to regulate traffic signage on local roads cleared both the state Assembly and Senate this week and will soon go before…

  • Man charged with public porn watching

    METUCHEN — Police arrested and charged Edward J. Kearney, 42, New Brunswick, for watching sexually explicit material on his laptop computer while he was sitting outside What’s the Scoop on Main Street on Oct. 21. Kearney was arrested at 1:26 a.m., police said. Sgt. Steven Menafro, over a three-week period, said he had observed Kearney…

  • Civilians take in lessons on police work

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Edison residents continued their education in the structure and procedures of the Edison Police Department at the latest weekly Civilian Police Academy class on Oct. 29, held in the municipal building off Route 27. That night, residents learned about how the township reacts to emergencies, both natural and man-made, how…

  • Students learn lessons in democracy

    BY LAUREN MORTENSON Staff Writer EDISON — Township schools gave their students the opportunity to participate in the 2008 election with the I Care, I Voted campaign. The district-wide campaign allowed students from grades K-12 to vote in a mock election on or before Nov. 3. On April 14, 2009, students will vote on issues…

  • Haunted High

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff J.P. Stevens High School held its annual trick-or-treat event at the school on Oct. 30. Children from the nearby neighborhoods came to the high school to trick or treat. Top left: Zachary Shery (center), 18, tries to put a smile on youngsters’ faces as they walk through the hallways. Top:…

  • Robotics Team Competition

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN staff Top: Jessica Chen (l), 16, Esther Lee, 16, and Alec Huang, 15, of J.P. Stevens High School in Edison, make adjustments to their robot at the “Brunswick Eruption” annual robotics competition hosted by North Brunswick High School on Saturday. The team did not make it into the second round that day, though…