Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • On your mark… Get set… Spell!

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Namrata Doddamani, 10, of Edison, unfortunately forgets one letter of her word at the spelling bee sponsored by SCORE Education Centers, held at the Metuchen YMCA on Friday.

  • Woman tells depression sufferers they are not alone

    Founder of National Alliance of Mental Illness speaks at college BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Stacy Hollingsworth EDISON – For teenagers receiving their driver’s licenses, it should be an exciting time in their lives. However, for 24-year-old Stacy Hollingsworth, in her mind it was access to a lethal means to commit suicide. “I went downstairs…

  • Show dogs stolen, then found

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – Two show dogs valued at $3,000 each were abducted from their owner’s car and went missing for four days before being recovered by the family on March 26. According to Sgt. Robert Dudash, police public information officer, on Saturday, March 22, Faye Adcox, a 47-year-old woman from the…

  • Egg-specially good times

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN staff Left: While the rest of the family diligently colors their hats, Kevin O’Brien and his daughter Marlyana, 3, of Edison, share a silly moment at the “Holy Treasure Hunt” at the Community Presbyterian Church in Edison on Saturday. Above: After decorating hats and watching a slide show about the meaning…

  • Plans for Edison train station project revealed

    Proposed redevelopment includes offices, commercial property, 783 residences BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer   EDISON – Development firm Inter- Cap Holdings has unveiled its conceptual plans for the 44-acre mixed-use village center near the Edison train station, the result of numerous community forums, workshops and focus groups held over the course of many weeks. The…

  • Card store robbed at mall

    EDISON – Edison police are looking for a suspect in an armed robbery at the Menlo Park Mall. Lt. Joseph Shannon, police public information officer, said that on March 17 around 8 p.m., a 6-foot-1-inch white male, “possibly Hispanic,” with black hair in a buzz-cut style, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, walked into the American…

  • Stalking bill on hold as focus turns to budget

    Proposed legislation awaits hearing from Senate committee BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Every day is a time of waiting for one Marlboro woman. She continues to endure the harassment dealt to her by a man who has stalked her on and off for 10 years. At the same time, she waits with sinking hopes for…

  • Cops find injured hawk

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON- An Edison police officer rescued an injured red-tailed hawk that was sitting outside the Edison police building on March 16. Around 11:45 in the morning, Patrolman Frank Vargas saw the injured bird “just sitting there,” according to police reports. He contacted Lt. Bruce Polkowitz, who told Varga to see…

  • Brain tumor survivor starts group to share experiences

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON – There was a point in 34- year-old Beth Rosenthal’s life when she did not want to be here. “I would ask myself why I was alive,” she said. “But I know if I did anything, it would just crush my mom [Judy].” Rosenthal was diagnosed with childhood cerebellar…