Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • 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…

  • She’s imagining a world without text messages

    ‘Hey Mom,” my 15-year-old son called out the other day, “when is our next cell phone bill due?” I’m sure there are children in the world who worry about income, budgeting and familial finances. Yet, trust me when I say that this particular adolescent is not one of those children. Still, he had my curiosity…

  • Doctor stresses mind, body health connection

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – With your hand on your stomach, take a deep breath through your nose. Hold that breath for four seconds. Slowly exhale through your mouth. Repeat this over the course of five minutes. At the end of the deep-breathing cycle, you shouldmore feelmuchmore relaxed and collected, according to…

  • Fashion Show

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Troy Anthony and his partner, Megan Guinane, show the audience some moves at the fashion show fundraiser for Project Graduation at Edison High School on Friday.

  • Police ordinances pass in Edison Twp.

    In 4-3 vote, town to have director, deputy chief command structure BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Apair of controversial ordinances that would restructure the leadership of the Edison Police Department (EPD) was narrowly passed during the March 12 Township Council meeting after a marathon debate over the matter before a standingroom only crowd. Both ordinances…

  • Residents give feedback on train station redevelopment

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer SCOTT FRIEDMAN staff Urban planner Mark Evans talks with Edison resident Jane Tousman at the Train Station redevelopment workshop about issues she feels are important about the project. EDISON – Giant maps, computer displays, an army of experts and a wide variety of sandwiches and condiments greeted people visiting the…