Category: Sentinel-EDM News

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Three-year-old Shane Stryker of Edison takes a walk around the newly lit Christmas tree on the lawn of the Stelton Community Center during the 18th annual lighting ceremony in Edison Nov. 29. The event, presented by the Edison Recreation Department, included the Edison High School brass ensemble and chorus, various dance numbers,…

  • Parent urges official action on Toth decision

    Files legal petition to reverse board’s dismissal of former superintendent BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer An Edison resident has filed an official petition with the state Department of Education asking the commissioner to cancel the Edison Board of Education’s decision to place former superintendent Carol Toth on paid administrative leave for two and a half…

  • Firm presents detailed plans for former Stop & Shop site

    Proposed development will include residential, commercial uses BY JAY BODAS Correspondent What will be the future of the former Stop & Shop on Central and Middlesex avenues? That was the focus of discussion at the Nov. 29 meeting of the Metuchen Planning Board. Developer Renaissance Properties gave a slide-show presentation of the overall application that…

  • Fire unions call for acting chief’s resignation

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – The two unions representing Edison’s paid firefighters jointly released a statement Dec. 1 calling for the resignation of acting Fire Chief Norman Jensen. The unions represent all of the township’s 140 paid firefighters. The two unions, locals 1197 and 2883, said that Jensen’s resignation is a matter of…

  • Twp. starts holiday toy drive

    Unwrapped toys can be dropped off at any firehouse or library BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – Edison Township is looking for wooden blocks and rubber balls, heroic action figures and pretty dolls, stuffed animals and little cars – any toy, really, for the township’s annual holiday toy drive. The drive, which officially kicked…

  • Zoning Board OKs new day-care center

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – The Edison Township Zoning Board unanimously approved the construction of a day-care center that will primarily serve the working parents from the many nearby office buildings around the Municipal Boulevard area. The vote for the facility, which will be called Children of America, took place during the board’s…

  • Last-minute budget amendment fails

    Some on council will try again; others question the point of doing so BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – A last-minute effort to amend the mayor’s preliminary budget stumbled during a Nov. 28 Township Council meeting, over concerns that such moves would lead to layoffs and service reductions. While some members of the council…

  • Police foil heroin sale

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN – Detectives were able to foil a drug transaction of heroin at the corner of Bounty Street and Amboy Avenue last week, according to police. Police arrested and charged John E. Toth, 22, Edison, with possession of 34 decks of heroin, valued at $700, possession with the intent to…

  • Armed men rob day spa, bind victims in duct tape

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – The Halo Day Spa on Woodbridge Avenue was robbed at gunpoint, with the suspects leaving employees and patrons bound with duct tape as they made off with $500 cash, a cell phone and the facility’s VCR. According to Sgt. Robert Dudash, public information officer with the Edison Police…