Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Judge to hear motions in Melanie McGuire case

    Admissibility of writing samples, audio/video recordings to be decided BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Motion hearings will be held next month before the anticipated trial of Melanie McGuire, the 34-year-old former fertility clinic nurse accused of killing her husband in their Woodbridge Center Plaza apartment two years ago…

  • Last-minute shopping

    PHOTOS BYSCOTT PILLING staff Above: Cecilia Albes, Diana Gomes and Mariza Moreira do their last-minute shopping Saturday at the Menlo Park Mall in Edison. At right: This is just one of the thousands of people who were determined to wrap up their shopping.

  • Cameo allowed to open with restrictions

    The banquet hall turned illegal nightclub to hold banquets only BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Colonia resident Diana Moses, who booked her granddaughter Kimberly’s sweet 16 party at the Cameo Banquet Hall on Rahway Avenue for Dec. 22, had no idea the owners voluntarily closed the hall temporarily on…

  • Planning Board mulls giant warehouse

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – An application to the Planning Board for a massive warehouse on Mill Road has been continued to its next meeting. “The applicant is proposing a one-story warehouse that is 47.5 foot. in height,” said Steven Byszewski, engineer for the applicant JERC Partners VII. “There…

  • Suspects wanted in dual robberies of 7-Eleven

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — The township police department released surveillance photographs of two suspects wanted in two separate, late-night robberies at a 7-Eleven convenience store on Route 1 south in Avenel. The two separate robberies occurred at 10:07 p.m. on Dec. 14 and 10:21 p.m. on Dec. 18,…

  • Mayors plan meeting to fight consolidation

    Metuchen will host summit to rally towns against state bill BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer Boroughs and townships similar to Metuchen will come together the first week of January and fight the state’s proposals for consolidation. “These penalty clauses, specifically S-1 and S-38, show no concern for the voters and are…

  • A procrastinator’s paradise

    SCOTT PILLING staff A bird’s-eye view of an army of shoppers as they march through the Menlo Park Mall seeking 11th hour holiday gifts on Saturday.

  • Fire destroys first level of house, kills birds

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — A fire ripped through and destroyed the first floor of a two-story residence on Irving Avenue, killing the family’s pet birds that were inside last week. “We were able to determine that the fire started in the kitchen,” said Fire Chief Robert Donnan. “But…

  • Legislature adopts civil union law

    Aberdeen couple one of seven who sued to force change BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Same-sex couples in New Jersey will now have access to all the legal rights and responsibilities heterosexual couples possess, except for the right to call their relationship “marriage.” On Thursday, the New Jersey Legislature passed a…