Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Stabbing and stomping at area nightclub

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Two men were injured — one stabbed and one stomped on — during a large fight that took place at the Cameo Night Club on Rahway Avenue last week. The incident occurred at 1:13 a.m. on Dec. 10, police said. Police were dispatched to…

  • Woodbridge officer found guilty of sexual assault

    Officer assaulted stepson over 3 years starting when boy was 14 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — After two full days of deliberation, a jury has found Douglas Karlson, a veteran Woodbridge police officer, guilty of sexually assaulting his stepson, 26, beginning when the boy was 14 years old. The…

  • Health Center honored for 50 years of service

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON — Making it through last week’s E. coli outbreak was but one more milestone in the 50-year history of the township health center, which was recognized at a recent rededication ceremony. “We have doctors, nurses, and other staff who work every day in the trenches,”…

  • Metuchen lit its annual Holiday Tree on Friday.

    SCOTT PILLING staff Metuchen lit its annual Holiday Tree on Friday. The tree lighting was postponed from Dec. 1 because of inclement weather. SCOTT PILLING staff

  • Residents, officials wary of school consolidation

    School officials question cost savings, while state Senate postpones vote BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer Would consolidating the Metuchen school district with that of Edison lower residents’ property taxes? And even if it did, would those savings be worth it? Those were just some of the questions high on the minds…

  • Area Taco Bells stepping up sanitation efforts

    Edison boy infected with E. coli taken out of intensive care BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer Area Taco Bells have been sanitizing their facilities and replaced their food inventory in light of the current E. coli outbreak. EDISON — No specific food product has yet been conclusively identified as being the…

  • Tree-lighting festivities

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT PILLING staff Above, the Nativity story had three Wise Men, but the Metuchen Holiday Tree lighting had four sax players. Connor Babos, John Lombardi, Christian Patel and Daniel Ayzenberg of the Edgar Middle School performed before the tree lighting. At right, 7-year-old Amy Owens watched the festivities on Dec. 8 perched high…

  • Edison recording has date with space station

    Shuttle commander and Edison native takes recording aboard BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON — When the Space Shuttle Discovery launched on Saturday night, it had aboard two stowaways — Thomas Edison and Theodore Roosevelt. A recording made by Edison of Roosevelt in 1912 is accompanying the astronauts bound for the…

  • Choi raises $100K from campaign fundraiser

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON — Mayor Jun Choi added a little over $100,000 to his war chest from a fundraiser held recently at the new Mirage banquet hall on Oak Tree Road. Several hundred people were in attendance, ranging from a few members of the township council to former…