Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Attempted robbery yields search for 3

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – Police are looking for three black males who attempted to steal 42 DVDs from the Blockbuster on Lake Avenue last week. The incident occurred between 2 and 2:40 p.m. on Nov. 8, police said. Blockbuster employees told police that the three suspects had a…

  • Incumbents retain both freeholder seats

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer The incumbent Democrats who were re-elected to the position of Middlesex County freeholder will seek to expand green initiatives and continue cooperative purchasing and shared services throughout the 25 towns in the region. “We want to help towns … maintain the cost of government,” H. James…

  • Twirling to an Elvis tune

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Jazmin Williams and rest of the class practice the baton to the music of Elvis during a cheerleading and baton twirling class for fifth-graders at the Stelton Community Center in Edison on Thursday.

  • Auto Show

    PHOTOSBYMIGUEL JUAREZ staff Top to bottom – Joshua T. Stasenko, 8, of South Plainfield, checks out the Lamborghini “Murcielago” during a visit to the Central NJ Auto Show at Raritan Center on Friday. Edgardo Pelletier, of North Bergen, and friend Erick Alfonso, of West New York, check out the interior of a BMW convertible. Danny…

  • Middlesex Water Company shares annual report

    Middlesex Water Co., Iselin section of Woodbridge, recently mailed copies of its annual Consumer Confidence Report on water quality to its retail customers in Woodbridge, Carteret, Metuchen, South Amboy and parts of Edison and South Plainfield. In order to stay informed about their drinking water, customers are encouraged to review the report, which is issued…

  • Nearly 800 cars show up to recycle hazmats

    Middlesex County’s next county household waste day is Nov. 19 in Edison BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff A drum container filled with old batteries waits to be sealed as workers separate solids from liquids during the Middlesex County Household Waste Day in North Brunswick on Saturday. NORTH BRUNSWICK…

  • Planners OK project for defunct Gerber site

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE – Continental Developers Inc. will soon convert the old Gerber property site on Green Street into 192 age-restricted multifamily apartment units. The Zoning Board unanimously approved Continental’s application at the Oct. 26 board meeting, over the objections of several residents. Most of the residents live…

  • Woman accused of killing husband out on bail again

    Defense attorney calls state’s new charges ‘laughable’ BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE – A 34-year-old former fertility clinic nurse accused of killing her husband in their Woodbridge Center Plaza apartment two years ago walked out of Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick last week after posting bail. State…

  • Zoners approve larger home on Lund Avenue

    Neighbor objects, calls it the start of more ‘McMansions’ BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – The Zoning Board of Adjustment recently unanimously approved construction of a new house on Lund Avenue. A one-story home and shed formerly sat on the roughly 80-by-116-foot property, according to the township engineer’s report. “My…