Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Recent burglaries may be connected, say police

    METUCHEN – Police are investigating a rash of burglaries last week that appear to be connected. “The burglaries took place between 6 p.m. on June 6 and 5:30 a.m. on June 7 in two unlocked motor vehicles and an unlocked detached garage,” said Capt. Robin Rentenberg. The individual or individuals made off with $250 black…

  • Local pizzeria straddles the past and progress

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – With the proposed town center for the old Stop & Shop site looming, Olympia Keane is worried about where her family-owned La Rosa Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant on Middlesex Avenue will end up. “I agree something needs to be done because this area has…

  • Mayor announces cancer diagnosis, treatments

    Pelzman says he feels ‘great,’ declines to release illness specifics BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer ‘WOODBRIDGE – Mayor Frank G. Pelzman plans to keep working through a regimen of chemotherapy and radiation for an undisclosed form of cancer. “The treatment is radiation for three weeks for five consecutive days at a…

  • Finding a sacred space in midst of a hectic life

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON – Stress, for many people in the township, is as common as traffic jams on Route 1. But it wasn’t always like that. Edison, what was once called Raritan Township, used to be nothing but a mix of farms, ranches and one modest little laboratory,…

  • Budding artists

    CHRIS KELLY staff Anthony Testa, 6, helps Olivia Testa, 3, both of Metuchen, make an artsy frame at the ninth annual Metuchen Street Fair on June 4.

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Runners take off along the route for the fifth annual Michelle Offsie Memorial Walk on June 4. The Walk for Hope benefits the City of Hope Cancer Center in Edison.

  • ‘Aggressive steps’ needed to reform police image

    Mayor announces new unit to oversee troubled department’s problems BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Mayor Jun Choi has tapped a veteran officer to oversee a new unit to police the Edison Police Department. Choi announced the creation of a “professional standards unit” on Friday. The decision to implement the unit came after more than…

  • Anthrax drill is a first for the East Coast area

    Simulated bioterrorism attack to focus on the post office BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDI Staff Writer Middlesex County plans to test its bioterrorism response procedures today with an anthrax drill scheduled at an Edison U.S. Postal Service facility. The simulated attack will be conducted at the Kilmer Processing and Distribution Center, 20 Kilmer Road. It is slated…

  • Dancin’ in the streets

    CHRIS KELLY staff Alison Davideit, 7, Metuchen, dances to “Cotton-Eyed Joe” at the ninth annual Metuchen Street Fair on June 4.