Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Edison man indicted for fraud following fire

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — A township man could face up to five years in state prison and fines totaling $15,000 because of his alleged role in an insurance fraud scam. David Guyton, 45, of Raspberry Court, was indicted by a state grand jury on July 20…

  • Business owner fined for fraud

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — A township man has paid a steep price and sacrificed some freedom for bilking the state for thousands of dollars worth of phony Medicaid claims. State Superior Court Judge Frederick P. DeVesa, sitting in New Brunswick, ordered Andrew Stoveken, 55, of Westover…

  • Edison girl one of six killed in horrific crash

    Camp counselor issued speeding ticket just months before accident BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer An Edison teen was killed in what a 20-year New York police veteran described as the most gruesome accident he had ever seen Masha Fishman, 14, of 7 Mercer St., Edison, was one of six…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Nate Green, 7, prepares to do a backward dive during the swimming and diving springboard championships on July 28 at the Metuchen Municipal Pool.

  • A way to bring the missing back home

    Middlesex Co. signs on with Project Lifesaver tracking system BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer Jay and Barbara Sidrer are ever vigilant. They have to be. The Colonia couple has twin 10-year-old autistic sons, one of whom has a tendency to wander. Their house is almost in lockdown. “It’s tough,”…

  • How did the ‘Brainy Borough’ get its name?

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer Metuchen’s nickname the “Brainy Borough” was not simply because a disproportionate number of intellectuals lived in town in the early 20th century. Metuchen actually won the right to the title in a contest with the borough of Glen Ridge, located some 20 miles to the north,…

  • Metuchen police chief reflects on 25 years in department

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Metuchen Police Chief James T. Keane spins pizza dough at his family-owned La Rosa pizzeria on July 21. METUCHEN — If he’s not at police headquarters, the next best place to find Police Chief James T. Keane might be at La Rosa, his…

  • MHS asbestos removal going well, expert says

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer METUCHEN — The asbestos removal project at Metuchen High School (MHS) is on schedule, a consultant told the Board of Education recently. “This is a three-phase project, along with two other weekend phases,” said Charles Schneekloth, of PMK Group Inc., the firm hired by the board…

  • Pizza deliverymen robbed on same street within one week

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — For the second time within a week and on the same street, a pizza delivery turned into a robbery. Both incidents occurred on Lyle Place and involved different deliverymen. The descriptions of the suspects were similar. Threats were made in both incidents…