Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Man caught in series of Rivendell Way thefts

    North Brunswick man caught after police stakeout at complex BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer Edison police said a drug habit pushed an otherwise “nice guy” to commit a series of area burglaries in recent months, including several at the Rivendell Way apartment complex. Timothy J. Boyd, 44, North Brunswick, was arrested by authorities last week,…

  • Police nab man who solicited teen sex online

    Edison man’s e-mail messages ‘very graphic,’ authorities say BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer An Edison man was arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from a minor over the Internet. He was one of 10 suspects rounded up by the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department Feb. 23. Bert Linkow, 44, Eliot Place, is charged with endangering the welfare…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Hans Muhler, a member of Solid Brass, a group that celebrates New Jersey through music, displays a $1,000 bill bearing the likeness of former President Grover Cleveland, a New Jersey native, at the Metuchen Public Library March 6.

  • Therapy dog honored for her lifetime of service and support

    COURTESY OF CHRISTINE MCNULTY Velvet, a 10-year-old Labrador retriever, spreads some holiday cheer last December at the New Jersey State Home for Veterans in Menlo Park, just one month after cancer surgery to remove her hind leg. She was inducted into the New Jersey Animal Hall of Fame on Sunday. ‘Velvet’ still doing good deeds,…

  • Officials try to whittle down tax rate increase

    BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer METUCHEN — Residents here could see a 15-cent hike in the municipal purposes tax rate this year, according to projected budget figures. “I am hoping we can chip away at this,” said Mayor Edmund O’Brien at the Feb. 22 Borough Council meeting. Total appropriations are $12,435,141,…

  • Resident questions campaign contributions

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — A resident has filed a complaint against Mayor George A. Spadoro and his campaign team with the state Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). Kevin Duffy filed the complaint that alleges illegal reporting of business campaign contributions with the ELEC Jan. 4. But…

  • Council approves $6M for capital projects

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — The revamp of parks, town hall, firehouses and communications facilities got a boost recently with the approval of a $6 million capital improvements ordinance. The Township Council unanimously approved the bond ordinance at the Feb. 24 council meeting. Mayor George A. Spadoro…

  • Cell phone drive to run through March

    As part of Weichert’s community service outreach program, Weichert, Realtors, Metuchen, is holding a cell phone drive to benefit Woodbridge senior citizens. Cell phones and their chargers can be brought to the Metuchen office, located at 640 Middlesex Ave., from now until March 31. They will be taken to the Woodbridge Township’s clerk’s office for…

  • Referendum costs pegged at $54.7 million

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Homeowners here can expect to pay an extra $40 to $50 per year in school taxes if residents approve a $54.7 million referendum slated for September. District officials want to tap into the state’s Educational Facilities Construction and Finance Act funds before…