Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Sweethearts dance

    JOHN E. SZPARA Danny Shave, of Edison, and Becky Grant, of Hillsborough, and Terry Hamilton and Erica Langlois, both of Edison, dance the night away at Edison’s annual Valentine’s Day Dance.

  • Council set to pick Kruczak replacement

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — The Township Council will select a replacement for former Councilman William Kruczak at the Feb. 23 council meeting, council President Parag Patel said. The Democratic Party recently culled three candidates from a list of six résumés for the council to consider as…

  • No arrests made yetin county sex assaults

    BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer EDISON — The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office is re-examining a number of sexual assaults in the area dating back to Jan. 29, 2003. The 10 cases include assaults in North Brunswick, New Brunswick, Highland Park, Edison and Franklin Township in Somerset County. No arrests have been…

  • Clerk assaulted in cigarette robbery

    EDISON — An employee of the Rite Aid drugstore on Route 27 near Parsonage Road was assaulted when she attempted to stop a shoplifter last week, police said. The employee, a 45-year-old Carteret woman, was not injured and refused medical treatment at the scene, Patrolman Robert Dudash said. The thief came into the store around…

  • Man nabbed in cocaine bust

    EDISON — A North Brunswick man faces drug charges after police discovered 14 bags of cocaine under the passenger seat of his car last week, police said. Richard Maibach Jr., 41, has been charged with possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and possession of drug paraphernalia, Patrolman Robert Dudash said. Officers…

  • Accountants take issue with mayor’s speech

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Mayor George A. Spadoro’s idea of trimming costs is a blow to taxpayers’ wallets, according to two local accountants. “Like all of you, when I am home paying my family’s bills and balancing my checkbook, I try my best to minimize my…

  • Pals rally for Ricky ‘The Rock’ Meyers

    Event planned for former Golden Gloves boxer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer Ricky Meyers WOODBRIDGE — In the late 1970s, Ricky Meyers was a Port Reading kid who one day discovered he had a penchant for boxing. “My uncle used to fight when I was really young and I used to…

  • Women’s speaker series kicks off this weekend

    Community group to hold six discussions at area museum BY ANDREA OLIVIO Staff Writer BY ANDREA OLIVIO Staff Writer The roles of women and their cultural significance will be explored in a series of Sunday afternoon discussions that begin this weekend in East Brunswick. Set up by the Historic Village of Old Bridge Community Group…

  • Tower fund payments questioned by residents

    Official argues that the information is sufficient BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer The financial history of the Edison Tower Trust Fund is still too much of a mystery to some residents. “Disbursement details are still way too scant,” said resident Joseph Petrocelli, an accountant who has been questioning the…