Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • 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…

  • A simple request to post meeting agendas, minutes

    John Aden Lewis Dear Mayor and Town Council:At www.metuchen.com, there is an extraordinary amount of information. I can peruse the archive of the Metuchen Messenger, check my garbage collection days, print a map of the town’s walking trails, learn about Metuchen’s history, and review town statistics. I can pay my traffic tickets and buy lottery…

  • Driver hits pole; Rte. 27 closed

    METUCHEN — An early-morning accident closed a portion of Route 27 and caused headaches for commuters last week. Officer David Liantonio said a 24-year-old Edison woman was heading west on Essex Avenue/Route 27 on Feb. 3 shortly after 2 a.m. when she lost control of her vehicle. The car went onto the sidewalk and struck…

  • Self-published author hopes to hit it big

    BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Metuchen’s Cindy O’Neill says snippets of memories that snowballed into so many more spurred her to write and self-publish “Mothballs in My Attic,” her first book. Just about anything can trigger a vivid memory. A particular scent, an old song, a casual remark.That’s…

  • Residents propose land use question on ballot

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — A group of residents here are giving township officials a choice — either televise Planning Board and Zoning Board meetings or face a ballot question at the polls in November. “The officials who are up for election are going to have to…

  • Yummy

    SCOTT PILLING staff Robert Chang, 4, and Robert Zhu, 5, both of Edison, enjoy some food and festivities at the North Edison Library’s Chinese New Year celebration.

  • Residents want answers about tower trust fund

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Yes, taxpayers, there is an Edison Tower Trust Fund. But, no one seems to know what has been done with the money sitting in it since 2001. “According to financial audit statements I just received, there is a trust fund, but no…