Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Cablevision contract talks almost completed

    BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer METUCHEN — Negotiations for a new cable television contract are almost finished, officials said. Borough Council members adopted an ordinance at the Dec. 6 council meeting that authorizes Cablevision to provide service to the municipality for another 10 years. The resolution caps two years of contract…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Edison’s Dickens chorus serenades the audience at the rainy, but festive Christmas tree lighting in the Clara Barton section of town Dec. 7.

  • Three women held in mall shoplifting scuffle

    EDISON — Three Staten Island, N.Y., women were arrested after a shoplifting incident at the Menlo Park Mall turned into a scuffle last week. Charlene Thompson, 22, and Tiffany Thomas, 23, were both charged with robbery and simple assault. Serena Jenkins, 20, was charged with shoplifting, Patrolman Robert Dudash said. Thomas was also charged with…

  • Downtown merchants get more display space

    BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer METUCHEN — It’s hard enough nowadays for downtown merchants to compete with malls and giant discount chains like Wal-Mart. So the Borough Council recently amended an ordinance regulating merchandise displays outside of stores. Council members introduced the amended ordinance at the Dec. 6 council meeting. A…

  • Police probe rash of burglaries

    METUCHEN — Police are looking into three burglaries on Crystal Street that were reported over three days earlier this month. The first report was received at 8:39 p.m. Dec. 3. A resident was at home and heard the perpetrator cutting the screen on a rear window, Officer David Liantonio said. The suspect apparently fled after…

  • Residents rally for repeal of one-way street

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Residents want the traffic both ways on Ireland Avenue. And since the state Department of Transportation (DOT) recently recommended the change, it’s time to put the process in motion, resident Arlene Stecht told the Borough Council at a recent meeting. DOT officials…

  • Second Port Reading male arrested in stabbing death

    BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer SOMERVILLE — Authorities arrested a 17-year-old juvenile of the Port Reading section of Woodbridge last week in connection with a midsummer murder in this Somerset County town. The juvenile was charged with hindering apprehension, a third-degree offense, and tampering with evidence, a fourth-degree offense, according to…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Metuchen Schools Superintendent Theresa Sinatra’s high school tour leads those who take it through several areas the referendum would address, including the auditorium.

  • Official will resign after second DWI

    Kruczak keeps state job, according to deal with state BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Edison Councilman William Kruczak will give up his council seat on Jan. 31, almost six months to the day after his second arrest for drunken driving. The third-term councilman stammered a little as he told fellow officials and a sparse…