Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Menorah lighting to feature radio host

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — A special guest will light the way in the township’s Hanukkah celebration. Radio host Judi Franco, of NJ 101.5, will be on hand to help host the lighting of the township menorah at the Jewish Community Center, 1775 Oak Tree Road, at…

  • Pedestrian in critical condition

    EDISON — A pedestrian was struck on Woodbridge Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Nov. 26, police said. Saiful Mohiuddin, of Edison, whose age was unavailable, was listed in critical condition at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick at press time, Patrolman Robert Dudash said. Patrick Quinn, 54, of Levittown, Pa., told police he was…

  • Registers emptied in burglary

    EDISON — Burglars made off with over $2,000 in cash after cutting a hole in the roof of a local business last week, police said. Police responded to a report of a burglary to the Warm Wishes Hallmark store in the Tano Mall on Amboy Avenue around 9:45 a.m. Nov. 22. Police discovered that the…

  • Phone scammers prey on township residents

    Fords woman loses $7,050 after responding to bogus calls BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Police are warning residents to be aware of recent telephone scams. A Port Reading resident told police she received a phone call from a woman claiming to be an employee of the federal government assigned…

  • Art of trains

    CHRIS KELLY staff The monorail is just one of 250 trains Michael Gelesky has in his train collection. A few of them are on display now at the Barron Arts Center, Woodbridge, as part of the Barron Depot. For 14 years, Gelesky has set up this train display at the arts center.

  • Applying to college ‘ain’t what it used to be’

    Students now applying to a greater number of schools BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Today’s high school students face a greater challenge in getting into the colleges of their choice, and as a result volunteer involvement and extracurricular activities are more important than ever. College applicants looking to…

  • Who should pay for Edison tower repairs?

    Former council members say township missed out on state matching grant BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Officials, past and present, are pondering how the Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum should be preserved, following the defeat of a Nov. 2 ballot question that proposed using part of the…

  • Local man charged with assaulting 6 police officers

    Man also charged with domestic violence, weapons charges BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer EDISON — A domestic violence suspect gave police all they could handle in the early morning hours of Nov. 26. Owen Atkins, 25, Edison, was charged with six counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, domestic violence,…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Junior Mike Yasin (l) and sophomore Matt Pocius scheme together during the Nov. 16 dress rehearsal for “The Robber Bridegroom” at Metuchen High School.