Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Police probe two robberies

    EDISON — Police reported two robbery incidents in the township last week, both on the night of Oct. 16. At approximately 7:40 p.m., a 25-year-old male from Rockaway, N.Y., told police he was walking in Roosevelt Park near the veterans memorial when he was approached from behind by a suspect described as a white male,…

  • Open space, historical preservation on ballot

    Officials say buy land now before prices escalate in future BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Edison voters will soon decide whether or not to extend the life on the open space tax and use a portion of the money to preserve history. There will be no increase in the…

  • Enter haunted house at own risk

    BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Prepared to be scared. That’s what members of the Woodbridge High School choirs are saying about the seventh annual Haunted House and Halloween Festival at the high school between 6-9 p.m. on Oct. 30 and Oct.31 at the high school. And these kids should…

  • Public, union workers protest Alfieri project

    Board chairman has union member removed from meeting BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer The Edison Planning Board’s refusal to reopen the public hearing on a controversial office building to be built in Metropark angered a crowd of residents and union members who attended the Oct. 18 meeting. “What happened to free speech?” resident and…

  • Start of Raritan project put off until Sept. ’05

    The start of a project designed to reclaim the Raritan River for recreation will have to wait until next September. The first phase of the Raritan River Strategy Plan, a large-scale plan involving nine towns in Middlesex County that border the river, would have seen the river dredged from the Albany Street bridge in New…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The Most Rev. Paul G. Bootkoski, bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen, inspects the ranks of police officers from four counties at the blue Mass at St. Matthew the Apostle Church in Edison on Monday. The Mass honors deceased law-enforcement personnel.

  • Making a difference

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Brownies Madison Kaye (l), Hannah Doyle, Rylie Ellam, and Lea Perez, spread mulch around a tree at Remembrance Park in Colonia in honor of Make A Difference Day last Saturday.

  • Church’s plans to build on Olsen Ave. approved

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — The Korean Baptist Church of America has the township’s blessing to build its house of worship in a small industrial park. The Zoning Board voted unanimously at its Oct. 19 meeting to grant the church the necessary variances to build on a…

  • Chamber of Commerce to host business seminar

    The Edison Chamber of Commerce is hosting a half-day seminar titled “It’s All About Money — Networking With a Twist.” The speakers are area executives who will discuss how business knowledge and networking can increase revenues. The event, which is open to the public, will be held on Nov. 4, from 8 a.m. to noon…