Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Verona man indicted for swath of burglaries

    Girlfriend served as lookout and getaway driver, say police BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Samuel Krosky, a Verona man suspected in dozens of area burglaries, was indicted twice in the past two weeks for crimes committed in north Edison and the Avenel section of Woodbridge, according to the…

  • Gas stations targeted for redevelopment

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Plans are in the works to redevelop the former sites of two dilapidated gas stations. The Township Council at its Sept. 22 meeting introduced an ordinance to “adopt a redevelopment plan” for the sites, located on less than half an acre at…

  • Three’s company

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Billie Shi, 11, and Amy Wang, 9, both of Highland Park, join Edison resident Cynthia Zhang, 12, to perform traditional Chinese dances at Edison’s Chinese Full Moon Festival on Saturday.

  • Little Harrison Wang, 2

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff , of Metuchen, strolls Edison’s Chinese Full Moon Festival with his favorite superhero, Spider-Man, on Saturday at the township municipal complex.

  • Woman injured in carjacking

    EDISON — Police said a 38-year-old township woman was the victim of a carjacking last week. Lt. Matthew Freeman said the woman was exiting her vehicle, a 2003 Honda Accord, in the parking lot of the Oakwood Plaza shopping center on Wood Avenue when the incident occurred at about 4:45 p.m. Sept. 22. She was…

  • Truck spill trashes Rt. 1 traffic

    EDISON — A tractor-trailer mishap backed up Route 1 traffic for hours early last week. Lt. Matthew Freeman said the truck, which was hauling garbage, was attempting to get on Route 1 south from the Main Street ramp just after 8 p.m. on Sept. 20 when the driver said another vehicle in front of him…

  • Honoring tradition

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Victoria Li and Diana Xin, both of Edison, don traditional Chinese costumes in honor of the Full Moon Festival celebration held at the township Municipal Complex on Saturday.

  • Township officer indicted for misconduct

    BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — A Middlesex County grand jury has indicted a township police officer on two counts of official misconduct. The charges against Jeffrey Olah, 34, Monroe, a Woodbridge police officer since 1995, stem from two similar but unrelated incidents, said county Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan last…

  • Edison Arts Society set with classes for fall

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — A township nonprofit group is launching its second year of art classes. Starting Oct. 7, the Edison Arts Society will sponsor adult art classes in botanical watercolor techniques, basic realistic drawing and oil painting. “We just started the classes last year and…