Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Prices for police reports amended

    EDISON — For those looking to get a copy of a police report, the prices have changed. The Township Council, at its Sept. 9 meeting, voted unanimously to pass an ordinance that sets an amended price schedule for police reports. The ordinance says that accident reports of up to three pages, which are not a…

  • State looking into official’s DWI arrest

    Case will still be heard in municipal court BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Case will still be heard in municipal courtBY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer The state Attorney General’s Office is investigating the circumstances surrounding Edison Township Councilman William Kruczak’s second drunken-driving arrest. “There are some issues that need to be looked at, apart…

  • DEP cracks down on river polluters

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — State and local officials and activists have joined forces in a fight to save a vital drinking water source — the Raritan River. State Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell last week joined area legislators, local officials and Edison…

  • A promising life cut short; a life remembered

    Parents honor only son BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer It’s a rite of passage for parents and teens alike that takes place in households across America every single day. Mothers and fathers hand over the family car keys to a newly licensed driver for the first time, and the worrying begins.…

  • County freeholders stepping up transportation department services

    Middlesex County hiring director to oversee new department BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Middlesex County hiring director to oversee new departmentBY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Middlesex County is getting its own Department of Transportation, a move that officials say will improve the quality of transportation services for county residents. The new department will be headed by…

  • MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Gen. George Washington, aka William Sommerfield, of Philadelphia, takes a moment to allow some kids to compare him to his likeness on a dollar bill Sunday at a Revolutionary War re-enactment on the grounds of St. James Episcopal Church

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Gen. George Washington, aka William Sommerfield, of Philadelphia, takes a moment to allow some kids to compare him to his likeness on a dollar bill Sunday at a Revolutionary War re-enactment on the grounds of St. James Episcopal Church, Edison.

  • Club Sleep to be put to sleep by next March

    Town ABC council settles with owners of controversial club BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — After racking up numerous Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) violations in July, the owners of Club Sleep agreed with the local ABC board to sell their Woodbridge nightclub by March. The Township Council, acting in the…

  • Official apologizes to residents for DWI arrest

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Councilman William Kruczak said he will “step aside” if residents think he should, following his July 30 drunken-driving arrest. “Mostly, I’d like to apologize to the residents of Edison,” Kruczak said. “I love this town.” Kruczak, a Democrat, made the remarks at…