Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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No new developments in burning body case
BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer EDISON — Authorities are no closer to identifying a man whose remains were found burning in a shallow grave near the Raritan Center Parkway July 3. Assistant Middlesex County Prosecutor Nicholas Sewitch said last week there have been no new leads concerning suspects or motives. “There’s…
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Haag faces misconduct charges in indictment
BY JOHNDUNPHYStaff Writer Haag faces misconduct charges in indictment BY JOHNDUNPHY Staff Writer Former Middlesex County Road Supervisor Alan Haag was indicted Aug. 25 on charges of third-degree misconduct. The indictment, handed down by a grand jury in New Brunswick, alleges Haag, 50, committed official misconduct by using official county computers to solicit sex from…
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Pay-to-play ban pushed in light of DWI incident
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Pay-to-play ban pushed in light of DWI incident BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — The statements police said Councilman William Kruczak made during his recent arrest for drunken driving point to the need for a local pay-to-play ordinance, several residents said. Resident and attorney Flavio Komuves pushed for…
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Revolutionary War to pay Edison Sept. visit
Revolutionary War to pay Edison Sept. visit EDISON — Residents will be able to travel back to the late 1700s during a two-day Revolutionary War re-enactment slated for Sept. 11 and Sept. 12. St. James Episcopal Church is co-sponsoring the event with Mayor George A. Spadoro and the Township Council. The event will feature the…
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Middlesex County College hosts robots
BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Lawrence Nichols from Franklin K. Lane High School in Queens, N.Y., explains how his team’s robot will make use of Sir Isaac Newton’s law of gravity at the Build for Tomorrow competition at Middlesex County College Aug. 27. EDISON — There are any…
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Two held in mall robbery
EDISON — Police arrested two suspects in a robbery incident at the Menlo Park Mall. Kasan Warren, 20, and Belinda Carroll, 22, both of Edison, were charged with robbery and held at Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick on $25,000 bail each, Patrolman Robert Dudash said. The victims, a 16-year-old Edison male and…
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Road rage accounts conflict
EDISON — No complaints have been filed yet in a road rage incident between two men last week, police said. Patrolman Robert Dudash said Mohammed Farooq, 34, Woodside, N.Y., and Jeffrey Shourt, 35, Edison, were traveling on Route 1 north around 8 p.m. on Aug. 25 when Shourt said Farooq cut him off. After exiting,…
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Officials look for ways to preserve Edison tower
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Officials look for ways to preserve Edison tower BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — Officials have taken another step to preserve township history. Township Council members agreed last month to put a question on the November ballot asking voters if they approve of spending 25 percent of the…
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New school year brings some changes
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — When most township students start school tomorrow, they will see the same faces in different places and spruced-up surroundings. Full-day classes start tomorrow for all students except those who are in kindergarten. High school students will start their day at 7:35 a.m.…
