Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Repeat offender faces up to 30 years in fatal DWI

    Edison man had four prior DWI convictions BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Magnum and Buddy celebrate the completion of the horse stables for the Mounted Police at the Job Corps in Edison by feasting in their new surroundings. An Edison man faces up to 30 years behind bars…

  • Re-enactors travel back into a troubled time

    The Civil Warstill BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer The Civil War still ‘living history’ to many BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Ted Pichalski leans on a “coffin” inside the embalming tent at the eighth annual Civil War Living History Weekend in Parker Press Park in Woodbridge last weekend. WOODBRIDGE — Mira Form of…

  • Man arrested in trailer park beating

    EDISON — A 60-year-old township man was arrested following a dispute with a neighbor that turned violent Aug. 1. Patrolman Robert Dudash said Dorbin Armstrong, 60, was involved with a verbal dispute sometime after 3 a.m. with a 45-year-old man in the Plainfield Avenue trailer park where they both live. "It’s unknown what fueled the…

  • Lawyer questions 6 extra Beechwood acres

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — A Superior Court judge agrees with a local attorney that the controversial Beechwood at Edison development should be constructed on 23 acres, not the 29 approved by the Planning Board. Superior Court Judge James P. Hurley recently clarified his November 2003 ruling…

  • Borough hall almost done after many delays

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — After more than a year of delays, borough employees should be moving into the new municipal building in a few weeks. "We’re anticipating moving in on the 20th of August," Mayor Edmund O’Brien said at the Aug. 2 Borough Council meeting. Work is proceeding…

  • Krome wants to go out on a good note

    Club owner presentsseveral self-imposedrules and changes BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Club owner presents several self-imposed rules and changes BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — In less than a year, Krome nightclub will be history. According to owner Tom Beninato, the long-standing establishment at Old Spye Road and Route 35 formerly known as Club Bene…

  • Metuchen kids follow the yellow brick road

    BY TERRY LEWISCorrespondent BY TERRY LEWIS Correspondent METUCHEN — Some very talented Metuchen children went somewhere over the rainbow for a few hours recently. Kids in Production, a nonprofit organization, proudly presented their version of "The Wizard of Oz" in the Metuchen High School auditorium July 22. The performance, sponsored by the Metuchen Recreation Commission,…

  • Borough summer concert series has something for all

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Borough summer concert series has something for all BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — The 2004 summer concert series kicked into gear July 29 as Ron Kramer and the Hurricanes took their swinging style of blues rock to the stage at the borough’s senior center. The series of free concerts,…

  • South Main St. traffic should ease by autumn

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer South Main St. traffic should ease by autumn BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — The borough’s efforts to reduce traffic for the south Main Street area are under way, officials said recently. The project, which has been on the borough’s agenda for some time, is aimed at calming traffic flow…