Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Ford begins public sessions on plant razing

    But public wantsmore redevelopment details BY ELAINEVANDEVELDEStaff Writer But public wants more redevelopment details BY ELAINEVANDEVELDE Staff Writer The details and delays surrounding the razing of the defunct Ford Motor Co. in Edison may be available, but the public seems more interested in the site’s pending redevelopment. Ford held its first public information session on…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Guitarist and vocalist Ron Kramer and sax player Ralph Liberto of Ron Kramer and the Hurricanes kicked off Metuchen’s summer concert series at the senior center July 29.

  • EWA discovers toxic site off Midvale Road

    Environmental group head says DEP needs totake action now BY ELAINEVANDEVELDEStaff Writer Environmental group head says DEP needs to take action now BY ELAINEVANDEVELDE Staff Writer Edison’s local environmental group is demanding that the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) take immediate action to remediate a recently discovered small toxic spot in the woods before…

  • New details released in case of burning body

    New details released in case of burning body BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer EDISON — Middlesex County authorities have released some new details in the mystery surrounding the identity of a man whose body was found burning in a shallow grave near the Raritan Center Parkway July 3. The body was unclothed, but found with…

  • Plainfield man arrested with stolen 2003 Chevy

    EDISON — Police nabbed a Plainfield man and recovered a stolen car shortly after midnight July 28. Patrolman Robert Dudash said Steven Wallace, 28, was charged with receiving stolen property after being found behind the wheel of a stolen 2003 Chevy Cavalier. Patrolman Brian Freund was on patrol in a marked unit on Inman Avenue…

  • Modular classrooms coming to Campbell

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — The answer to overcrowding at the Campbell School may arrive by the middle of the 2004-05 school year. That’s when Superintendent Theresa Sinatra hopes two modular classrooms totaling roughly 2,400 square feet of new space will be installed at the building’s north side, just…

  • Woman escapes carjacking try

    WOODBRIDGE — A local woman told police she was the victim of an attempted carjacking on July 26. The woman said she was stopped at the intersection of Tappen Street and West Park Drive in Avenel around 9 p.m., when a suspect described as a dark-skinned black male in his late teens to early 20s…

  • Residents question fire dispatch repair delays

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — The township’s fire dispatch equipment may be fixed, but some residents’ trust concerning why the repairs took so long has not yet been repaired. "I’m very dismayed [by the potential of the problem to cause tragedy]," resident Esther Nemitz said at the…

  • Man steals gas, drives off with gas pump hose

    EDISON — Police said a man drove into a gas station, told the station employee to fill his vehicle with gasoline, and then drove off without paying for the gas — with the hose still attached to his vehicle. Police said a man, described as Middle Eastern and between 35 and 45 years old, pulled…