Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Resident urges stricter local pay-to-play law

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — Of the mind that proposed state and local pay-to-play laws are riddled with loopholes, one resident, who is a lawyer, has come up with his own version, which he says is airtight. At the June 9 Township Council meeting, when several no-bid…

  • Woodbridge boy, 17, killed in Rte. 18 crash

    Three other areateens injured inone-car accident BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Woodbridge boy, 17, killed in Rte. 18 crash Three other area teens injured in one-car accident BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer A Woodbridge teenager died and three other teens were injured in a one-vehicle accident on Route 18 in Old Bridge Friday night.…

  • Program to help police find kids

    Freeholders Christopher D. Rafano and Jane Z. Brady have unveiled a new program designed to assist police officers in finding missing children. Through the program, representa­tives of the Middlesex County Pros­ecu­tor’s office would videotape fourth-graders throughout the county to cap­ture their mannerisms, speech patterns and opinions on certain topics. The program, which grew out of…

  • Man with knife robs gas station

    EDISON — Police said an attendant at a Raceway gas station on Route 1 was robbed at knife point in the early morning hours of June 17. Patrolman Robert Dudash said that at around 2:55 a.m., a black four-door Nissan with two men inside pulled into the station. The driver exited the car and asked…

  • Man flees on foot after robbery

    EDISON — The Marty’s Shoes store on Route 27 was the scene of an armed robbery the afternoon of June 14, police said. At about 2 p.m., a black male entered the store carrying a dark green backpack. After selecting a pair of shoes and bringing them to the checkout counter, he reached into the…

  • Metuchen valedictorian strives to give her all

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Metuchen High School class of 2004 valedictorian Mirat Shah speaks to her fellow students at the June 17 graduation ceremony. METUCHEN — For Metuchen High’s graduating class valedictorian, Mirat Shah, high school was a whirlwind of activity. To hear those who know her tell it, Shah certainly…

  • H.S. renovation plan headed for state review

    Board expects to put referendum before voters in December BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer The Metuchen school district moved another step closer to bringing a plan to renovate the high school before voters in December. On June 15, the Board of Education authorized architects EI Associates to submit to the state…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Band members perform at Metuchen High School’s June 17 graduation proceedings, held indoors because of the weather.

  • Officials urge EPA to fund toxic site cleanup

    Senators, EWA say efforts to remediateCIC site must continue BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Senators, EWA say efforts to remediate CIC site must continue BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) idea of clean has pitted it against some lawmakers and an Edison environmental group in a fight to clean up a highly contaminated…