Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • 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…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Matt Coscia, 5, and his sister, Corinne, 7, check out a table full of toys at the Metuchen Street Fair, Main Street, June 13.

  • Driver sought in fatal crash

    EDISON — Township police in conjunction with the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office are seeking a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run motor vehicle accident that occurred at about 2:30 a.m. June 8. Police said Ronald C. Ng, a 24-year-old Edison man, was killed when his white Honda Civic was broadsided by a white Ford F350 pickup…

  • Arts society wants exhibit to make a splash

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Jesenia Pagan, Paterson, peruses art at the “Colors, Schemes and Screams” exhibit, which opened earlier this month at the Sheraton-Edison at Raritan Center hosted by the Edison Arts Society. EDISON — It’s just shocking. At least, that’s what the…

  • Main St. open for fun during annual street fair

    Main St. open for fun during annual street fair Great weather on June 13 made for a successful Street Fair on Main Street in Metuchen. METUCHEN — Although Main Street was closed to traffic, it was open for fun on Sunday. The seventh annual Metuchen Street Fair and Craft Show featured over 100 vendors, pony…