Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Local man indicted on attempted murder charge
Edison juvenile also faces charges from March 10 brawl BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer An Edison man was indicted recently on charges of attempted murder in the severe beating of a Highland Park teenager. On June 3, a grand jury in New Brunswick indicted Joseph Anis, 19, on additional charges of…
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Police discover alleged deserter
EDISON — A routine motor vehicle stop led to the arrest of an alleged U.S. Army deserter June 8, police said recently. Patrolman Robert Dudash said Officer David Tingle was on patrol on Route 1 north near Parsonage Road around 8:20 a.m. when he noticed a 2000 Dodge Intrepid with an expired inspection sticker and…
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Borough hall may be finished in July
BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Borough hall may be finished in July BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — For borough residents and officials alike, the construction of the new borough hall has been an adventure nobody bargained for. However, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. At the June 7 Borough…
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Suspect wanted in Old Bridge
METUCHEN Metuchen police Officer David Liantonio said a neighbor reported seeing a suspicious vehicle in the driveway with a white male in the driver’s seat and a black male running from the house. Police responded, but by then the vehicle and its driver had already left the scene. The home was found to have been…
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Local doctor faces loss of medical license
Local doctor faces loss of medical license WOODBRIDGE — A township doctor accused by three patients of unwanted sexual contact recently agreed to a plea deal that could mean a lifetime loss of his medical license. Dr. Bruce Printz, who worked out of an office at the Avenel-Iselin Medical Group on Gills Lane, was first…
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Mayor: Fight is on for better cable service
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — Help is on the way. That was Mayor George Spadoro’s message with respect to what residents described as a flawed cable television franchise agreement with Cablevision. A month after a resolution was passed to hire an attorney to rework the unsatisfactory franchise…
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Officials to address flooding
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The section of Main Street under Lake Avenue often floods. METUCHEN — In an effort to address what Mayor Ed O’Brien calls, "a perennial Metuchen problem," Borough Engineer David Hoder is investigating the cause of the flooding on Main Street and Lake Avenue. "Every time we have a significant thunderstorm, Main Street…
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Edison to offer seminars on housing programs
Edison to offer seminars on housing programs EDISON — To know the housing programs available to you is to be that much closer to having a piece of the American dream. That was local officials’ stance when they decided to host seminars designed to educate the public on housing issues and remedies to common housing…
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‘Jeopardy’ kid makes township proud
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — In an era often chock full of bad news about today’s youth, one whiz kid has made his hometown very proud. Alex Silady, an 11-year-old sixth-grader at Woodrow Wilson Middle School, was recognized by the Township Council at its May 26 meeting…
