Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Police seek suspect in afternoon rape

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A 17-year-old township girl has alleged that a stranger sexually assaulted her at knifepoint in her home on May 28, according to police. The man threatened to kill her, knocked her down, and raped her while brandishing the knife, after he barged into…

  • County distributing protective gear to emergency personnel

    The Middlesex County Office of Emergency Management has begun distributing $571,000 in personal protective equipment to professional and volunteer emergency personnel throughout the county. The equipment, paid for by a 2003 Homeland Security grant, will help first responders from police, fire departments and rescue squads protect themselves when responding to an event involving chemical or…

  • Council hires consultant for senior center

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — The political implications and costs seem too steep. That is what some residents had to say about the Township Council’s decision to hire a consultant — who may be paid up to $254,100 — to provide preconstruction services for a planned overhaul…

  • Senior citizen loses $5K in phone scam

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — An 82-year-old borough woman was swindled out of thousands of dollars in a telephone scam police said. Officer David Liantonio said that around noon on May 19, the woman received a phone call saying she had won $500,000 in the Canadian lottery, but that…

  • Commercial real estate giant buys Ford site

    Automaker announcessale of Route 1 siteto Seacaucus-based firm BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Automaker announces sale of Route 1 site to Seacaucus-based firm BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer The site of the former Ford Motor Co. assembly plant on Route 1 in Edison could be driven toward a future as a mixed-use commercial hub…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Robby O’Connell, 10, breaks a board with a flying side kick after clearing three other students below him during a demonstration at the Campbell School, Metuchen, on Thursday.

  • Church expansion proposal approved

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — The Zoning Board gave its final blessing to the expansion plan proposed by Assembly of God recently. The board unanimously approved the site plan application for the Whitman Avenue house of worship to expand and modernize its combined church, day care facility and elementary…

  • Edison joins other towns in support of tax reform

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — The township has joined many communities around the state in calling for what some consider the No. 1 issue facing New Jersey — property taxes. Saying that there has been too much futile talk on the subject and too little action, the…

  • Flim-flam artists pose as chimney sweeps

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Flim-flam artists tried to pull a fast one on a Freeman Street resident, according to police. The resident reported receiving a phone call on the morning of May 21 informing her that her chimneys were scheduled for cleaning and requesting directions to her house.…