Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • Beating doesn’t appear to be hate crime, police say

    BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG Staff Writer BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERGStaff Writer EDISON — Police arrested two men in connection with the beating of a Highland Park man found unconscious in the Corner Pocket bar last week. Gerard O’Connor, 20, Piscataway, and Michael Connors, 24, Wexford, Ireland, were charged with aggravated assault after the Oct. 22…

  • Gas line break leads to evacuation

    EDISON — Nearly 200 people had to be evacuated from their workplaces when workers digging a trench accidentally struck a gas line, police said. The Oct. 24 incident happened around 10:10 a.m., when employees of Beach Electric Company, Paterson, hit a 2-inch gas line, said Lt. Matthew Freeman. Edison fire, police and emergency management responded.…

  • Violent incidents down in Metuchen schools last year

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — The number of violent incidents in the school district last year ranged from fist fights to a knife found in a middle school student’s backpack, the superintendent of schools said recently. The number of incidents in Metuchen schools has fluctuated over the past several…

  • Obituaries

    Maria Pena Mrs. Pena, 72, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 17 at home. Born in Quito, Ecuador, she relocated to North Brunswick 15 years ago. She was a homemaker. She was a communicant of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Julio Arboleba in 1985. She…

  • Letters

    Stephens has proven record to be Edison mayor There’s a well-known insurance company whose motto is “You’re in good hands with …” As a resident of Edison and a supporter of Bill Stephens and the Peoples’ Choice Party, I think that slogan fits perfectly with candidate Stephens and his running mates. It is Mr. Stephens…

  • Utilities official discusses state of NJ’s power supply

    Your Turn Fred Abbate Guest Column Fred Abbate Guest Column Climatology experts tell us that the summer of 2005 was the hottest on record for New Jersey. The summer heat translated into record demand for energy. Yet despite the incredible demand placed on our state’s power delivery system this summer, failures were few and far…

  • Raising a troubling issue in 12th District

    Coda Greg Bean Jennifer Beck and Declan O’Scanlon, Republicans running against incumbent Democrats Dr. Robert L. Morgan and Michael J. Panter, have had some trouble gaining traction in their campaign for two Assembly seats in the 12th District. There was a major flub when the pair sent out a press release excoriating the incumbent Democrats…

  • Monmouth County, where treasure is in the ground

    Coda Greg Bean You just can’t make this stuff up. Last week, when U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced the formal indictment of Monmouth County developer and strip club operator Anthony Spalliero on 14 counts of bribery and mail fraud, the actual text of the indictment read like the script for one of the “Godfather”…