Edison News
By TONY GALLOTTO
August 19, 2024
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey police departments began their annual “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign on Friday as state Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced $540,680 worth of grants to 110 agencies to help pay for their initiatives. In Middlesex County, only five police departments ...
EDISON, NJ - Board of Education President Biral Patel will not seek re-election this year, according to a press statement. Patel has served on the board since 2021 and was elected president in January 2024. “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve on the Edison Board of Education,” Patel ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – A specialized group of rescuers from the New Market Fire Department will be honored next month for their heroic lifesaving efforts after saving the occupants of numerous vehicles from flooded streets last winter. On December 18, 2023, a morning storm dumped almost three inches ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Wanna be in the movies? Your big break may be coming. A Manhattan casting agency has put out a call for New Jerseyans to be paid extras in Adam Sandler’s “Happy Gilmore 2,” a Netflix sequel to his 1996 box office hit comedy. Grant Wilfley Casting will hold a casting call from ...
EDISON, NJ - Due to forecasted rain, the annual Pakistan Parade has been rescheduled for Sunday, September 1. The parade will begin on Oak Tree Road at 2:00 PM and end at Wood Avenue. A cultural and music program will be held at the parade's end from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. "We understand the ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Pat Hobbs has resigned as the athletic director at Rutgers University, breaking ties with a department that has a budget of almost $170 million - accounting for about 3% of the school’s $5.6 billion budget. Hobbs is stepping down due to health issues, according to a statement ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Cindy Braun can show students how to whip up a pâté in the three-credit Garde Manger course. Andrew Rubin can suggest the best entrée choices while planning a corporate luncheon for, say, 100 investment bankers in the four-credit Banquet and Dining Room Management ...
EDISON, NJ - All the buildings at Evergreen Meadows Apartment Complex have passed inspection and residents are allowed to move back in, according to Edison Mayor Sam Joshi. 11 out of the 12 buildings were previously deemed unsafe when two ceilings collapsed in the span of one week. Mayor Sam ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — In the wake of the most significant changes to New Jersey’s affordable housing legislation in four decades, Middlesex County’s Office of Human Services volunteer advocacy group, the Human Services Advisory Council (HSAC), invited experts, municipal leaders, and non-profit ...
EDISON, NJ - A former Edison Police Officer has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison for a drunk driving crash last year that killed two of his passengers in Franklin Township. Amitoj Oberoi, age 30, pleaded guilty in June to two counts of first degree vehicular homicide. He was sentenced ...
EDISON, NJ - The Edison Public Library’s Plainfield Avenue location will be closed to patrons and staff, effective Monday, August 19, for necessary asbestos abatement. Library officials anticipate the building to be closed for approximately two weeks. “We are working to ensure as little ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - After a week of rain and disruption, the county fair closed Sunday on a high note as the sun finally broke through on Saturday. Tropical Storm Debby, which brought relentless downpours and forced early closures and cancelations earlier in the week, eased off just in time to ...
EDISON, NJ - The Edison Library Main Branch will be closed for a period of time for asbestos abatement, according to the library board. The library will close on Monday, August 19, and is expected to be closed for two weeks. Asbestos was discovered at the library when floor tiles were removed ...
EDISON, NJ - A 30-inch water main break on Woodbrook Drive doused a house in water on Monday, according to Mayor Sam Joshi. Two residential units have been displaced at this time. According to Joshi, the main break was caused by a contractor. The lines are operated by Middlesex County and will ...
EDISON, NJ - Approximately 146 units at the Evergreen Meadows Apartment Complex were deemed safe by the township and residents are allowed to move back in, according to Edison Mayor Sam Joshi. The township had declared the property an imminent hazard after two ceilings collapsed in the span of one ...
EDISON, NJ - The Edison Fire Department is mourning the passing of Raymond Tibok, a retired firefighter who served in the township for 30 years. He died Thursday at the age of 58, according to the fire department. Tibok was born in Perth Amboy and lived most of his life in Edison Township. He ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ -- Former Bishop Ahr High School teacher and wrestling coach John Denuto has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing minors after admitting to inappropriate sexual misconduct with two victims, according to multiple media reports. Denuto, 47, of Spotswood ...
NEW JERSEY - For many incoming college students, the transition to life on campus can be a challenge - new people, an unfamiliar place, and none of the comforts of home. Factor in a disability, such as a spinal cord injury (SCI), and the experience can be even more daunting. Fortunately, the ...
EDISON, NJ - The township has declared the Evergreen Meadows Apartment Complex as an imminent hazard, as two ceilings have collapsed in the span of one week. Approximately 280 apartment units have been ordered to evacuate. The township says they are working to make hotel accommodation for those who ...
EDISON, NJ - The township is expected to get high winds on Friday from the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby, according to a recent nixle alert. Residents are advised to prepare their homes and business for high winds. The National Weather Service is predicting winds as high at 17 mph on Friday.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Music has always been Harry Romero’s go to and, over the past 30 years, the South Plainfield native has made a name for himself in the underground house music scene. “As a Latin kid growing up in the tri-state area, music was par for the course. There was always music ...
EDISON, NJ - A kosher food company located in Edison Township has recalled a line of frozen desserts as they may contain traces of milk, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Yummy Foods has recalled their line of Yummy Swirly Ices, commonly found in the freezer aisle, at independent ...
CARTERET, NJ — A local middle school social studies teacher is Middlesex County’s 2024-25 “Teacher of the Year,” honored by the NJ Department of Education for her classroom effort and extracurricular contributions. Kristen L. Johnson has taught ancient civilization history to 6th graders at ...
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — As her Union Catholic family cheered from a watch party at the Stage House in Mountainside, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone moved a step closer to defending her title with a very comfortable victory in her semifinal heat of the women's 400-meter hurdles on Tuesday at the Olympics ...
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ -- As her Union Catholic family cheered from a watch party at Stage House Mountainside, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone moved one step closer to defending her title with a very comfortable victory in her semifinal heat of the women's 400-meter hurdles on Tuesday at the Olympics at Stade ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – There’s a gentle hum coming from the air conditioning vents in the back of this late-model Chrysler Pacifica as it cruises up Suydam Street, passing a guy walking with headphones and a wearing a sweat-soaked Yankees cap. The van turns onto Livingston Avenue, where it passes a kid ...
EDISON, NJ - Due to inclement weather, Edison Township's National Night Out has been canceled for Tuesday night. The police department has not announced a rescheduled date at this time. Lightning and thunderstorms are forecasted in Edison Township for Tuesday and Wednesday night, according to ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Two county corrections officers were fired, two police officers were required to resign, and 19 cops were suspended from duty from police departments here in 2023, according to the NJ Attorney General’s Office. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has, for a fourth year, ...
EDISON, NJ - The township’s Men’s Adult Softball League will begin on September 5 and the Over 50 League will begin on September 4. Team roster and liability forms are now available. The application for the Men’s Softball League can be found by clicking here, forms for the Over 50 League can be ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Back-to-school supplies started to show up on our store shelves a few short days after Fourth of July’s fireworks blasts died down. It seemed like there was plenty of summer still left. Fast-foward to today. Middlesex County’s public schools are now gearing up to resume ...