Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Water rate hike proposal would impact local towns

    Municipalities challenge rate hike request with BPU BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Several local municipalities are working together to intervene on a proposal by Middlesex Water Co. to increase water rates by about 17.5 percent. The rate hike request, filed earlier this year with the state Board of Public Utilities (BPU), would increase the average…

  • Edison council rejects two attorneys’ contracts

    Mayor’s appointees have provided township with legal services since January 2010 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The Edison Township Council, which at times has been at odds with the attorneys appointed by Mayor Antonia Ricigliano, has decided not to renew their contracts. The contracts were for Township Attorney Karl P. Kemm and Labor Attorney Louis…

  • Edison resident going the distance for cancer research

    Laura Santiago EDISON — Township resident Laura Santiago will be running the Madrid Rock and Roll Marathon on April 22 in Spain on behalf of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). She is turning this event into a life-saving endeavor by fundraising to benefit LLS’s fight against cancer. Proceeds will go to groundbreaking research, patient…

  • Metuchen police report two accidents involving pedestrians

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Police reported two separate accidents involving pedestrians and motor vehicles at the intersection of Main and New streets and Hillside Avenue during a recent two-week period. The most recent involved a 67-year-old Elizabeth man who was making his way across Main Street toward Hillside Avenue around 11:19 a.m.…

  • Resident injured in Edison fire; suspicious blaze reported at JFK

    EDISON — A 94-year-old Washington Avenue resident suffered severe smoke inhalation during an early-morning fire last week. Police and firefighters responded to the home around 8 a.m. on March 22, according to Edison Police Lt. Sal Filannino. The woman was transported to St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, in critical but stable condition. Filannino said the…

  • Metuchen market organizers seek feedback for 2012 series

    METUCHEN — Residents of Metuchen and surrounding communities are invited to participate in a survey to help improve and shape the future of the borough farmers market. A link to a survey is available on the Metuchen Market Day homepage at http://www.metuchenmarketday.com. “We are extremely proud of the progress we made last year,” said Nelson…

  • Police: Teen robbed of iPhone

    EDISON — Police are investigating the robbery of a 16-year-old township male that occurred at Beaver Avenue and Winding Brook Way around 3:27 p.m. on March 16. According to Edison Police Lt. Sal Filannino, the victim told police that five or six males between the ages of 16 and 18 approached him and asked him…

  • Edison police charge three in burglaries

    EDISON — Police have charged three suspects in connection with two recent burglaries in the Clara Barton section of the township. The suspects, Terran Aultman, 21, of Highland Park, Daquan White, 19, of New Brunswick, and Joshua Rawlins, 18, of Woodbridge, were transported to the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center, North Brunswick, on $50,000 bail…

  • Police charge man in alleged theft by deception scheme in Metuchen

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Police have charged a 27-year-old Pennsylvania man with theft by deception after he allegedly tried to rent a borough home that was not his to rent. Jermaine C. Williams, of Bush Kill, Pa., was charged with theft by deception, burglary and possession of burglary tools on March 12.…