Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Edison officers thwart suicide attempt

    EDISON — Through a team effort, police provided lifesaving help to a township man who attempted to commit suicide. By distracting the 43-year-old man, police were able to retrieve a 13-inch butcher knife he was holding to his neck and subdue him, according to Lt. Sal Filannino. “The officers there did a great job,” he…

  • Metuchen merchants aim to aid Nepalese

    By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer The owners of a Metuchen store are taking steps to help improve the lives of people affected by the Nepal earthquake. Marafiki Fair Trade, a fair-trade retail store located in downtown Metuchen, is owned by Linda Koskoski and Deborah Zupan, who have partnered with some of the most economically challenged…

  • Residents voice concerns with parade permit, schools

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — Residents raised concerns about parade permits and school overcrowding at the April 22 Township Council meeting. Irene Wall inquired about the recent agreement to grant the Indian Business Association (IBA) a conditional, nonexclusive permit to hold its India Day Parade in the township for nearly 10 more years. She…

  • Residents voice mix of relief, concerns after buyouts

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer The Heidelberg Avenue home of Monique Coleman, who helped organize Woodbridge flood zone residents after Sandy, is demolished in March after being purchased by the state. COURTESY OF WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP The face of the Woodbridge River floodplain area is changing, and the future is uncertain for the few residents who…

  • Board approves Verizon facility at shopping mall

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — Verizon Wireless will be able to build a telecommunications facility at the ShopRite plaza on Route 1 after receiving approval from the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Verizon was granted a use variance for the rooftop facility, which is not a permitted use in the township’s general business zone. At…

  • Former Metuchen councilman to serve prison time over scam

    An Edison resident and former Metuchen councilman was sentenced to more than two years in prison for conspiring with a mortgage broker to scam money from victims by telling them that they were being investigated by the IRS, according to authorities. Thomas G. Frey, 55, of Edison, an attorney and certified public accountant, pleaded guilty…

  • Proposed home-based pet business has neighbor peeved

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — A decision on whether a township woman will be able to open a petgrooming business on her property is again in the hands of the courts. Donna Seredy is looking to open a business called Pretty Paws on her property at 947 New Durham Road. She had pursued this…

  • After WWII bomb discovery, military checks campus site

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Airman 1st Class Dylan Graham of the 87th Civil Engineer Squadron, who specializes in explosive ordnance disposal, provides eye-level guidance as a 500-pound World War II projectile is lowered into a government vehicle before transport from Middlesex County College in Edison. U.S. AIR FORCE AIRMAN TARA WILLIAMSON EDISON — Military…

  • Edison officials unveil new public works facility

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Edison Mayor Tom Lankey, left, and other township officials receive a tour of the new public works facility at the former Camp Kilmer property on April 23. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Months after a fire destroyed the maintenance garage at the public works headquarters, Edison officials have unveiled a new building…