Category: Sentinel-EDM News

By Peter Elacqua A tanker truck traveling southbound caught on fire on the New Jersey Turnpike on the ramp to Interchange 11 shortly before 2 p.m. May 5. According to State Police officials, the interchange, tolls and ramp have been closed and the Garden State Parkway has been closed. The driver suffered severe burns and…

Spring HOME & GARDEN Home improvement projects can turn a house into a home. Homeowners plan scores of renovations to transform living spaces into rooms that reflect their personal tastes and comforts. Homeowners going it alone may find things do not always go as planned. In fact, a Harris Interactive study found that 85 percent…

By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Eleven-year-old Roxy enjoys a pampered life at home in Freehold Township. For some pet owners in central New Jersey, no price is too high when treating their pets to the finest services and amenities. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR For some pet owners, the phrase “man’s best friend” is an understatement.…

By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer Seeking to address long-term financial sustainability and overcrowding issues in the district, the Edison Board of Education has proposed a budget carrying a $153 tax increase on the average home. School officials presented the $227.9 million budget for the 2015-16 school year at the April 22 board meeting. The tentative…

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…

An Elizabeth man was arrested April 16 and charged with sexually assaulting a 12- year-old girl in Woodbridge after meeting her on Facebook, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Larousse Joseph, 20, was charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of the child. Joseph was arrested after officers on patrol…

Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan, left, and Deputy Chief Mark Anderko, right, flank the township’s seven newly hired officers at their April 21 swearing-in ceremony at Town Hall. PHOTO COURTESY OF EDISON POLICE DEPARTMENT EDISON — The recent hiring of seven new police officers brings the township Police Department’s complement of sworn officers to 177.…

By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer METUCHEN — As plans have taken shape to turn the borough’s Pearl Street parking lot into a mixed-use development, a major consideration was the commuters who would be displaced from their usual parking area during construction. The Pearl Street Piazza project, which is set to include 273 residential units and…

Marisa Eve Girawong, a 28-year-old Edison resident known as Eve, was killed in an avalanche caused by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in central Nepal on April 25. Ms. Girawong was working as a base camp doctor for Everest/Lhotse expedition, according to Madison Mountaineering, the Seattle, Washington, guide service where she was employed. Ms. Girawong was…