Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Ex-sheriff, two employees indicted on bribery charges

    Spicuzzo accused of demanding money from eight seeking positions or promotions BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Joseph Spicuzzo Former Middlesex County Sheriff Joseph Spicuzzo and two former sheriff’s department employees were indicted Aug. 19 on charges of bribery and official misconduct. The three suspects allegedly conspired in a jobs-for-cash scheme in which Spicuzzo collected approximately $112,000…

  • Husband-wife team finds calling with ‘bed & bark-fest’

    Local couple turns love of animals into boarding, pet sitting service BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Darlene and Tom Sawyer relax at home in Old Bridge with a few of their canine tenants. JEFF GRANIT staff OLD BRIDGE — While talking with Darlene Sawyer, there are frequent, sometimes loud, interruptions. The distractions might be unwelcome if…

  • New technology, programs abound in Edison schools

    New school year brings hundreds of new computers, new faces, restored programs BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Superintendent of Schools Richard O’Malley could easily spend hours talking about the number of new initiatives that are in store for the coming school year, which begins Sept. 7. “There’s just too many to count,” he…

  • Special day of fun

    The Middlesex County College Child Care Center ended the summer with a special day of fun in August. The children enjoyed face painting, crafts, ice cream, pony rides and a petting zoo. Here, Harry Liu of Edison makes friends with a goat.

  • Youths learn about Thomas Edison

    EDISON — Approximately 30 area children spent time this summer learning about Thomas Alva Edison, the great inventor for whom the township is named. Summer mini-camp programs held at the Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park involved both learning about the inventor’s Menlo Park accomplishments and doing fun Edison-related crafts. The camp sessions for children…

  • Solar energy project could save Mid. County $13M over 15 years

    A massive solar energy project in Middlesex County is expected to save $13 million in energy costs over the next 15 years. The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders entered into a purchase agreement with SunDurance Energy, of Edison, to develop and build the project, and KDC Solar LLC, of Bedminster, to finance the program,…

  • On your mark …

    Edison Mayor Antonia Ricigliano gives the official start signal to the more than 500 participants in the third annual JFK Foundation “Miles for Minds 5K and Fun Run/Walk,” held July 31 in Roosevelt Park. Other special guest participants included Freeholder Charles Tomaro and Edison Councilman Tom Lankey. Fundraising efforts by the JFK Medical Center Foundation…

  • Edison rabbi, a voice for Holocaust remembrance

    The son of concentration camp survivors has taught, written on the subject for 35-plus years BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg EDISON — Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg is on a mission to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive. His home is filled with a wealth of Holocaust information, books and movies. “I probably…

  • Weather results in Edison parade’s postponement

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Two rival groups have had their differences over the past year about each one’s efforts to hold a parade celebrating India Day. And Sunday, the scheduled date of the parades, was no different. Steady rainfall prompted the Edison-based Oak Road Business Association to postpone its event, while the…