Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Task force makes four more graffiti arrests

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Police have arrested four township teenagers for spraying graffiti on buildings in the southern portion of the township. Michael Coleman, 18, was charged with nine complaints of criminal mischief; Kevin Rosa, 18, was charged with one complaint; Trevor Lynch, 18; with one complaint; and a 17-year-old male was…

  • Teen files report of attempted luring

    EDISON — Police are looking into the report of an attempted luring of a 17-yearold female who was walking in the parking lot of a store on Route 1 last week. The incident occurred at 1:40 p.m. March 20, according to the police report. The victim told police that a fair-skinned white male in his…

  • Spring cleaning

    Left to right: Jennifer Lee and Jacob Winogrand gather debris from an area near the Raritan River in Edison Saturday when volunteers conducted a two-hour cleanup. John Hettinger of New Brunswick removes garbage from the riverbank. The Edison Wetlands Association, WildNewJersey.tv and Rutgers University coordinated the event to mark World Water Day, which emphasizes the…

  • Middlesex County unveils new ‘green’ website

    Middlesex County unveiled its new “Sustainability” website recently, the first fruits of the Middlesex County Sustainability Plan. The website, www.mcset.com, will be used as a channel for communication and reference for county departments, municipal governments, citizens, businesses and civic organizations to provide ongoing feedback on where the county is, where it is heading, and where…

  • Health care bill for 9/11 responders advances

    Pallone: James Zadroga 9/11 act will become law BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Advocates of a federal bill guaranteeing health care for life for Sept. 11 first responders breathed a collective sigh of relief recently as the bill took a crucial step forward. The House Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th…

  • Board restores positions, driving up tax increase

    Marathon meeting finds staff, residents arguing against cuts BY KATHY CHANG EDISON — After almost nine straight hours of emotional and sometimes heated discussion, the Board of Education voted in favor of a $204.8 million school budget just before 4 a.m. April 1. Board member Gene Maeroff cast the lone dissenting vote against the budget,…

  • State transportation head tells teens about new law

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Pam Fischer, director of the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS), does not want to hear another tragic story like that of Kyleigh D’Alessio. Kyleigh was just 16 years old when she was killed in a motor vehicle accident in December 2006 in Washington Township, Morris County. She was…

  • Photo

    Volunteers Grace Lawrence and Dana Patterson haul away bags of garbage during a cleanup of the banks of the Raritan River in Edison Saturday. The Edison Wetlands Association, WildNewJersey.tv and Rutgers University coordinated the event to mark World Water Day, which emphasizes the importance of water quality. More photos, page 20. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Hundreds get a taste of all things Middlesex

    Area restaurants showcase their recipes at Pines Mano BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Participants were able to travel from Jamaica to Southeast Asia, all through their appetites, during the 13th annual Taste of Middlesex last week. Top: Diego De La Rosa and wife Maria, owners of the Little Spain Restaurant in Fords cooks up some…