Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Local students experience history in Washington, D.C.

    Afforded opportunity after national youth forums BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Two local area students were granted the opportunity to witness history when they traveled to Washington, D.C., to see Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRENDAN FOLEY Approximately 2 million people attended the inauguration of…

  • Councilwoman Ricigliano running for mayor

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — Councilwoman Antonia Ricigliano has announced she is running for mayor. She formally entered the race during a press conference on Jan. 29 at the Pines Manor. Ricigliano said she plans to run as a Democrat and will thus be seeking support from local party officials. This means that…

  • Local pols react to Ricigliano announcement

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — Reactions to Councilwoman Antonia Ricigliano’s announcement that she is running for mayor ranged from dismissal to shock from her colleagues on the Edison political scene. During the Jan. 29 press conference when she announced her candidacy, she said that her council colleagues Anthony Massaro and Robert Diehl were…

  • Four nominated for redevelopment agency

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — Mayor Jun Choi announced four nominees for the Edison Redevelopment Agency, an independent government entity that will oversee redevelopment matters in the township. Should the Township Council approve the four nominees, the agency will be formally brought to life 10 months after its initial proposal. The new redevelopment…

  • Children learn about safety from local agencies

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent ENID WEISS Metuchen police Cpl. Anthony Carro tells the children attending a safety seminar to say “No.” The seminar was held at the Black Belt Institute on New Street in Metuchen on Feb. 1. METUCHEN — Roughly 75 kids and a few parents attended a safety seminar at Black Belt Institute…

  • MCC students help victims of Hurricane Katrina

    Six Democracy House members travel to Miss. and New Orleans BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer PHOTOS COURTESY DEMOCRACY HOUSE AT MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE Clockwise from top: Hisham El-Waylly decides what to do next during his visit to Mississippi and New Orleans as part of Democracy House at Middlesex County College in Edison. El-Waylly was one…

  • Financial adviser to head economic office

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — Mayor Jun Choi formally brought to life the Edison Economic Development Office, an initiative proposed about a year ago, on Jan. 22 by introducing its new president and chief executive officer, Vivian Altman. Choi extolled Altman’s virtues, saying that she is someone who has experience in both the…

  • Business owner is victim of attempted robbery

    EDISON — A man was about to get into his car after work when someone tried to rob him, Edison police reported. Lt. Joseph Shannon, police public information officer, said that the attempted robbery took place on Jan. 25 at the Inman Grove Shopping Center, the mini-mall on Inman Avenue. According to Shannon, around 9:40…

  • Tract declared a redevelopment zone

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — An 8-acre patch of land on Meadow Road has been designated as an area in need of redevelopment, not so much because of any intentions to redevelop it, but to expand the township’s options for an environmental cleanup. The resolution changing the land’s designation was unanimously passed by…