Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • A shawl thing: YMCA starts club to make shawls

    Idea stems from Virginia Tech tragedy; group open to the public BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE – Born out of the Virginia Tech University tragedy where a 23-year-old Virginia Tech senior shot to death 32 fellow students and faculty members on April 16 before killing himself, the shawl ministry group…

  • County transit program wins national award

    Middlesex County Area Transit (MCAT) was named the 2007 Urban Community Transpor-tation System of the Year by the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA). Past winners of the award include the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, Orange County (California) Transportation Authority and the City of Flagstaff, Ariz. “This is an incredible accomplishment for the county…

  • Freeholders unveil new history guide of county

    County administrator and amateur historian compiled volume BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer PISCATAWAY – There is a lot you don’t know about Middlesex County. For instance, the third public reading of the Declaration of Independence occurred in New Brunswick, the original Elsie the Cow of Borden fame is buried in Plainsboro,…

  • Two taggers taken into custody

    Police arrest two for spray painting in two separate incidents BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – As a result of selected enforcement procedures and a good pair of ears, police were able to nab two teenage vandals in separate incidents over a four-day span. According to police Lt. Joseph Shannon,…

  • McGuire attorneys file sealed motion for new trial

    New witness claims William McGuire owed loan shark $90K BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK – Defense attorneys for Melanie McGuire filed a sealed motion last week for a new trial based upon a new witness who contends that William T. McGuire owed $90,000 to a loan shark whom the…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Edison’s John Tomcsik, 16, pulls off some aerial trickery while riding around the Edison Skate Park on July 7. More photos, page 14.

  • Skate park tricks

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff (Above) Woodbridge’s, Mike Gwiazdowski, 18, works on some tricks on one of the Edison Skate Park’s many ramps on July 7. (Upper right) David Smith, of Edison, performs a stunt. (Right) John Tomcsik chases his shadow

  • Edison P.D. deems attempted luring report a fake

    Police: Children will not be charged for misleading officers BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer After extensive questioning from the Edison Police Department, Thursday’s incident regarding the attempted luring of several township children was deemed a hoax, according to Lt. Joseph Shannon. The incident, in which four township juveniles claimed a man…

  • A shawl thing: YMCA starts club to make shawls

    Idea stems from Virginia Tech tragedy; group open to the public BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE – Born out of the Virginia Tech University tragedy where a 23-year-old Virginia Tech senior shot to death 32 fellow students and faculty members on April 16 before killing himself, the shawl ministry group…