Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Council adopts ord. to limit size of ‘McMansions’

    The ordinance regulates size, height of houses relative to lot size BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – It took five years and countless hours, but the Township Council approved a floor-area-ratio ordinance on Jan. 24, designed to restrict the building of “McMansions.” The ordinance, which was unanimously passed by the…

  • Ice time

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Left, two skaters cast shadows across the ice as St. Francis School students enjoy some ice time at the Roosevelt Park Family Skating Rink on Jan. 22. Above, Michael Columbus, 9, of Edison, builds up some speed. Students from St. Francis, Metuchen, were treated to free ice time for being…

  • In the spotlight

    CHRIS KELLY staff Metuchen’s Luciana John, 8, skates with schoolmates as St. Francis School, Metuchen, takes to the ice as an award for being named a Spotlight School by the Diocese of Metuchen.

  • State court knocks down affordable housing rules

    Attorney believes regional approach is what judges want BY MARK ROSMAN & TALI ISRAELI Staff Writers BY MARK ROSMAN & TALI ISRAELIStaff Writers An Appellate Court threw New Jersey’s latest round of affordable housing rules out the window on Jan. 25. The ruling means that many local officials who were planning how their towns would…

  • Fire leaves home uninhabitable

    METUCHEN – Authorities believe a cigarette thrown in a garbage can last week has left a single-family McPherson Avenue home uninhabitable. “The fire has been ruled accidental, not suspicious,” said Metuchen Fire Chief Robert Donnan. No one was home when the fire started in the second-floor bedroom on or about 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 23.…

  • Judge says jury can see video in McGuire case

    Defense: Video does not conclusively identify McGuire BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK – After five days of pre-trial motions and more to come, a Middlesex County Superior Court Judge decided that a jury would see a grainy black and white surveillance videotape of a woman who could be the…

  • Town may borrow money to preserve open space

    Council introduced $15M bond to buy Sharma tract from Kara Homes BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – In a move that has been considered by some to be unorthodox, the township council has opted to quickly introduce a $15 million bond ordinance to purchase 27 acres of open space that…

  • Skating away

    CHRIS KELLY staff Conner Anderko, 4, of Edison, clings to the wall while ice skating at the Roosevelt Park Family Skating Rink in Edison on Jan. 22. Conner took part in the free skate sponsored by St. Francis School, Metuchen, which was named a Spotlight School by the Diocese of Metuchen.

  • Hartz Mountain to donate land for community center in Edison

    Choi says center may cost taxpayers nothing BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Photo Courtesy of Hartz Mountain Hartz Mountain Industries, the redevelopment firm slated to turn the former Ford Motor Plant site into a “lifestyle center,” has announced that it will donate land to Edison Township to build a 60,000-square-foot community…