Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Arrest made in death of area business owner

    Possible murder weapon, cash found in suspect BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Police have arrested a Jamaican native and charged him with the murder of an Avenel trucking company owner last week. Lennox Risden, 20, who has been in the United States for three months and has been staying…

  • Arts society announces winter classes for adults

    The Edison Arts Society has announced its daytime winter schedule for adults. All art classes are taught in the main meeting room of the North Edison Branch Library, 777 Grove Ave., and offer a 15-percent discount for senior citizens and members of the arts society. Students must bring their own supplies to class. Courses are:…

  • Ireland Avenue residents rally for two-way street

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON – It’s just a coincidence that Eleanor and Joseph Both’s last name reflects the change that Township Council just approved for their street. The Boths are part of a contingent of about 150 people who have long wanted to see Ireland Avenue change…

  • No new leads in toddler hit-and-run fatality

    BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — It’s been more than three months since 2-year-old Cecilia Cromwell toddled onto Route 1 and was struck and killed by an unknown driver. Assistant Middlesex County Prosecutor Nicholas Sewitch said last week there are no new leads in the death of the little girl…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff The framework is set for the renovations coming to the fire station on Route 27 in Edison.

  • Photos of 2004 Middlesex County

    Clockwise from top — Gen. Washington at a re-enactment in Edison in September; truck fire on ramp exiting I-287 South in Edison in May; JFK-Iselin defense players in January game with Metuchen; Iselin’s Eric Manresa jumps over Edison’s Tim Ryan in July; Avenel St. School students walk to raise money for diabetes; Port Reading Fire…

  • Miracles come in all shapes and sizes at clinic

    View-A-Miracle gives expectant mothers 3- & 4-D glimpse of future BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Above, Jennifer and Bryan West look at the screen to see a 3-D ultrasound of their unborn baby girl at View-A-Miracle, a new business in North Brunswick, recently. Kayla Gipson and Kerri West…

  • Police Beat

    Edison A Kenwood stereo and a speaker box, valued at a total of $3,000, were reported stolen from a 1997 Ford parked in a Fieldcrest Avenue lot at 1:05 p.m. on Dec. 21. The door lock was punched out and the car alarm wire was cut causing $500 in damage. A shopper at the Menlo…

  • Firehouse face-lift

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff A fallen sign marks the spot of the firehouse on Route 27 in Edison that is undergoing renovations.