Category: Sentinel-EDM News

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Shrubs dot the now-open tract between routes 287 and 27 slated for the development of a Wal-Mart, attached retail store and sit-down restaurant in Edison.

  • Departing freeholder leaves legacy of service

    Jane Brady a friend to needy for 12 years on board BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Middlesex County Freeholder Jane Brady, seen here at the Middlesex County Juvenile Detention Center’s Christmas party, leaves behind a legacy of successful social programs to help the needy and less fortunate when…

  • Area career burglar cops plea, gets 25 years

    BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — A serial burglar captured by a task force of detectives from around the state accepted a plea deal last week that will keep him behind bars for 25 years, prosecutors said. Samuel Krosky, 43, whose last known address was a motel in Rutherford,…

  • Go-getter

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Tammy Perez, of Old Bridge, shops to her heart’s content during the holiday season at Menlo Park Mall.

  • Heater tampering at local firehouse probed

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Somebody jammed paper in the thermostat of Fire Station No. 3 recently, turning the heat off and leaving Fire Chief Robert Campbell with a cold feeling about the situation. “I’m not happy about it and have turned the situation over to the…

  • 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…

  • Wal-Mart foes plan for possible legal battle

    EDISON — A grassroots group has joined forces with union leaders and lawyers in a fight to overturn the Planning Board’s approval of a Wal-Mart in town. A group of about 50 met last week, two days after the Dec. 13 board meeting, where they tried to get the board to reopen the public hearing…

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  • Fire guts home, kills Rottweiler

    EDISON — Authorities said a man was left homeless and his dog killed in a fire at 91 Redwood Ave. Sunday morning. Police said the fire call was received at approximately 9:50 a.m. Dec. 19. The structure, a one-story single-family dwelling, was unoccupied at the time of the blaze, police said. Authorities have not yet…