Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Senior center to host new support group

    The Edison Senior Citizen Center will host a free monthly support group meeting for caregivers, officials announced last week. The Caregiver Support Group will provide assistance to Edison residents who are caring for family members, such as parents, spouses, children, companions or friends, who are in some degree incapacitated and need help. "Caregivers provide support…

  • County to give park access a second look

    BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Debbie Melnick said she loves spending a warm spring day in the Alvin P. Williams Memorial Park in Sewaren. But Melnick, who lives right down the road, cannot walk there. "There’s no walkway for children to walk or ride their bikes. Anything would be…

  • Man survives jump from bridge

    WOODBRIDGE — A 47-year-old Iselin man attempted to commit suicide by jumping from the Edison Bridge on Route 9 south in Keasbey recently, police said. According to reports, shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday March 5, police received several calls from passing motorists reporting that a man had jumped from the bridge. Reports said William…

  • Senior center to offer defensive driving

    EDISON — The Edison Senior Citizen Center will now offer defensive driving classes. The Center on Woodbridge Avenue, will host the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) program, which will teach eligible seniors about driver safety. "The AARP Driver Safety Program is the nation’s first and largest classroom driver refresher course designed for motorists age…

  • Roosevelt Care Center official reprimanded

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA) officials reprimanded the chief administrator of the Roosevelt Care Center for what officials characterized as an isolated lapse in judgment. More than a month after Roosevelt Care resident Joe Marino, an amputee, was allegedly left at a…

  • Township declares war on potholes

    EDISON — In response to rough road conditions caused by the harsh weather this winter season, the mayor’s office declared war on potholes last week. Mayor George A. Spadoro was joined by workers from Edison’s Public Works Department last week at Glenville Road and Rosewood Road in the Washington Village neighborhood of Edison to announce…

  • Water main breaks on Meadow Road; 3 businesses affected

    Water main breaks on Meadow Road; 3 businesses affected EDISON — A water main break left a number of residents with low pressure Sunday. The break occurred on Meadow Road between Clifton Street and Executive Avenue, and crews were on site from roughly 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. said Maureen Duffy, a spokeswoman for the…

  • Projects slated to ease Main St. traffic woes

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Projects slated to ease Main St. traffic woes BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — Traffic-calming efforts for the south end of Main Street should be under way soon, according to Mayor Ed O’Brien. A transportation aid bill that was held up in Congress for roughly two months has now gone…

  • Local students named to National Dean’s List

    Local students named to National Dean’s List New Jersey City University, 2039 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, re­leased the names of l32 students who were named to the National Dean’s List for the 2003 fall semester. Students on this list attained a semester average of 4.0. The following local students were named to the list: John…