Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Cops: Overhaul will increase applicant pool

    Measure drops hiringpreference for Edison residents BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer Measure drops hiring preference for Edison residents BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer The Edison Police Department is looking to bring more diversity to its ranks. In order to accomplish that goal, officials approved an overhaul of the department’s hiring practices last week. The Township Council unanimously approved…

  • An Olympics requiring mental gymnastics 22 teams from 18 schools compete in annual state Physics Olympics

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer An Olympics requiring mental gymnastics 22 teams from 18 schools compete in annual state Physics Olympics BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff J.P. Stevens High School student Kayshuv Bangalore, 16, builds a “Pasta Tower” at the Physics Challenge at Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls, on Jan.…

  • Cable provider urged to add variety to lineup

    BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer Cable provider urged to add variety to lineup BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — Township residents hit town hall to air their complaints with their cable service. The problems with Cablevision, who provides cable service within the township, according to about 80 residents at the meeting, include the cost of…

  • First-time authors fulfill longtime dream

    Local men publish novelthat languishedin the attic for a decade BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Local men publish novel that languished in the attic for a decade BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Frank Wagenblast (l) and Tony Fanelli discuss publishing their first book in Wagenblast’s Edison home. METUCHEN — For local authors Frank…

  • Resident pushing for preservation protections

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — The same qualities that attract many of the borough’s residents to Metuchen also attract developers. According to some, the borough’s reputation as a quiet, leafy oasis of omnipresent sprawl and industry has made it one of the most desirable communities in the region. While…

  • Neighbors urge zoners to deny expansion plan

    BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer Neighbors urge zoners to deny expansion plan BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — A Woodbridge Avenue business’s expansion plan has met concern from area residents who say the car detailing shop has not been a very good neighbor. Mobile Creations has plans before the township Zoning Board which are on…

  • Workers point to furnace as cause of house fire

    WOODBRIDGE — A large fireball from a furnace may have sparked a blaze that caused extensive damage to a Pennsylvania Avenue home in Hopelawn. On Jan. 26 at 10:51 a.m., workers from an Elizabeth-based construction company were using a jackhammer and gas-powered circular saws to install a French drain in the basement of a home…

  • Ordinance would require developers to post signs

    Proposal also seeksto notify neighborswithin 300 feet BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer Proposal also seeks to notify neighbors within 300 feet BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer It may get a little bit easier for Edison residents to find out about potential development in their neighborhood. Councilman Parag Patel pushed for an ordinance that would require developers…

  • Redevelopment, taxes on Spadoro’s ’04 agenda

    BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — In his annual State of the Township address, Mayor George A. Spadoro said redevelopment is at the top of the township’s agenda in 2004. The mayor spoke on Jan. 26 at an event at the Clarion Hotel on Route 27 which was hosted by…