Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • County gets $428K for food, shelter programs

    County gets $428K for food, shelter programs The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will award Middlesex County $427,776 to supplement area emergency food and shelter programs. The funds are appropriated by Congress to help expand the capacity of food and shelter programs in high-need areas throughout the United States. The 2004 award is nearly 20…

  • Deadly blaze tears through Edison apts.

    Fire leaves one dead, five injured and potentially 100 homeless BY BRYAN SABELLA & COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writers Deadly blaze tears through Edison apts. RYAN D. FENSTERMAKER Above, Edison firefighters look on as their colleagues battle a blaze that left one dead at the Northridge Apartments on College Road on Friday. Below, Neighbors Swati Goon (l)…

  • Team will serve township if disaster strikes

    BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Funlayo Jones is congratulated by Police Chief Edward Costello and Fire Chief G. Robert Campbell after graduating from the CERTs program Jan. 22. EDISON — The volunteer spirit is alive and well in the township. Edison is the first township in Middlesex County…

  • Revelers enjoy parade despite cold weather

    PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Upper left, Naomi Lee, 10, Edison, dressed as a clam to participate in the Asian New Year parade on Route 27 in Edison on Sunday. Upper right, members of the Huaxia Chinese School, Edison, march in the third annual Chinese New Year parade in Edison on Sunday. Above, members of a…

  • Local man asks ‘What makes a hero?’

    Plans to publish inspirational stories from around the globe BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Local man asks ‘What makes a hero?’ MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Edison resident Kevin Anselmo plans to launch “Global Heroes,” a magazine dedicated to inspirational stories from around the world. Plans to publish inspirational stories from around the globe BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer EDISON…

  • Weather pushes back borough hall completion

    BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — Officials announced last week that completion of the ongoing project to renovate borough hall has been held up by recent weather-related delays. "We are overdue," Borough Administrator William E. Boerth said at last week’s Borough Council meeting. Officials said last fall that they expected the Main…

  • Task force catches ‘scratch-off’ burglar

    BY BRYAN  SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN  SABELLA Staff Writer Teamwork made all the difference for local police in the case of an alleged burglar with a fondness for scratch-off lottery tickets. Detectives from Edison, Woodbridge, Metuchen, Highland Park and Old Bridge watched Kip Manzoli, 34, of Perth Amboy for three days before finally catching him…

  • Music teacher charged in child sex abuse case

    EDISON — Police have arrested a piano teacher on charges of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Franklin J. Burr II, who is also known as Jack, allegedly abused a 9-year-old girl during music lessons that took place over the course of the last year, authorities said. Burr, 58, East Brunswick, was…

  • Rent may force Head Start out of complex

    BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — The Head Start preschool program may need to move from its location at the Robert G. Holmes Garden affordable housing complex. The program, run by the Middlesex County Economic Opportunity Corporation (MCEOC), has been operating rent free out of the complex for at least…