Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Say ‘ah’
Anoushka Siddhada, 10, of Edison, takes a fitness test with Matt Lucarello and Julia Lee of St. Peter’s Healthcare System’s Sports Medicine Institute during the April 29 “Move It or Lose It” event at the James Madison Primary School, Edison. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Hill speaks on gender, race and the American dream
Author and college professor received national attention in 1991 for allegations against Supreme Court nominee BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Anita Hill JACK WHITE EDISON — Ask Anita Hill about the events that thrust her into the national spotlight two decades ago, and she is candid in her response. “Was it on my bucket list…
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County unveils new system for community notification
Residents encouraged to register to get information via phone, text or email The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders recently introduced a new communication system that can process thousands of contacts per minute for immediate notification. The initial rollout of the Middlesex County Community Notification System is for emergency notifications only, but the capacity and…
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Woodbridge Township presents ‘tool time’
Volunteers complete home improvement projects for elderly, disabled BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Volunteers worked on the outside of a home in Iselin on Saturday as part of “Tooling Around the Township,” a huge improvement project to benefit seniors and the disabled throughout Woodbridge Township. PHOTOS BY JENNIFER AMATO WOODBRIDGE— Insulation in Iselin. Caulking in…
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Greater Media Newspapers takes home 15 awards in NJPA contest
Jeff Granit, “Balance,” first place, Feature, Independent Greater Media Newspapers received a combined 15 awards from the New Jersey PressAssociation for excellence in writing, photography and advertising in the NJPA’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2011. The photography department swept the feature category, taking home first, second and third places. The prestigious Robert P. Kelly Award…
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North Brunswick Cops & Rodders car show kicks into high gear
More than 300 vehicles, hundreds of spectators turn out for annual event BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Ted Kasternakis, of Monroe, and Steve Hornyak, of Milltown, check out a 1933 Plymouth coupe during the 17th annual North Brunswick Cops & Rodders car show on Sunday. SCOTT FRIEDMAN NORTH BRUNSWICK — Gary Joseph’s 1968 Ford Mustang…
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Metuchen woman makes 100th donation to N.B. blood center
METUCHEN — Deborah Chalfin started donating platelets at the New Brunswick Affiliated Hospitals (NBAH) in 1998, in support of a friend who was having a bone marrow transplant at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. She and the hospital staff recently celebrated a milestone: Chalfin made her 100th donation to the NBAH. “It’s an easy and…
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Edison student a state winner in Doodle 4 Google competition; public voting now open
An Edison teenager is one step closer to having her art put on display for hundreds of millions to see. On May 2, Google announced the 50 state winners in its annual Doodle 4 Google competition. Cynthia Cheng, a junior at Edison High School, is one of those winners, selected from more than 114,000 students…
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iDissect
St. Francis Cathedral School, Metuchen, eighth-graders Justin Torres and Jimmy Howlett perform virtual dissections of frogs on their newly issued iPads in the science lab. The iPads are for classroom use by all seventh- and eighth-graders. Algebra students have the ability to interactively access their textbooks on their iPads. For the next school year, additional…
