Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Edison officials, residents celebrate legacy of King
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Students at Martin Luther King Elementary School displayed artwork during Edison’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration and African-American Heritage Month Tribute at the Minnie B. Veal Community Center on Jan. 14. EDISON — Keep the dream alive. That is what the Rev. Tom J. Cully, of Mount Pleasant…
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Edison council mulls change in police hiring provisions
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The Township Council is considering action that would allow auxiliary police officers a chance to go directly to the academy and potentially join the force. Council President Robert Karabinchak broached the idea of amending the police hiring ordinance during the Jan. 9 workshop meeting. “This is providing auxiliary…
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Arrest made in assault of Woodbridge police officer
By Kathy Chang Officer Neal AuricchioDennis VeteriOne of the suspects accused in the severe beating of a Woodbridge police officer is scheduled to appear at his preliminary court hearing Jan. 31. Eleven days after an off-duty Woodbridge police officer and his friend were severely beaten after a hockey game in Philadelphia, police have made an…
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Zimmerli highlights revelations in Soviet nonconformist art
“Counterform 1959” oil-on-canvas by Valery Yurlov The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, will continue its series of one-person shows devoted to Soviet nonconformist artists with “In the Search of an Absolute: Art of Valery Yurlov,” on view through June 3. Yurlov stands out as one of the earliest proponents of analytical abstraction…
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A choir leads the crowd in song during Sunday’s celebration to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at New Hope Baptist Church in Metuchen. The event, sponsored by local civic and religious organizations, was themed “The New Birth of Dreamers — Come Dream With Us,” and concluded with a breakfast event at the…
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Crowds come out to fight mail operations transfer
USPS hears comments on plan to move mail processing from Edison to Kearny BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A crowd packs the Milltown American Legion Hall for a hearing on the U.S. Postal Service’s proposal to consolidate and move operations from the Kilmer Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC) in Edison to the Dominick V. Daniels…
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New superintendent gets acquainted
Caputo outlines goals as he gets started in Metuchen’s top job BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Vincent Caputo Metuchen Superintendent of Schools Vincent Caputo’s first two weeks in the district have been busy ones. Caputo, taking over Jan. 2 for the recently retired Teresa Pollifrone-Sinatra, has spent time in the classroom and in the community getting…
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Skaters at Roosevelt Park in Edison wait as the ice rink is resurfaced. Open skating runs through April 1 at the facility, owned and operated by Middlesex County. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Edison officials to look at police promotion issue
Council votes to extend list of eligible sergeants, despite PBA concerns BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The Edison Township Council’s public safety committee will be meeting with members of PBALocal 75 to discuss potential changes to the police promotion system. “The process has to change,” Councilman Robert Karabinchak said. The councilman called for the meeting…
