Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Places to go
Judy Minnium (l-r) of Scotch Plains, Logan Hill of Dayton and Janeyce McCray of Union, all fourth-graders at The Wardlaw-Hartridge School, Edison, make elevation maps out of “geogoop” as part of their study of New Jersey geography. Each map was then color-coded to represent the four geographic regions of the state during the recent project.…
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Top 10 stories of 2011
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer 1. Tomaro becomes Edison’s first freeholder in six years In January, the Edison Township Council bid farewell to Charles Tomaro, who served 13 years on the governing body. He resigned after being appointed a member of the Middlesex County Board of Freeholders, filling the seat vacated by Mildred Scott, who…
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Top chefs
Celebrity Chef Tod Wilson, owner of Mr. Tod’s Pies, recently visited Professor Ralph Tellone’s Principles of Food Selection and Preparation class at Middlesex County College, Edison, to tutor the students on the best way to make delicious pies. From left, Rachel Carrizo of Parlin and Ryan Dunn of Colonia work with Wilson.
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Holiday joy
Gabe Lamb and firefighter Jeff Coleman share a laugh during the Edison Firefighters Association’s annual pizza party at the Lakeview School in Edison on Dec. 13. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Meeting on mail processing study rescheduled to Jan. 10
The U.S. Postal Service has rescheduled the public meeting to discuss its proposal to move mail processing operations from the Kilmer Processing & Distribution Center in Edison into the Dominick V. Daniels Processing & Distribution Center in Kearny. The meeting was originally scheduled for 7 p.m. on Dec. 30. The meeting will instead be held…
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Met. council bids farewell to Lease at final meeting
Approves new ambulance service to save town money BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent METUCHEN — The last Borough Council meeting of 2011 was an opportunity for the governing body to recognize outgoing Councilman Stanley Lease. Lease, a Republican and former Planning Board vice chairman, was sworn in to his council seat on March 7 as a…
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Police: Robberies reported at two businesses in Edison
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Police are investigating the robberies last week of two retailers in the township. The first took place around noon on Dec. 16 at the Edison Pepper Farm Market on Plainfield Avenue. Police said the suspect entered the store and walked up to the counter to buy a piece…
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Local man among 3 sentenced in investment/tax fraud scheme
A Metuchen man was among three people sentenced last week to prison terms or home detention for conspiracy to defraud the United States through the marketing of fraudulent products designed to conceal assets from the IRS and fraudulently discharge debt. Michael Balice, 61, of Metuchen, was sentenced to 48 months in prison, while two other…
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Man, 21, stabbed to death at hip hop party in Edison
By Kathy Chang EDISON — A 21-year-old Newark man died from stab wounds sustained when a series of fights broke out at a hip-hop party at the Mirage banquet hall on Oak Tree Road in the early morning hours of Dec. 24. Jayson Perry was pronounced dead at 1:43 a.m., shortly after being taken to…
