Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Firefighters in training
The Den 2 Tigers from Cub Scout Pack 12 enjoy a tour of the Raritan Engine Company, No. 1, firehouse in Edison in November.
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Winter Fall Festival comes to Edison Dec. 10
The Clara Barton Business Alliance will hold a Winter Fall Festival on Dec. 10 from 2 to 6 p.m. along Amboy Avenue. The festival will include live entertainment, local dancing schools, the Herbert Hoover Middle School Choir, a scavenger hunt, photos with Santa, reading with princesses Belle, Cinderella and Snow White, arts and craft vendors,…
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Employees return to work in Edison
By Kathy Chang EDISON — The 60 municipal employees who were furloughed Dec. 6 have returned to work. The Township Council met with Mayor Antonia Ricigliano, Business Administrator Maureen Ruane and Acting Chief Financial Officer Larry Pollex for a closed-session meeting Dec. 8 that lasted for an hour and a half. After returning to open…
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The confectionary kitchen of the Sklans’ home, with decor inspired by candy stores and ice cream parlors, was among the stops on the Dec. 4 Holiday House Tour in Metuchen. The Metuchen Borough Improvement League organized the tour, which benefited the historic Old Franklin School on Middlesex Avenue. CLAIRE SHEPROW
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Edisonmayor: Furloughs needed due to inaction
Ricigliano, council at odds over fund transfer BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Mayor Antonia Ricigliano announced Monday that several township departments would be furloughed due to an inability to meet payroll. Ricigliano said seven departments face an indefinite period of unpaid time off, effective Dec. 6. She said the furloughs would be lifted once the…
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Police in Edison, Metuchen report two bank robberies
Bank robberies took place in both Edison and Metuchen on Dec. 1. Police in Metuchen responded to the TD Bank on Middlesex Avenue around 9:36 a.m. The bank teller told police that an unknown man handed the teller a note requesting all the money, Police Cpl. David Liantonio said. He fled the bank with an…
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Two charged in theft from gas station
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Police arrested and charged two teenage males with the theft of gasoline and approximately $250 to $300 in cash and lottery tickets from the Sunoco gas station on Route 1. Eddie Grant, 19, of Roselle, and Corey Raines-Austin, 19, of Linden, were apprehended shortly after the alleged incident…
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Police: Suspect attempted to steal copper wire
EDISON — Police have charged a 38- year-old South Plainfield man with the attempted theft of $500 worth of copper wire from an electric company on Route 1. The arrest occurred around 9:38 p.m. on Nov. 25. Derek Dunfee was charged with burglary and theft and was transported to the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center…
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Magical house tour
The Sklans home in Metuchen features a family room inspired by the Great Hall from the “Harry Potter” series. It was among the stops on the Borough Improvement League’s Dec. 4 Holiday House Tour in Metuchen. CLAIRE SHEPROW
