Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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All invited to don costumes for Metuchen’s Halloween parade
Oct. 30 parade will kick off at 3 p.m. at senior center BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent A lackluster pumpkin crop this year has had an unlikely consequence in Metuchen — a Halloween parade. Recreation Director Nancy Goldberg said that because the borough couldn’t be guaranteed to have enough pumpkins on hand (about 200) for the…
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Nov. 3 hearing to address plan to develop piece of Visco tract
Decades-long battle continues over plan that activists say will harm Dismal Swamp ecology BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A court-mandated public hearing will be held Nov. 3 regarding an amendment to Edison’s Recreation Open Space Inventory (ROSI) to the state Department Environmental Protection’s Green Acres Program. The proposed ROSI amendment development is part of the…
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Arrests made in separate Metuchen bank incidents
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Police made three arrests in two separate attempted bank thefts earlier this month. Police arrested and charged Tara A. Davila, 32, of Bronx, N.Y., for criminal attempt of theft and forgery from the TD Bank on Middlesex Avenue around 5:39 p.m. Oct. 12. She was also charged with…
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Ticked-off driver hits station attendant in Edison
EDISON— Police are investigating a robbery that occurred at the Raceway gas station on Route 27 last week. The incident occurred around 7:46 p.m. on Oct. 17, police said. The victim told police an unknown male, described as heavyset and possibly Indian, in a two-door black compact car began complaining that he was next in…
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Collectors view the many different styles of Depression glass on display at the Garden State Depression Glass Club’s 31st semi-annual show and sale at the Lakeview School on Oak Drive, Edison, on Oct. 16. More than 20 vendors from the tri-state area set up booths, with displays of Depression-era glassware, china, pottery and kitchenware. SCOTT…
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Edison officials seeking to spur economic growth
Panel would look to ease permit process, work to usher in new businesses BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer I n an effort to stimulate growth locally, the Edison Township Council is forming a subcommittee on economic development. Council Vice President Robert Karabinchak broached the idea during the council’s Oct. 11 meeting. “This will allow us…
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Four hopefuls vying for freeholder seats
Democratic incumbents, GOP challengers discuss issues facing county BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer With two open positions on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, two area Republicans are looking to unseat Democratic incumbents, a feat no Republican has been able to accomplish for more than 15 years. Democrats Carol Barrett, 70, and Charles Tomaro, 58,…
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Overcoming a ‘Legacy of Madness’
Metuchen man recounts personal and family history of mental illness to educate others BY ELLEN MONTEMARANO Staff Writer Tom Davis (c) sits with his mother, Dorothy “Dede” Winans Davis and son, Tommy. Tom Davis’ new book, “A Legacy of Madness,” details his family’s multigenerational struggle with mental illness. Dede was the first family member to…
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Fords man killed in Route 1 crash
EDISON — Police are investigating a fatal motor vehicle accident that claimed the life of a 57-year-old Fords man last week. Edison police Sgt. Dominick Masi said the accident occurred around 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 12 on Route 1 north near Prince Street. Kevin Alyward was traveling in a 2005 Acura TL when he struck…
