Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Edison man competes to be America’s best handyman
Will be featured in second season of HGTV show this fall BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Andy Panko (l) stands with Scott McGillivray, a celebrity judge on HGTV’s show “All American Handyman.” PHOTO COURTESY OF ANDY PANKO EDISON — Last fall, Andy Panko found himself hooked on HGTV’s show “AllAmerican Handyman,” which was airing its…
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County concert series kicks off this week
BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Live music will return to stages across Middlesex County as its summer concert series gets started this week. Music in the Park is an annual tradition and features a variety of free weekly performances at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park in South Amboy, Spring Lake Park Gazebo in South Plainfield, Warren Park…
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Metuchen Girl Scouts restore Centennial Park
BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Correspondent Girl Scouts Simi Best, Annie Pahlow and Katie Facchini clean up Metuchen Centennial Park. METUCHEN — Last spring, three girls were walking through Centennial Park when they noticed the path becoming harder to follow and thorny vines scraping their legs . The park, established more than a decade ago, had become overgrown…
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Joe Gagliano of Woodbridge walks beside his 1932 Ford 5 Window Coupe and a green Ford 3 Window Coupe during the Edison Light Cruisers’ classic car show outside The Home Depot on Route 1 June 30. The event is held weekly on Thursday nights. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Middlesex County kicks off helmet-safety campaign
Youngsters get pedaling in Metuchen at the kickoff of a four-month helmet safety program that runs through Sept. 30 in nine Middlesex County municipalities. I n an effort to reduce traumatic brain injury in children, Safe Kids Middlesex County of the Level 1 Trauma Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital kicked off its sixth…
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Parking issues holding up Hindu festival OK in Edison
Celebration proposed for Lake Papaianni in October BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Despite parking concerns about the Dushahra Festival proposed for this fall, the Edison Township Council urged the administration and members of the Indo-American Festivals Inc. (IAF) to work out a solution. The 13th annual Dushahra Festival, a Hindu festival celebrated with much exultation…
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Junebug ArtFest
Fine art photographer Elizabeth Weron of Linden displayed her prints during the borough’s Junebug ArtFest on June 24, the final night of this year’s series. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Edison budget restores DPW posts
Police department shifts officers to fill in for those on leave BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The Edison Township Council voted unanimously last week to adopt a $113 million budget that will keep taxes stable in 2011. Changes made to the adopted budget make it possible for the 10 public works employees whose jobs were…
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Edison temple’s doors ‘wide open’ for 50 years
Sock Hop Dance Party to be held July 23 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Rabbi Deborah K. Bravo works with her children and architect Stephen A. Schwartz during the recent building blocks workshop. EDISON — Members of Temple Emanu-El will get together July 8 to celebrate the synagogue’s first 50 years. The James Street temple…
