Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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First-time PHun Walk set for Sunday in Edison
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — An inaugural walk will be held Sunday at Roosevelt Park to raise awareness of and help find a cure for a rare but serious illness. Pulmonary hypertension, which has no cure, causes abnormally high blood pressure of the arteries in the lungs, resulting in the overworking of the…
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All the right moves
New performing arts studio a homecoming for Metuchen woman BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Above: Andrea Kobayashi, 7, of Metuchen, rehearses with her troupe at Valerie’s School of Performing Arts on May 18. Below: Valerie Anne, (l-r) Valerie and Joelle Vitale work with dance students. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Valerie Kuntz-Vitale realized a decades-long dream recently…
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Seniors’ troupe brings theater show to Metuchen
BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent METUCHEN — A June 2 senior theater program will truly be a family affair. “About Family” will be presented by the Community Without Walls On Stage theater group at 1 p.m. in the Community Room of the Metuchen Public Library, Route 27. “Community Without Walls is an organization in Central Jersey…
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Crime Stoppers organizes in Middlesex County
Retired New Brunswick police chief to serve as chairman A board of directors has been created and has begun operating Crime Stoppers of Middlesex County Inc., which will offer rewards to the public for information leading to the arrests of suspects for a variety of crimes. AnthonyA. Caputo, retired director of the New Brunswick Police…
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Mayor announces new show, discusses salary adjustment
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Mayor Antonia Ricigliano EDISON— In an effort to provide residents with timely, accurate information, Mayor Antonia Ricigliano has announced a weekly informational segment called “The Mayor’s Corner,” which will air on local access channel 15. Each segment will run at various times during each week to enhance communication and highlight…
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St. Joseph H.S. in ‘Challenge’ finals
METUCHEN — After dominating every school it has faced, the academic team from St. Joseph High School will compete in the upcoming “New Jersey Finals” match of MSG Varsity’s TV quiz show “The Challenge.” The match against Bergen County Academies will air June 10 at 5:30 p.m. Depending on the outcome, St. Joseph has the…
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Motorists reminded: Stop for pedestrians at intersections
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Middlesex County Comprehensive Traffic Safety Program Coordinator David Gregor (l-r), New Brunswick Police Director Peter Mangarella, Middlesex County Freeholder H. James Polos, Edison Mayor Antonia Ricigliano, New Brunswick Mayor James M. Cahill and Edison Deputy Police Chief Camelo Vaticano unveil the mobile stop sign display at a press event in…
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Edison man sentenced to 30 years for murder
Dwayne Jackson strangled, burned body of No. Brunswick woman in 2010 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — An Edison man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for murdering his daughter’s mother in 2010. Dwayne Jackson, 27, pleaded guilty April 14 in state Superior Court, admitting that he strangled Patricia Belizaire, 25, in…
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Middlesex County road projects included in Christie capital plan
Twenty capital projects in Middlesex County are scheduled to advance with a total of over $175 million in state funding under Gov. Chris Christie’s $3.5 billion transportation capital program for fiscal year 2012. The program represents the first of a fiveyear plan that Christie announced in January to increase pay-as-you-go cash funding. “New Jersey’s transportation…
