Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Metuchen actor eager for hometown shows
Ostermueller and cast of ‘Spring Awakening’ bring shows to New Brunswick BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Jeff Ostermueller The April 2 performances of “Spring Awakening” at the State Theatre in New Brunswick will be especially enjoyable for the friends and family of Jeff Ostermueller. The 23-year-old Metuchen native will be on stage in an ensemble role…
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Furloughs have Edison library closing 10 days
Seven employees laid off due to library funding cut BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON— A $392,000 cut in funds allocated to the township’s public library system this year will see employees forced to take 10 furlough days. All three branches of the library will be closed for those unpaid days off. “The unpaid days…
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Edison youth hits high note at Rising Talents Fest
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Syed Raziq Mohideen received the highest honor in a recent competition, and landed himself as a performer on stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City. EDISON — At just 13 years old, Syed Raziq Mohideen has already come a long way on the violin. Consider that when he was…
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Pallone announces two grants for Edison emergency services
EDISON — The township’s emergency services will benefit from two recently awarded federal grants. The township fire and first aid squad will receive a $121,500 federal grant, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) announced. The Edison First Aid Squad No. 2 will receive the funding from the federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The fire…
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Edison panel subpoenas mayor, administration
Committee of the Whole to hold second session Thurs. BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Edison residents and employees who attended the first Committee of the Whole meeting last month can expect a different type of event on Thursday. “In the first meeting, we did not subpoena anyone or subpoena documents,” council President Robert Diehl said.…
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Edison mayor appoints rabbi to serve as township chaplain
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg EDISON — Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg is back in an official role as chaplain for the township. “I am honored that the mayor [Antonia Ricigliano] has enough confidence in me,” he said. “Since she came into office, I have given all the invocations and benedictions.” Ricigliano sent a…
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Edison mourns loss of police officer, 40
Patel recalled as ‘a tremendous resource’ for police force, community BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Milan Patel patrols the streets of Edison in 2006. Milan Patel, who in 2004 became Edison’s first police officer of Asian-Indian descent, has died at the age of 40. “It’s just a tragic loss,” said Police Chief Thomas Bryan. Patel…
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YMCA gets $75K for efforts to combat childhood obesity
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy will use a $75,000 grant to support programs combating childhood obesity. The YMCA and Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. announced that they will implement a three-phase programming plan with the grant funding, during a Feb. 17 press conference hosted…
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Poonam Setlur, a fourth-grader at Menlo Park Elementary School, poses a question to state Sen. Barbara Buono March 2, when the longtime legislator visited the school to read to the children. JEFF GRANIT staff
