Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Garden Show to bring spring scents to Edison
EDISON — After a snow-covered winter, the New Jersey Flower & Garden Show, which runs Feb. 17-20, offers a fresh breath of spring, a roster of talks from experts, and good, muddy fun for kids. Some 25,000 visitors are expected at this year’s show, held at the New Jersey Convention Center, 97 Sunfield Ave. Garden…
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Two robbed at knifepoint in parking deck outside mall
EDISON — Police are investigating a robbery in which an unknown man reportedly threatened two women with a knife and stole their purses as they were walking to their car at the Menlo Park Mall. The incident occurred the evening of Feb. 8 in the upper parking deck of the mall, police said. The victims,…
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Holt brings Bean bill back amid rise in vets’ suicide rate
Army report says 145 Guard, Reserve members took own lives in 2010 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Sgt. Coleman Bean EAST BRUNSWICK — Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th District) is renewing efforts to pass a bill intended to strengthen treatment resources for returning soldiers. His reintroduction of the measure, which was suddenly removed from the federal…
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Committee of the whole last seen in Edison in ’95
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The Township Council’s recent formation of a committee of the whole is not a new concept for the township. In the early 1990s, then-members of the council formed such a committee to investigate allegations made against then-Director of Public Safety Michael J. Pocchio Sr. regarding official misconduct and…
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Council says ‘gag order’ impedes ability to serve
Karabinchak: ‘Remove the executive order not for me, but for the taxpayers’ BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer “Our 840 employees are the pulse of the town. They know the town. It’s very important that we get information from them.” — Robert Diehl Council President EDISON — The Township Council is fighting back against MayorAntonia Ricigliano’s…
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Celebrity chef gives a taste of life in the kitchen
Kevin Sbraga, winner of TV’s ‘Top Chef’ competition, visits Middlesex County College BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Chef Kevin Sbraga, winner of Bravo TV’s “Top Chef” competition, offers a cooking demonstration at Middlesex County College on Feb. 3. During the afternoon session he made black-eyed pea hummus, sweet potato soup, hazelnut butter with blackberry jelly,…
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Chef Kevin Sbraga (l), winner of Bravo TV’s “Top Chef” competition, offeres a cooking demonstration at Middlesex County College on Feb. 3 along with his sous chef Jose Adorno. See story, page 6. JEFF GRANIT staff
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New panel to investigate Edison mayor’s initiatives
Ricigliano’s response: It is my responsibility as mayor to do what is right for the residents BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer With tensions continuing to mount between members of the Edison Township Council and Mayor Antonia Ricigliano, the council on Jan. 31 voted unanimously to form a committee to investigate the mayor’s initiatives. “It’s a…
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Bill could help Edison as tax appeals pile up
Karabinchak: Commercial appeals amount to tax hikes for rest of town BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Robert Karabinchak Commercial tax appeals are crippling Edison’s finances, council Vice President Robert Karabinchak said last week. Of the more than 400 appeals the township is facing, some dating as far back as 2007, 90 percent are commercial. About 85…
