Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Authors brought together through common themes
BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Michael G. Kesler METUCHEN — Surviving tragedies was a common subject among five authors who gathered Jan. 16 at Congregation Neve Shalom to discuss their work. Author Michael G. Kesler is a resident of East Brunswick and congregant at the Metuchen synagogue. His “Shards of War, Fleeing to & from Uzbekistan”…
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James Monroe Elementary School fifth-graders Ashley La Marca, portraying Tall Alice, and Patrick Tanzi, as King of Hearts, wait before taking the stage during a dress rehearsal for “Alice in Wonderland” in Edison Jan. 28. The students performed the show twice later that night at Edison High School. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Suspect charged in gas station robberies
EDISON— Police recently charged a 30- year-old Newark man in a string of gas station robberies reported along Route 1 last month. Township detectives, working in conjunction with Woodbridge police, arrested Edgardo Melendez, charging him in the three robberies that were reported in Edison between Jan. 3 and Jan. 6. Police said they gathered information…
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County to scale back costs, pursue shared services
Rafano lays out goals for a more efficient operation in 2011 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer I n spite of unavoidable financial challenges, officials have promised that Middlesex County will come out on top in 2011, in part due to several new initiatives and cost-saving measures. County officials have announced they will be scaling back…
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St. Joe’s team to take ‘The Challenge’
METUCHEN — Students on the St. Joseph High School academic team will hit the airwaves Feb. 10 in a competition against TorahAcademy of Bergen on MSG Varsity’s “The Challenge.” This first-round match-up of the high school quiz show will air at 5:30 p.m. on Cablevision’s Channel 14. This is the 14th season of “The Challenge”…
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Annual HEROES conference draws gifted children
BY KAYLA BASHE Student Writer Georgette Burrell, 9, of Asbury Park, takes notes in the marine biology class taught by Lauren Bergey of Centenary College during the third annual HEROES conference. NEW BRUNSWICK — Some 200 speakers, educators, parents and children from all over New Jersey attended the third annual HEROES (Higher Education, Resources and…
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Students of James Monroe Elementary School, Edison, get set for a dress rehearsal Jan. 28 for their production of “Alice in Wonderland. First- through fifth-graders staged two performances later that night at Edison High School. More photos at gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Budget issues are focus of Ricigliano’s address
Mayor highlights ongoing need to achieve savings during ‘State of the Twp.’ BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Antonia Ricigliano Edison Mayor Antonia Ricigliano spoke of ongoing local, state and national economic struggles, and the township’s response to them, during her 2011 “State of the Township” address at the Pines Manor on Jan. 25. “The economy has…
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Metuchen names ball field in honor of late volunteer
BY ENID WEISS Correspondent This spring when Metuchen Little League baseball players take to the field at Vidas Park, they will do so at Steve Johnson Memorial Field in honor of a local volunteer who died in November. Johnson, 47, was a manager, coach, commissioner and board member for Metuchen Little League, which runs baseball…
