Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Police charge burglary suspect after multiple-town pursuit
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Police in three townships have charged a 40-year-old North Brunswick man with numerous offenses. Eugene J. Andreola Jr. was charged with burglary and theft in Edison, while Middletown police charged him with burglary, theft, possession of burglary tools, criminal mischief and various motor vehicle violations. Woodbridge police added…
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Zone changes target Edison’s Amboy Ave.
Would permit restaurants; prohibit gas stations, fast-food establishments BY KATHY CHANG The Edison Township Council is considering an ordinance that some hope will pave the way toward a revitalized, bustling business district along Amboy Avenue. The general purpose of the ordinance, which would create the Amboy Avenue Revitalization (AAR) zone in the Clara Barton section…
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St. Joseph’s High School students and fans cheer on their basketball team during a Dec. 23 game at East Brunswick High School. The visiting Falcons edged out the Bears, 51-49. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Edison board opposes charter school plan
Members raise concerns about costs, precedent involved in high school proposal BY KATHY CHANG Members of the Edison Board of Education have submitted a letter to the state expressing their opposition to a proposed charter school. The state Department of Education is expected to render a decision on the Tikun Olam Hebrew Language Charter High…
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Edison board to set criteria for naming buildings, facilities
BY KATHY CHANG EDISON — Board of Education members are looking to create criteria for naming school buildings and facilities in the district. The board’s initiative came after it received a petition signed by dozens of district school personnel and others asking that the gymnasium in one of the schools be named in memory of…
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Metuchen police trading card contest winners awarded
METUCHEN — Some lucky children received $20 gift certificates from the borough police force on Dec. 3. Belinda Savarese, Donald McCarthy, and John and Brynna Morris were the first four children to collect all 30Metuchen police trading cards and bring them to headquarters. The children received their gift certificates at the annual Christmas Tree Lighting,…
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Burroughs documentary coming to ForumTheatre
METUCHEN— Hailed as the grandfather of punk and the godfather of the Beat generation, William S. Burroughs was a bartender, a private detective, a factory worker, an exterminator, a heroin addict and a writer. His novel “Naked Lunch,” one of the last books to be banned by the U.S. government, remains one of the most…
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Edison board decries state’s ‘unfair funding program’
BY KATHY CHANG EDISON — School officials are making their voices heard. The Board of Education unanimously voted in favor of a resolution demanding that the state provide the district its fair share of school aid at the board’s meeting last month. The resolution states that the Edison Public School District derives only 3.8 percent…
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On the fence
David Liss demonstrates proper fencing technique as attendee Jake Silverman (l), 16, practices with an opponent during a Dec. 28 fencing introduction workshop at the Metuchen Public Library. More photos at gmnews.com. JEFF GRANIT staff
