Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Two charged in burglaries in 3 counties
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer After a three-month investigation, Edison police arrested two brothers from Newark in connection with a string of burglaries that began in July. Keith Cook, 34, and Kenneth Cook, 36, were arrested Oct. 4 after a task force led by the newly formed Edison Special Operations Group (SOG) set up surveillance…
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Fair fun
Above: Lenny and Fiona Drumetski, ages 4 and 5, respectively, of Metuchen check out the animals offered by Angel Paws Adoption during the 47th annual Metuchen Country Fair Oct. 2. Crowds filled the Main Street area to enjoying a variety of food selections, vendors and live music. This year’s theme was “Countries of the World.”…
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Workshop gets families in on fight against bullying
Black Belt Institute looks at emotional, physical and cyber intimidation BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Bullying can happen anywhere. That is what approximately 35 parents and their children learned at an Oct. 9 “Bully Proofing” workshop at the Black Belt Institute on New Street. Masters Robert Matland and Colin Faxon presented the workshop…
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Fall Family Spectacular
Jessica Sun, 12, of Edison, goes for a spin on a ride during the 18th annual Edison Fall Family Spectacular at Papaianni Park Sept. 25. The event included two stages of continuous live music and numerous activities and attractions. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Metuchen organ virtuoso to perform in S. Amboy
Sunday concert will feature classical works performed on St. Mary’s 1886 pipe organ BY ENID WEISS Correspondent METUCHEN — Brenda Day is a modern wandering minstrel. Not only is she musical director at the First Presbyterian Church in Metuchen, she is an organ virtuoso who performs at churches around the Garden State. Day will perform…
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Dog show
Left to right: Andrew Kahane and his 6-year-old Labrador retriever Hunter perform a trick for the audience during the Sept. 28 dog show at JFK Hartwyck Nursing, Convalescent & Rehabilitation Center, Edison. Residents at the rehabilitation center, Edison, enjoy the dog show. The dogs participated in various activities for staff and residents. PHOTOS BY ERIC…
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Skunk found rabid in Edison
EDISON — A skunk discovered Oct. 6 in the township tested positive for rabies, according to an announcement issued by Edison’s director of Health and Human Services, Jay P. Elliot. A resident of Wayne Street reported that a skunk appeared sick and called authorities due to concerns about rabies. The animal was picked up by…
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Two nonprofits forge unlikely partnership
METUCHEN — Faced with a bad economy, Literacy Volunteers of New Jersey is making ends meet by pooling resources and finding common cause with a nonprofit with a different mission. Literacy Volunteers is a new arrival to Metuchen, having only recently come to town at the invitation of Real Estate Advisory and Development Services (READS).…
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Local police get funding to combat bias incidents
Will be used to increase patrols of neighborhoods, religious schools and places of worship Middlesex County has awarded $110,000 in grants to 21 municipal police departments to develop educational and prevention programs to combat bias crimes. Each department received a $5,000 Bias Prevention and Education Grant to help enforce bias crime laws and keep the…
