Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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New faces set to carry Bishop Ahr football
BY SHAWN LAYTON Correspondent The Bishop Ahr High School football team has owned the Greater Middlesex Conference Blue Division the past two seasons. The two-time defending champions have not lost a division game in two seasons, amassing a winning streak that currently stands at eight games. After opening the season Sept. 10 at Neptune (6…
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New administrative role baffles some in Edison
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The controversial new position of business administrator assistant will provide another “pair of eyes and ears” overseeing Edison’s various municipal departments. That is how Mayor Antonia Ricigliano sees the newly created role, filled last week by Richard Laird. “We have a number of departments within the administration that just need…
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Prepping for First Day of School
Kathy Sica, a first-grade teacher at John Marshall Elementary School, Edison, finishes setting up her classroom for the first day of school Sept. 1. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Artist finds calligraphy to be more than fancy penmanship
Has worked on historical, religious commissions; recently exhibited at Edison library BY KATHY CHANG BY KATHY Staff Writer For Terry Antoniewicz, calligraphy is more than an art form. “A lot of times, it’s about the stories that come from the heart,” Antoniewicz said. “Sometimes you are also a psychologist and listen … the stories that…
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Edison super: Schools prepared for new year
Calls for ‘drama’ of cuts and changes to be left in the past BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer As the Edison school district begins the new school year this week, the massive budget cuts made last spring are weighing heavy on the minds of many. “Nothing is going to be usual in these next couple…
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FirstEnergy offering grants to stimulate classroom learning
FirstEnergy Corp.’s New Jersey operating company, Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), is again offering mathematics, science and technology grants to educators and youth group leaders. The grants, available to teachers in pre-kindergarten through grade 12, support classroom projects and teacher professional development initiatives. The deadline to apply for a grant is Sept. 20. Any…
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Edison board looks, again, for new super
Interim schools chief devising report on athletics costs BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The Edison Board of Education is hoping to select a permanent superintendent this fall so the new leader could start on Feb. 1 or shortly thereafter. The board officially launched its latest candidate search with advertisements in various forms of media on…
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Police say man posed as utility worker in attempt to enter house
EDISON — Police are warning residents of a possible scam that occurred last week in which a man tried to enter a house under the guise of a water company serviceman. An 87-year-old male resident of Wilson Avenue told police that he received a knock on the door from an unknown male saying that there…
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The Roadside Graves Concert
Metuchen native John Gleason of The Roadside Graves sings “Honky Tonk,” which he wrote for his grandfather, Joe “Pop Pop” Morin of Edison. Gleason’s band performed at the Metuchen Senior Center parking lot on Center Street on Aug. 26 as part of the Metuchen Rocks! concert series, sponsored by the town’s Recreation and Cultural Arts…
