Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Helping hands
Michael Widmer, executive vice president of Northfield Bank and Nancy Drumm, marketing and membership director of the Woodbridge YMCA, help a summer camper at a carnival game at the Woodbridge Metuchen Edison YMCA Family Appreciation Night. Northfield Bank hosted the event for over 250 families at the Woodbridge Community Center on July 14. More than…
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Bias vandalism reported at dealership
EDISON — Police are investigating a bias incident reported at a Lexus dealership on Route 1 last week. The incident occurred overnight between Aug. 11 and 12, police said. “Eight motor vehicles were scraped with various symbols; two of those cars had the swastika symbol scraped on the side of them,” Edison Police Lt. Sal…
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Workshops provide ideas that span across the ocean
Enjoy Explore India focuses on connecting children to Indian culture BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Seema and Mohit Moondra took their group of students outside. Walking around the Hidden Lake Towne Centre in North Brunswick, the children collected stones, sticks, leaves and other natural elements. Once back inside, they leafed through magazines to find pictures…
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Edison police-run programs could be cut
Mayor: No decisions made, but savings have to come from somewhere BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The future is uncertain for two police programs that cater to thousands of township youngsters every year. Rumors swirled last week that the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program and the Junior Police Academy, which is held…
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Bean inspires Senate bill for vets’ services
Lautenberg joins Holt in fight to better protect mental health of returning soldiers BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer New Jersey political leaders have intensified efforts to revamp treatment resources within the Veterans Administration. Members of both the House and Senate have now proposed legislation in hopes of reducing the rate of suicide among returning veterans.…
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Jersey fresh
Mary Lynn Becza of Edison checks out a green pepper as she waits to pay for her goods at the Edison Farmers Market on Amboy Avenue. The market, which features locally grown produce, operates in the parking lot of the Jade Dynasty Chinese Restaurant. It is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sundays…
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Summer robotics
Competitors in the recent Summer Robotics competition watch their robots move about the field at the First Baptist Church of Metuchen on July 17. The Edison-based Say Watt Robotics Team sponsored the contest. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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‘Photographs From Japan’ on display in Metuchen
METUCHEN — Borough resident and photographer Kyo Morishima is exhibiting “Photographs From Japan” at the Rotunda Gallery at Borough Hall through the end of September. With a range of portraits, landscape and still-life scenes from western and southern Japan, the exhibit offers central New Jersey a window into everyday Japanese life. An opening reception was…
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Man charged with drug distribution
METUCHEN — After a two-month investigation, police have charged a 24- year-old borough man with possession of 67 grams of marijuana and attempting to use a juvenile to distribute the substance. Detectives arrested Michael F. Patikowski at 3:40 p.m. Aug. 10 after stopping his 1993 Ford pickup truck on Central Avenue, police said. Police had…
