Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Tomaro: Follow Edison’s lead on surveillance law
EDISON — Township Council President Charles Tomaro said last week he is urging every Middlesex County town to require 24- hour businesses to install video surveillance systems. The Edison Township Council will vote May 12 on an ordinance requiring 24-hour gas stations and convenience stores in town to be equipped with surveillance systems for the…
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Spring Community Planting
Girl Scout troop leader Nancy Eggert and Scouts Olivia Zolnowski, Victoria Pennix and Bailey Skibar plant flowers near the Clara Barton First Aid Squad building in Edison Saturday. The Clara Barton Amboy Avenue Neighborhood Preservation Program sponsored the Spring Community Planting, helping to beautify areas of Amboy Avenue. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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Protest staged at BP gas station in Edison
Local environmental groups react to oil spill in Gulf BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Protesters outside the BP gas station on Route 1 in Edison on May 5 show their feelings about the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf. KATHY CHANG EDISON — Area residents and environment activists staged a boycott of BP gas stations…
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The Clara Barton Amboy Avenue Neighborhood Preservation Program
Girl Scouts Bailey Skibar (l-r), Emily Todd, Mikaela Baker and Victoria Pennix plant flowers along Amboy Avenue in Edison on Saturday. The Clara Barton Amboy Avenue Neighborhood Preservation Program sponsored the Spring Community Planting, helping to beautify designated areas of Amboy Avenue. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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Edison community honors memory of young athlete
Sherrod was football team captain, track sprinter and an ‘upstanding young gentleman’ BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The sun was blazing as Razeenah Walker stood before several hundred people Sunday in a parking lot across from Edison High School, shouting her grandson’s favorite quote. Friends and family members of Kittim N. Sherrod, a senior and…
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Cruisin’
Over 150 rare, classic and exotic cars, street rods and vintage emergency vehicles lined the parking lot on New Dover Road during the Edison First Aid Squad No. 2’s 24th annual Spring Fest Antique and Classic Car Show and Craft Fair on May 2. PHOTOS COURTESY OF FRANK NICOLATO
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Under new leadership, board mulls hot topics
Tables plan to restore full-day kindergarten; restarts superintendent search BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Gene Maeroff, who was named Edison Board of Education president last week, called on the board’s members to work together to navigate through these hard economic times. “We will have to make difficult decisions, and every action that we make will…
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Edison proposal aims to stem gas station heists
Council mulls ordinance in wake of recent robberies BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer In response to a rash of gas station robberies in recent weeks, the Edison Township Council introduced an ordinance last week that officials hope will help to prevent future holdups. If approved, the new law would apply to gas stations that operate…
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Folk art and craft show
Top: Grace Latta of Metuchen peruses the jewelry offered by D&B Limited on display at the Country Folk Art and Craft Show at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison on April 17. Above: Tom Hart of Nectar of the Wine discusses his products with a group of patrons. Right: Eleanor Sabol of…
