Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Court dismisses lawsuit of Edison firefighter
Yackel was suspended after installing anti-Choi sign on bed of pickup truck BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — A township firefighter’s lawsuit against former Mayor Jun Choi and Fire Chief Norman Jensen was dismissed last week in U.S. District Court. Peter Yackel, who has been with the department for six years, filed the legal…
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Edison board considers cutting over 150 positions
Teachers union announces proposal to freeze salaries for next school year BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Emotions ran high during a four-hour public hearing on the Edison Board of Education’s preliminary $199.8 million spending plan, which calls for $17.1 million in cuts for the 2010-11 school year and an average tax increase of $204. “It…
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Noelle Hussein, prom queen, and Will Nunn display the latest formal fashions during the 2010 Prom Fashion Show at Edison High School on Thursday. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Board eyes Camp Kilmer building for school use
Could cost district just over $1 million to purchase and renovate facility BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Can the Edison school district address overcrowding without passing a referendum? Maybe. School officials are hoping they can resolve some of the space issues by acquiring a building at the former Camp Kilmer property along Plainfield Avenue. “This…
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Edison schools lose nearly $10M in aid
Board look at cuts in staff, programs; budget adoption scheduled for March 31 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer ‘Devastating” is how acting Schools Superintendent John DiMuzio described the news that the school district will lose more than half its state aid for the next school year. “We will have to make at least $10 million…
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Egg hunt
Children scramble to gather plastic eggs filled with candy and even some special prize eggs during Metuchen’s annual Spring Egg Hunt at Myrtle Park Saturday. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Power company donation gets Y closer to its goal
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer PSE&G is helping the YMCA’s Edison branch achieve its proposed 6,000-squarefoot expansion with a $50,000 donation. “With everything that they had to go through with the storm [the March 13 nor’easter] last week, it is much appreciated that they could donate this amount of money to us,” said William Lovett,…
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Metuchen board faces $1.54M state aid loss
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Superintendent Terri Sinatra said her administration is working to maintain the quality of education in the district despite a “catastrophic” loss in its state aid. “We are doing everything possible,” she said. District officials learned last week they will see an 89 percent cut in state aid for…
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County ice rink closes early
EDISON — Due to the recent severe storms and unusually warm weather, the Middlesex County Department of Parks and Recreation was forced to end the ice skating season early at the popular Roosevelt Park Family Ice Rink. The original closing date would have been March 28. The rink will re-open for roller skating season at…
