Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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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…
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Economic forum offered to business community
METUCHEN — An economic forum for local business owners next month will focus on ideas and tools to help reinvigorate the downtown business district. Metuchen Savings Bank and the Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce will host the event, called “Metuchen Cares: An Economic Forum,” from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 7 at the Senior Citizen…
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In the hunt
Above: Kathryn McMahan, 2, looks for an egg during Metuchen’s annual Spring Egg Hunt at Myrtle Park Saturday. Right: Evelyn Hand, 18 months, sports a bunny look. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Metuchen Inn suffers damages, closes after fire
Owner says building will be restored; hopes to re-open by summer BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — The Metuchen Inn, a historic landmark in the borough, has closed for an indefinite period of time following an early morning fire last week. The entire bar area of the 167-year-old buildingwas gutted as firefighters attacked the…
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County archives building expected to ‘go green’
NORTH BRUNSWICK — Middlesex County is expected to save $100,000 when it installs a new HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) system at the county’s Archives Building off Apple Orchard Lane in North Brunswick. The county has been accepted into PSE&G’s Direct Install program, which is a new program that helps municipal, local and state…
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Edison woman, 87, dies in house fire
EDISON — An 87-year-old township woman died at her Eastlick Road home last week in an accidental fatal fire that officials said may have been caused by a cigarette. Police, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responded to the home, off Route 1 and Plainfield Avenue, after a 911 call was made at 2:43 a.m.…
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Former BOE candidate files ethics complaint
Accuses board member of taking actions that would ‘compromise the board’ BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — A resident who was running for a seat on the Board of Education withdrew his name from the ballot last week after filing an ethics complaint against board Vice President Joseph Romano. John Szilagyi Jr., 49, who…
