Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Increased fees almost a reality in Metuchen
Issue to be voted on next week BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Council members formally introduced a plan to raise fees administered by the borough of Metuchen, meaning that it will cost more to be born to a family in, die in, play in or do business in Metuchen. Borough Administrator William Boerth told the council…
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‘Tis the season
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Marc Garabedian, 16, and Rich Paull, 17, both of the J.P. Stevens High School Brass Ensemble, entertain the crowd during the Edison Christmas tree lighting and festivities on Dec. 8. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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The whole gang’s here
TERRY GEERDTS The Forum Theatre in Metuchen hosted “Winnie the Pooh & Friends Jamboree” on Dec. 10-13. TERRY GEERDTS
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IRS announces 2010 standard mileage rates
The Internal Revenue Service has issued the 2010 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2010, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be: • 50 cents…
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Singin’ it loud and proud
TERRY GEERDTS Members of Daisy Troop 80612 sing “Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer” during the Metuchen tree-lighting ceremony Dec. 4. TERRY GEERDTS
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Middlesex County Drug Court holds ceremony
Twenty enrollees complete intensive probationary and drug treatment program Twenty participants graduated Dec. 1 from Middlesex County Drug Court, which held a ceremony in recognition of the dedication and hard work the participants exhibited to successfully complete an intensive probationary and drug treatment program. More than 250 people, including Superior Court judges, Middlesex County probation…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Ampro Mathews, mother of former Edison Job Corps Academy Director Lee Mathews, kisses a crystal cross given to her and her grandson, Michael, from the student government council during a memorial service on Dec. 4 in Edison. Story, page 4. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Ricigliano names members of transition team
All members of the team are volunteers BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Edison’s Mayor-elect Antonia Ricigliano recently announced the names of the 10 individuals who will act as the chairpersons for her 22-member transition team. Antonia Ricigliano Among the more familiar names on the list: former Edison Township Council member Bill Stephens (finance chairperson), retired…
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Auditor details school district’s performance
BY ENID WEISS Correspondent The Metuchen school board received a favorable report from its auditor regarding its fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, at the Board of Education’s Nov. 24 meeting. The report found “no discrepancies or exceptions” in the board’s accounting, reporting and financial records charting its $35 million in total revenues, according to…
