Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Multitude of candidates in the running for next Edison mayor
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer “I’d like to freeze the spending cap at the current 2009 levels.” — Dennis Pipala mayoral candidate EDISON — Township residents will choose from five candidates to replace Jun Choi after his four-year run as mayor. Running under the Conservative Independent banner, Peter Cerrato, 60, is a philatelist (stamp collector)…
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New yoga/tai chi studio takes holistic approach
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer METUCHEN — About six years ago, Irene Mak was having thyroid problems and just wasn’t sure how to control it properly. She went to a doctor to see what could be done about it, but over the course of time she wanted to see better results. “The doctor said I’d…
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Biden lends helping hand to Corzine at MCC
Vice president comes to Edison to support governor’s re-election bid BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer With only two weeks to go until Election Day, Gov. Jon S. Corzine has a lineup of star politicians traveling to New Jersey to rally behind his bid for re-election. CHRIS KELLY staff Vice President Joseph Biden speaks at Middlesex…
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Have a seat
JEFF GRANIT staff Chris (l) and Matty Scaffa, of Manalapan, talk with Rich Leybovich from Ferguson, a wholesale plumbing-industrial-PVF-heating company, about the differences in Kohler toilets at the Go Green Expo at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison on Oct. 9.
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Middlesex College to start construction on Crabiel Hall
Building named after late freeholder director to be completed by early 2011 BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer In the 1980s, Dorothy Power served on the Middlesex County Board of Freeholders with the late David B. Crabiel and got to know him very well over the years. “He had a huge interest in so many things…
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NBHA advocates ‘bone-afied’ mission for a shelter
More than 150 dogs take part in Dog Walk fundraiser in North Brunswick BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Since the township is facing “ruff” times in terms of sheltering animals, the North Brunswick Humane Association has ‘no bones’ about asking residents to donate to its mission, Project Shelter. The most recent event was the sixth…
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Teen charged with bias intimidation
A16-year-old male who was charged for punching a 19-year-old Edison man has also been charged with bias intimidation in the Sept. 19 incident. According to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, the 16-year-old, whose name has not been released because of his age, was originally charged with juvenile delinquency in the aggravated…
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Nice and refreshing
CHRIS KELL staffY Metuchen’s Bill Laporta, 16, reacts to the cold water of the Metuchen/Edison YMCA Swim Team dunk tank during the 46th annual Metuchen Country Fair on Oct. 10.
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Pride in our community
Edison Cub Scout Pack 66, with some help from friends and family, conducted a graffiti and general cleanup Oct. 11 in the area surrounding the Amtrak overpass on Evergreen Road and Route 27 in Edison. This was the second cleanup that the pack will participate in. On June 9, with the support of the Edison…
