Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Borough crime rate drops nearly 2 percent from a year ago
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Crime in the borough has dropped, according to the statistics compiled by the New Jersey State Police’s annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR). Metuchen saw a decrease of 26 in the crime index total, from 296 incidents in 2007 to 270 incidents in 2007, which is a 1.9 percent…
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Panchero’s hopes to grill up a fast start
New eatery is one of a handful near Middlesex County College BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Above: Workers take the order of hungry customers inside Panchero’s Mexican Grill during the grand opening held on Sept. 15. Panchero’s Mexican Grill is located at 2688 Woodbridge Avenue. Left: Charan Singh (third from left), along with employees, take…
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Metuchen police officers on lookout for home burglars
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Police are warning residents to lock their windows, after it was learned that suspects gained entry through first-floor windows that were open in two out of the three home burglaries that occurred last week. The incidents happened between 11:30 p.m. Sept. 13 and 6:20 p.m. Sept. 15, police…
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Local medical center forges bond with Republic of Georgia
Jewish Renaissance Medical Center to visit nation, hoping to provide residents with better health care BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff The Jewish Renaissance Medical Center in Perth Amboy welcomed Republic of Georgia first lady Sandra Roelofs on Sept. 16. Roelofs visited the facility to implement some of the medical practices…
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Theater course to be offered at MCC
Middlesex County College, in cooperation with the State Theatre, is offering a theater class that goes behind the scenes and shows students what the world of theater is really like. It begins Sept. 29 as part of the college’s fall II schedule. “Students are going to be able to go behind the scenes at the…
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Bagpiper Bob Magella played “Amazing Grace” during the Edison Township ceremony honoring the heroes of Sept. 11, 2001, Friday at the township Municipal Complex. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Choi supports bringing back laid-off firefighters
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer In what amounts to an about-face, Edison Mayor Jun Choi said he will support the rehiring of the six firefighters who were laid off two months ago due to a multimillion dollar budget shortfall that was made public back in June. At the time of the announced $8.4 million deficit,…
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Corzine comes to MCC, signs Troops to College bill
Seeks to help veterans pursue higher education BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Above: Gov. Jon S. Corzine signs a bill for the Troops to College program at Middlesex County College in Edison on Sept. 13 as Assemblyman Patrick J. Diegnan (D-18th District) and state Sen. Jennifer Beck (R- 12th District) (far left), Army veteran Peter…
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Memorializing 9/11 by honoring those who serve
Students at St. Francis Cathedral School thank those who tried to save lives eight years ago BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Barbara Stevens, principal at St. Francis Cathedral School in Metuchen, wanted her students to learn about Sept. 11, 2001, and to honor those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks that took place that…
