Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Resident aims to help those with benign brain tumors
State chapter of organization has been in effect since last year BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer It has been a year since Beth Rosenthal founded the New Jersey Chapter Support Group for Benign Tumor Survivors, which she says has been going very well. “It was not as easy at first, but there has been a…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN staff Melissa Carrion (top) played “Magenta” while Allison Acquafredda portrayed “Columbia” during the performance of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” put on by students of Middlesex County College, Edison, on Feb. 27. Another photo, page 3.
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Christopher J. Guell, portraying “Dr. Scott,” is heading out with Melissa Carrion, portraying “Magenta,” and Edwin Trent as “Brad” during the performance of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” put on by students of Middlesex County College, Edison, on Feb. 27. The show continues on Friday and Saturday.
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Worker killed in wood chipper mishap
ANew Brunswick man was killed Feb. 24 when he was dragged through a wood chipper at a wood recycling company in Edison. Henry Aguilar, 31, a native of Honduras, was an employee of Generated Materials, on Meadow Road, for approximately 18 months. Details of the incident were limited, but it is known that a large…
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Elderly Metuchen resident robbed by con men
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Metuchen police are looking for two white males posing as chimneyand duct-cleaning workers who robbed an elderly Rayle Court resident of $3,000. The incident occurred at 2 p.m. Feb. 27 at the victim’s home, police said. The victim told police that the two white males came to her door and…
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Going to the hoop
JEFF GRANIT staff St. Joseph’s Gerard Lewis (1) goes up for a basket against J.P. Stevens’ Ken Bland during the GMC Tournament quarterfinals at Middlesex County College on Feb. 22. St. Joe’s defeated Stevens, 45-40.
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Choi meets with Obama in D.C.
Mayor part of contingent that met president BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer It’s safe to say that Barack Obama has been a busy man since taking over the presidency just over a month ago. But he wasn’t too busy to take time out to meet with 80 of the nation’s mayors recently, one of whom…
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Six plead guilty to criminal conspiracy
Defendants linked to former Edison Zoning Board member BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Six people pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Newark, last week to charges of conspiring with the owner of an Edison-based consulting firm to defraud the United States by receiving green cards and visas for ineligible or unqualified Indian nationals, according to…
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A MESSAGE TO YOUTH ATHLETES: BE PREPARED (Advertorial)
Gloria Averbuch works for Sky Blue FC of Women’s Professional Soccer. A MESSAGE TO YOUTH ATHLETES: BE PREPARED (Advertorial) Advertisement A MESSAGE TO YOUTH ATHLETES: BE PREPARED Fitness, fun, family time—youth sports can be wonderful. But like every intensive endeavor, these activities require proper care and preparation. In our enthusiasm to give our children every…
