Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Chinese New Year show features local performers
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer PHOTO COURTESY LILI XU Two volunteers of the Divine Performing Arts group, based in New York, dress in colorful Chinese costumes at the Costco in Edison on Jan. 17. They are promoting the “Chinese New Year Spectacular” show that the group will perform Jan. 24 and 25 at the State…
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Firefighter promotion ordinance tabled
Measure would change weight of written, oral examinations BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — An ordinance that would restructure how promotions are handled within the fire department was tabled with a nearunanimous vote during the Edison Township Council meeting on Jan. 14, with Councilman Dr. Sudhanshu Prasad abstaining from the vote that night. The…
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Remembering Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Left: Darrell Willis portrays the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Edison Township Recreation Department’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration at the Stelton Community Center on Jan. 17. Above: Ralph Hunter Sr., of Newtonville, explains one of the pieces in his MLK Traveling Museum to Patricia…
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Special elections afforded more flexibility
New bill allowing date changes signed by governor BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Abill allowing the dates for key referendums to be changed if they coincide with a religious holiday was signed by Gov. Jon Corzine on Jan. 13. Sen. Barbara Buono, (D-Middlesex), one of the authors of the Senate bill along with Sen. Sean…
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Years-inthe making comedy club opens
Prime Time launches with five shows by Jim Breuer BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Alocal couple is enjoying the fruits of years of planning and hard work, with the grand opening of their latest business venture, the Primetime Comedy Club & Theatre on Route 9 in Sayreville. East Brunswick native Kevin Seltzer and Eva Doukas-…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Edison’s Shiva Senthil, 8, reads to therapy dog Patrick, a golden retriever owned by Elaine Shoe-Ezell, Roselle, during a special program at the Edison Main Library on Jan. 17.
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Cops searching for luring suspect
METUCHEN — Police are looking for a white male with short brown hair and a short trimmed beard, possibly a goatee, who attempted to lure an 11-year-old girl as she was walking to school on the morning of Jan. 15. The incident occurred on Whitman Avenue, police said. The victim told police that when she…
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FREE Lecture, Wednesday, January 28th, “Demystifying Fibromyalgia”
FREE Lecture, Wednesday, January 28th, “Demystifying Fibromyalgia”
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CHRIS KELLY staff Mount Zion Youth Choir members Kiara, 8, Tajanae, 9, Ayanna, 5, and Abriannah Lane, 4, entertain the crowd in attendance for the Edison Township Recreation Department’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration at the Stelton Community Center on Jan. 17.
