Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Cops seize 350 lbs. of marijuana
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Edison police seized about 350 pounds of marijuana, valued at $1.5 million, shipped to an Edison warehouse from Cincinnati, Ohio, resulting in the arrests of two men on Nov. 8. According to a statement released by the police department, detectives acted on information from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Lindeneau Elementary School held a student council election on Nov. 5. Fifth-graders Sara Ciabatoni (l-r), Robert O’Neil and Joseph Marasigan contemplate and write their comments down on their ballot form after a candidate addressed the class.
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Lance, Pallone win congressional races
Democratic incumbent and GOP newcomer to go to D.C. BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer The Democrats and Republicans split congressional control of the Edison- Metuchen area in the aftermath of the most recent election on Nov. 4. State Sen. Leonard Lance, a Republican from Flemington, won the race for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, which…
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Metuchen race down to 25 votes
Cammarano retained; Manley’s, Dacey’s places undetermined; provisional ballots being read BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Metuchen once again proved that the “brainy borough” isn’t like anywhere else. On Nov. 4, when Sen. John McCain (RArizona) conceded the election and the nation realized that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) would be the next president of the United States,…
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Traffic, crashes examined at police class
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Everyone, unfortunately, has seen the flashing lights in the rearview mirror or the pale piece of paper wedged under the windshield wipers, whether firsthand or for someone else. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Rob Mason (l) and Tom Aszman, of the Edison Fire Department. dismantle a car roof using a…
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Firefighters, council clash over meeting format
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer The Edison Firefighters Association (EFA), the union representing Edison’s 140 paid firefighters, critiqued the Township Council for what it called a “refusal” to schedule a meeting to address the impact of several relatively new administrative policies on public safety. Members of the council’s public safety committee, however, said the firefighters…
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Wal-Mart to open in Edison
BY LAUREN MORTENSON Correspondent The grand opening of the Vineyard Square Wal-Mart on Route 27 in Edison will take place Nov. 12 at 7 a.m., and the national anthem will be sung to begin the ceremony. The 141,029-square-foot store initially faced a lot of opposition when it was first approved by the Planning Board in…
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Crash kills one on Rt. 27
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Police reported that a fatal car crash occurred on Route 27 in Edison on Nov. 6. According to Lt. Joseph Shannon, Edison police public information officer, 80- year-old township resident Donald Davis was driving a 2003 four-door Pontiac on Route 27 northbound at approximately 6:26 a.m. When Davis reached the…
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Jewel thieves hit mall
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Police have reported that an armed robbery took place at the Menlo Park Mall in Edison on Nov. 4 that resulted in the loss of an unknown amount of jewelry. Lt. Joseph Shannon, police public information officer, said that three men, described by witnesses as black, approximately 5 feet 9…
