Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Metuchen P.D.: Report is not the whole story
Chief says slight rise in a small town makes large percentage BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Patrolman David Liantonio said the numbers on the New Jersey State Police’s annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR) that were released on Sept. 22 don’t tell the whole picture. Metuchen saw an increase of 31 in the crime index total…
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Report: Crime down in Edison Township
Burglary on rise; special police unit addressing matter BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Crime in Edison went slightly down between 2006 and 2007, according to a report released by the New Jersey State Police on Sept. 22. The report, called the 2007 Uniform Crime Report, tracks crime, sorted by type, in towns and cities across…
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Dog show a howling good time
BY Lauren Mortenson Correspondent CHRIS KELLY staff Edison’s Elaine Terry and East Brunswick’s Karen Sternin pets Andrew Gallucci’s, 11, Monroe, Lilly at a dog show for residents at JFK Hartwyck at Edison Estates on Sept. 27. JFK Hartwyck at Edison Estates, a long-term care and rehabilitation center, held its first dog show on Saturday, Sept.…
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Dance-a-thon to benefit foundation at Middlesex Co. College
Q uo Vadis, the student newspaper at Middlesex County College, will sponsor a dance-a-thon with the Prodigal Foundation Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Woodbridge, to benefit children affected by cancer. It will be held from 6 p.m. to midnight on Oct. 17 in the College Center on the Edison campus. The college radio station…
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New cops must be academy grads
Council passes ordinance changing hiring procedure BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — New police officers in Edison will now be required to have already graduated from a state-accredited academy, making the township no longer responsible for testing and training prospective hires. The ordinance changing the hiring procedure was adopted during the town council’s Sept.…
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Concert held for Habitat
BY LAUREN MORTENSON Correspondent Metuchen High School’s auditorium rocked out for a cause Friday night to the sounds of great bands, the taste of root beer floats, and the feeling of giving back to others in need, as Sam Kovach Orr raised $3,975 for Greater Plainfield Habitat for Humanity. Kovach-Orr, a senior at Metuchen High…
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Budget hearings concluded
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — The Edison Township Council completed its hearings on the 2009 municipal budget over the course of two meetings last week. The spending plan, proposed by Edison Mayor Jun Choi, would give the township $188 million to work with in the 2009 budget year, representing a 5 percent increase…
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From green rabbits to green fields
Edison closes on former toxic site, to be used for recreation BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — Local officials and environmentalists celebrated the purchase and preservation of a former toxic waste site on Sept. 22 that through vigorous cleanup efforts over many years, is no longer considered a threat to the health and safety…
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Teen’s passion for animals spans globe
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer PHOTO COURTESY OF AYNA AGARWAL Sixteen-year-old Ayna Agarwal, of Colonia, a junior at Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison, works with a kitten during her visit to an animal shelter and veterinarian hospital in New Delhi, India, in August. Agarwal has created SPOT (Stop Pet Overpopulation Together) globally, which is a global…
