Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Cablevision contract rejected by council

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — An ordinance granting franchise rights to cable firm Cablevision died before it could even come to a vote during the Township Council’s Sept. 24 meeting, because no one on the council would formally make a motion for its adoption. With the township’s rejection of the ordinance, which would…

  • Linda Stender: Invest funds in U.S., not Iraq

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer According to Assemblywoman Linda Stender, getting the U.S. military out of the war in Iraq would solve a lot of problems. Instead of spending $10 billion a month on a war she never agreed with in the first place, she said, the country could devote that money to any number…

  • Leonard Lance pledges fiscal responsibility

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer If there’s one thing state Sen. Leonard Lance wants to make very clear to the people he hopes will vote for him this November, it’s his vehement opposition to new taxes in any way, shape or form. Leonard Lance When asked if he means he won’t support new types of…

  • Stender and Lance: Issues at a glance

    Stender Issue Lance Supports Stem cell research Supports Opposes Off-shore drilling Opposes Opposes ANWR drilling Opposes Opposes Guantanamo Bay Opposes Opposes FISA Supports Withdraw IraqWar Withdraw Supports Health insurance mandate Opposes

  • In the Service

    Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Kwasi Sarfo has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. During the six weeks of training, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises,…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Monroe’s Toni Gallucci holds up Ricky, a rat terrier, during a dog show for residents at JFK Hartwyck at Edison Estates on Sept. 27. For the story, see page 3.

  • Council examines $118M budget

    At least two more hearings to be held on the matter BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer The Edison Township Council held the first of a series of hearings on the proposed 2009 budget, a $188 million spending plan being pitched by Mayor Jun Choi that if adopted as is, would call for a 5 percent…

  • ‘Lightning Squirrel’ bolts onto comics scene

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Readers, prepare to be shocked by an electrifying new superhero — one who doesn’t remain static in the face of injustice but is, rather, a resistor to the many evils of the world, conducting himself with courage and bravery the whole time. Lightning Squirrel, created by Edison resident Jeff Kipnis,…

  • Fake utility workers rob man of $7,000

    EDISON — Two men posing as water utility employees robbed a 78-year-old Edison resident of about $7,000 on Thursday. According to Sgt. Robert Dudash, Police public information officer, the victim was in his Pierson Avenue home when he heard a knock on his door at about 11:55 a.m. Standing in the doorway was a man…