Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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The fruit of area couple’s labor is 4-pound tomato
Large tomatoes grow from championship-winning seeds BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JENNIFER AMATO Several of the tomatoes in Jim Nicoletti’s garden are maturing and ripening, growing larger than most tomatoes do. Using seeds given to him by William Krausse, Nicoletti has grown a 4-pound tomato in his North Brunswick backyard. NORTH BRUNSWICK —…
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Dogs milk the competition for all it’s worth
Milk-Bone SpokesDog competition paws-es at S.B. dog park BY JULIE KIRSH Staff Writer Think it’s a dog-eat-dog world? Try competing against 12,000 canines trying to be named the Milk-Bone SpokesDog for 2009. JULIE KIRSH Canines and owners showed up at Rocky Top Dog Park, South Brunswick, to pose for photos in the Milk-Bone SpokesDog contest…
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Three cheers for clean cars
Clockwise from top left: Kara Pynes carries a bucket of water as a car gets hosed down during the Wardlaw-Hartridge School varsity girls soccer team’s benefit car wash Saturday. Hayley Silverman, 15, washes the side of a car. A participant uses a sponge to scrub the front emblem on the grill of a Mercedes. PHOTOS…
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The present meets the past … for soccer
The Wardlaw-Hartridge School, Edison, held a varsity-alumni soccer game Saturday, pitting the school’s current soccer players against the alumni. Left: Alumnus Keith Mann doesn’t let his crutches impede his speed as he runs to the ball. Right: Varsity players Kevin Parsi (l) and Ian English squeeze out an alumnus as they go after the ball.…
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JEFF GRANIT staff The Wardlaw-Hartridge School held a varsity soccer alumni game with current soccer players against players from the past. Alumni goalie Matt Stevens (r) makes a save in front of current Wardlaw-Hartridge player Jordan Beckett.
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Board agrees to change bond referendum date
Date change made amid pressure over previous date on Rosh Hashana BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Responding to a tidal wave of pressure and protest from the religious community, the Edison Board of Education has moved the date of a $57 million bond referendum from Sept. 30 to Dec. 9, due to the September date…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Children of all ages compete in a hula hoop contest during a playground carnival held at Stelton Park in Edison on Aug. 12. The Edison Recreation Department hosted the carnival, which included a variety of different games and prizes.
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More voices come forward to protest Sept. 30 referendum
School district’s bond referendum would fall on Rosh Hashana BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer More parties on the state, county and local level have joined the chorus of protest against the planned Sept. 30 date for a $57.8 million bond referendum in Edison, because that date is also the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana. Religious…
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Summer camps at Middlesex County College
Top left: A puppeteer class was held at Middlesex County College, Edison, where children designed and crafted their own puppets through the summer camp program. Chloe Foga, 7, of Highland Park, and Anushka Murti, 8, of East Brunswick, research for their show “The Dragon Plot.” Above: Matthew Taffet, 9, of East Brunswick, colors in the…
