Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Woodbridge to host Senior Olympics
Senior athletes coming to township for competition for second year in a row BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Claire Butler WOODBRIDGE — Claire Butler may be 90 years old, but she has the determination and will of a 20-year-old. “I’m going to keep going as long as I can,” she said. Butler, who has focused…
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‘Olympic Barbecue’
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Clockwise from above: A group of energetic campers strike an enthusiastic pose at the “Olympic Barbecue” sponsored by the U.S. Marine Corps at Camp Kiddie Keep Well in Roosevelt Park in Edison on Saturday. Kevin Nicotera (l-r), Karl Pearson and Ton Kenny, all 17, of Edison, form the band A Clear…
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Filter breakdown closes Metuchen pool
BY ENID WEISS Correspondent METUCHEN — Cloudy water caused the borough’s municipal pool to close about 4 p.m. July 21. The facility reopened July 23, officials said. The cloudiness occurs when the pool is crowded because the filter cannot keep up with the filtration needs, Councilman Timothy Dacey said. The filter, which was put in…
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In the Service
Army Reserve Pvt. Frank S. Zambrano has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony,…
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Two arrested in bank robbery
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON — Authorities have apprehended a pair of individuals suspected of being involved in a July 21 bank robbery on Thornall Road in Edison. According to a statement from the FBI, Milik Dillard, 25, from Georgia, was charged with the robbery of a PNC Bank on July 21, along with…
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Raccoon is sixth rabid animal this year
The Middlesex County Public Health Department has announced that a raccoon tested positive for rabies in Monroe Township. This is the sixth rabid animal reported within Middlesex County for 2008. On July 22, a Monroe animal control officer responded to a report that a homeowner’s dog killed a raccoon. The animal was sent to the…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Crew chief Todd Bechtoldt, of Milford, makes a few last-minute checks before this 1968 Funny Car, owned by Willie Johnson, of Edison, is fired up for the crowd at the custom car and motorcycle show at Edison High School on Sunday to benefit the Edison Boy Scouts.
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Bond referendum approved by Board of Ed.
Special election on $52 million school construction bond to be decided in September BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer The Edison Board of Education voted in support of placing a bond measure on the ballot for voter approval in September that is, for all intents and purposes, identical to the one residents rejected this past April.…
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Farmers market to come to Edison
Will offer fresh produce every Sunday in Clara Barton section Sundays in Edison will get a little fresher, as a weekly farmers market gets ready to open in the parking lot of the Provident Bank off Amboy Avenue. Announced during a press conference on July 15, the farmers market is part of an overall effort…
