Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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New head of N.J. School Boards Association eager to get to work
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer Harry Delgado SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Harry Delgado was recently named president of the New Jersey School Boards Association, and now he’s looking ahead to starting his work. Delgado has been amember of the township Board of Education for 13 years and is a former president of theMiddlesex County School BoardsAssociation.…
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Choi critiques aspects of Corzine’s budget
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – Mayor Jun Choi, flanked by representatives of the Better Choices Budget Campaign, expressed his concerns over the impacts Gov. Jon Corzine’s budget proposals may have on the township. The mayor spoke at the Edison Senior Citizens Center on June 5. The governor’s most recent budget, which drastically cuts…
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Local music school hits all the right notes
Will take part in Metuchen’s art and music festival BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer TheWesterhoff School ofMusic andArt opened in the borough in 1998 with a three-member faculty and 25 students offering piano, violin and art lessons. Ten years later, the school has grown to a 16-member faculty and 350 students offering guitar, saxophone, viola,…
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Private instructors must now pay fee to use twp. facility
EDISON – The Township Council unanimously adopted an ordinance that would impose a fee for private professionals to hold classes and other programs in township buildings. The measure, passed unanimously during theMay 29 council meeting, states that if the township sponsors a class or program offered by an outside professional, that professional will need to…
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Edison wins award for commuter friendliness
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – The township’s municipal government has been recognized by the New Jersey Department of Transportation as a smart place to work. The New Jersey Smart Workplace award program recognizes employers that provide commuter benefits, help employees address limited or expensive parking, reduce traffic congestion, improve employee recruiting and retention,…
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Resident honored for extensive volunteer work
Resident recognized for removing 5,000 illegal signs, other volunteer work BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – Edison resident Carl Zimmerman, 57, is known throughout town as a jack-of-all-trades. He’s an entrepreneur, breathing life into his vending machine business, a volunteer firefighter, a police reservist, a hot dog vendor, a labor consultant, a Santa Claus…
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House sizes might increase in Edison
Council approves intro of revised floor-area ratios for residences BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – The Township Council introduced an ordinance that would increase the allowable floor-area ratio (FAR) for new houses in the two largest residential areas in the township. If adopted, people in these zones will be able to build larger houses…
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Rabid animal count climbing in Middlesex
A skunk tested positive for rabies in Monroe, Middlesex County, in the vicinity of Linwood Drive and Cranbury Station Road. This is the fifth rabid animal reported within Middlesex County for 2008. On May 22, the Monroe Police Department received a report that a skunk was acting aggressively. The skunk went into a dog pen…
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Fight at school prompts lockdown
EDISON – Washington Elementary School underwent a 30-minute lockdown Friday after a reported fight involving several high-school-age students outside the school broke out. According to the principal, Councilwoman AnnMarie Griffin-Ussak, a number of students outside the school building began brawling while a student talent show was taking place inside. At least one of the students…
