Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Firefighters union launches lawsuit against twp.
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer The Edison Firefighters Association (EFA) has launched a lawsuit against the town for unfair labor practices over a payroll dispute. The case, to be heard before a state Superior Court judge in Middlesex County on a date that is in the process of being scheduled, seeks monetary compensation for what…
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MATT DENTON Stephen Schwartz, a New Jersey architect, points out the Western Wall in the finished Lego model of a 400-square-foot re-creation of Old Jerusalem at the Temple Emanu-el in Edison on Sunday. The event was one of several education activities to commemorate Israel’s 60th anniversary.
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Edison man charged with murdering his brother
Bloody brick found next to victim’s body BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer An Edison resident has been charged with murdering his brother after police found the victim’s body lying face down in the driveway of the suspect’s home. ERIC SUCAR staff Authorities were investigating a possible homicide at the small Cape Cod-style home at 22…
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Metuchen reinstates lieutenant rank in police
Officer would be responsible for night police work BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer After a decade without a lieutenant position, Metuchen Police Chief James Keane hopes to implement the high-ranking position as soon as possible. “This lieutenant position is so important and is definitely needed in our department,” he said. “I believe it is going…
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Metuchen resident’s exhibit to showcase female artists
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Joan Arbeiter said that as an undergraduate art student at Rutgers University Douglass College in 1959, she was clueless about how much women artists were segregated from male artists. “Can Anything Be Better Than Tide” by Joan Arbeiter “It was an all-women’s college; however, there were no women teachers,” she…
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First Baptist Church in Metuchen turns 100
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer First Baptist Church of Metuchen METUCHEN – The congregants of the First Baptist Church of Metuchen are continuing what their predecessors started 100 years ago. “The vision has always been to reach the next generation and train them in the word of God,” said the Rev. James G. Miller, who…
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Raconteur gearing up for major festival
BY JAY BODAS Correspondent COURTESY OF THE RACONTEUR Keith Nelson, sword swallower from the Bindlestiff Family Circus, will be one of many performers at the Raconteur Festival on May 10. METUCHEN – Literary enthusiasts, be ready, because the Raconteur Festival is coming to town. “You shouldn’t miss the opportunity to see a man eating a…
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New police leaders report smooth transition
Many new initiatives based on reorganization of existing forces BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – One month after the passage of a pair of controversial ordinances that drastically reorganized the command structure of the Edison Police Department, Thomas Bryan, the department’s new deputy chief, and Brian Collier, the new police director, have reported a…
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PBA, police command clash over scheduling
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – A dispute over changes to the police schedule has flared up between the Edison Policemen’s Benevolent Association (PBA), the local police union, and the command staff, headed by newly appointed Deputy Chief Thomas Bryan and Police Director Brian Collier. The dispute is centered around a switch in the…
