Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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The Arc is gearing up for benefit walk
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARC OF MIDDLESEX Greg Schiano [r], Rutgers University’s head football coach, sits with members of The Arc of Middlesex, a not-for-profit organization established by parents of children with developmental and other disabilities. Schiano is honorary team captain for the 2008 Step Up for The Arc Walkathon…
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Choi proposes independent redevelopment agency
Says separation from twp. gov’t would make it politically independent BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON- Mayor Jun Choi expressed an interest in forming an independent redevelopment agency that would seek to revitalize certain sectors of town into economically productive areas. During an April 18 phone interview, Choi expressed the opinion that he felt an…
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County halts Election Day voter drive program
What was touted as civic lesson was, to some, viewed as vote buying BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – A program that was reportedly intended to increase voter turnout during the Board of Education elections ran afoul of the county Board of Elections, resulting in its shutdown midway through April 15. According to James…
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Earth Day At Triple C
Top: Piscataway’s Hannah Szwast, 6, pays close attention to the flowerpot she painted while visiting the Edison Wetlands Association’s (EWA) seventh annual Earth Day event at the Triple C Ranch on April 19. Below: Edison’s Elena Shum shows Jade Shum, 3, how to take a picture of wildlife during the Earth Day event. PHOTOS BY…
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Pedestrian killed crossing Route 27
EDISON – A car struck an Edison woman while she was walking across Route 27, fatally injuring her, on April 7 around 10 p.m. According to Lt. Joseph Shannon, police public information officer, Florence Burrell, 76, was returning from a bus trip to Atlantic City, and the bus had dropped the passengers off near the…
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Brass valves are targets for thieves
METUCHEN – Thieves have swept up numerous brass backflow valves in the borough from businesses and residences during the past few months. Last week, police had a report of four thefts. Backflow valves prevent sewage from backing up into a structure, “It’s a hard thing [for someone] to realize it is missing, since the piece…
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MS Walk
SCOTT FRIEDMAN The Fennelly family of Edison took to the streets at the 20th annual MS Walk at Roosevelt Park in Edison on Sunday.
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Twp. Council approves new CFO position
Council questions whether $30,000 consultant is redundant with CFO BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer The Edison Township Council approved the hiring of a new CFO through an ordinance unanimously passed during the April 9 council meeting. The ordinance’s passing, however, came amid concerns over a resolution that would approve the hiring of a consultant who,…
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Museum improvements stress interactivity, community
Plans for Menlo Park Museum expansion presented to residents BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Plans for a vast expansion to the Menlo Park Museum in Edison, which is dedicated to the life and work of famed inventor and township namesake Thomas Alva Edison, were introduced to the public during an April 3 meeting at the…
