Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Truman Drive parking lot application withdrawn
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – The application for a commuter parking lot at 1 Truman Drive South was withdrawn by the company behind it, InterCap Holdings, before its scheduled continuation of hearings at the Feb. 26 zoning board meeting. The project would have made a warehouse’s mostly empty parking lot available for commuters…
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Council introduces police ordinances
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – Changes to the command structure of the Edison Police Department inched closer to a resolution during the Feb. 27 Township Council meeting. The council introduced, on a vote of 5-2, a pair of ordinances that would remove the durational requirements of police promotions and establish a civilian police…
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Local band cites many influences
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer PHOTOS BY KATHY CHANG Left: The local band Amercy will perform at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark on Feb. 29. Cody Bissette, 17, (top l-r) of Metuchen, plays the drums, Nick Nalepa, 17, of Metuchen, is the lead singer, and Mike Bray, 19, of Metuchen, plays bass…
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GREEN SCENE
Pause before you prune: February He who would perfect his work, must first sharpen his tools. Confucius, 551-479 BCE Having the right tools always comes first. Don’t start pruning before taking a close look at your equipment. You probably rely on tools that have been inherited or accumulated over several years. It pays to make…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Friends Phyllis Boeddinghaus (l), of Metuchen, and Lorraine Bachman, of Edison, enjoy an evening of scrapbooking, sponsored by the Borough Improvement League and Family Friends at the historic Old Franklin School in Metuchen on Thursday.
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Iyer, Maeroff, Szilagyi challenge Board of Ed.
Fiscal responsibility, ethics are key plans in platform BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Three Edison residents intend to run for the Board of Education in this year’s April elections, campaigning as a single slate. Running on a platform of fiscal responsibility and increased community involvement, the trio say they want to restore the credibility they…
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Breaking bread across generations
The Lindeneau School PTA sponsored an “Intergenerational Luncheon” where senior citizens came to the school to meet and talk with the students. Above: Margaret Henderson, of Edison, sits down with (l-r) Rhea Lobo, Thaomy Nguyen, Meresades Gyorgydeak and Rehaan Zia in the library on Feb. 21. Left: Shruthi Gopinath (l) and Deanna Prefach look through…
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Planning Board approves 50,000-sq.-ft. warehouse
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer The Edison Township Planning Board unanimously approved the construction of an approximately 50,000-square-foot warehouse, along with a temporary parking lot that would be used as a staging area for construction equipment as well as a place to park tractor-trailers. The applicant, 500 RCP Associates, explained that they would be returning…
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Criminal complaint filed over use of township seal
Original charges of fraud, impersonation downgraded to disorderly persons BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – Two township residents, Bill Stephens and Anthony Russomanno, have become the subject of a criminal complaint filed by township Business Administrator Anthony Cancro over the improper use of the township seal. While the original complaint charged fraud and impersonation,…
