Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Open space funding OK’d for one more year
Groups will continue search for long-term funding solutions BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer New Jersey residents voted to borrow $200 million for open space and farmland preservation programs this Election Day. While the initiative’s success was widely hailed by conservation groups across the state, the cash injection was viewed as a stopgap measure to keep…
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Police use dog to catch suspected cat burglar
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – Edison police apprehended three people thought to be responsible for a monthlong string of burglaries throughout the north side of town. Using a police dog named Lucky, authorities were able to track the alleged burglar and his two cohorts just moments after an evening robbery on Savoy Avenue.…
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Chief Mieczkowski files retirement papers
Edison police chief could retire by Dec. 1 BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer George Mieczkowski EDISON – Edison Police Chief George Mieczkowski has filed his papers for retirement with the state pension office, effective Dec. 1. While it is possible that such paperwork could be reversed beforehand, a spokesman with the New Jersey Treasury Department…
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County freeholders remain Democratic
Incumbents Dalina, Rafano and Valenti given another 3-year term BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Pete Dalina NORTH BRUNSWICK – Stephen “Pete” Dalina, Christopher Rafano and Blanquita Valenti were re-elected to the Middlesex County Freeholder Board, defeating their Republican counterparts Geoffrey Champion, Daniel Kerwin and John Rucki during elections on Nov. 6. “I think the voters…
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For the Record
The rumors of Peter Barnes Jr.’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. In a previous issue of the Sentinel, it was stated that Peter Barnes III filled the state Assembly seat of his father, Peter Barnes Jr., due to his father’s death. The elder Barnes actually left his office in the Legislature due to his appointment…
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Wards initiative defeated
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer EDISON – Edison voters rejected a pair of initiatives that would have increased the number of council members by two and split Edison into five different wards, each with its own representative on the Township Council. The other four seats on council would be at-large representation, as they are now.…
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Marines celebrate the Corps’ 232nd birthday
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE – Marines young and old around the nation, whether it was with the Avenel Detachment Marine Corps League at the Forge Inn on Route 9 over the weekend or on a mountaintop in Iraq, celebrated the Marine Corps’ 232nd birthday on Saturday. “You know that those Marines on the…
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ERIC SUCAR staff John A. Bednar (l) and James Kukor stand during the opening prayer at the Veterans Day monument service held by the American Legion post at Menlo Park Veterans Memorial Home in Edison on Sunday.
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Democratic slate wins Township Council vote
State legislative races also go to Democratic Party BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Election Day in Edison ended with a Democratic victory in the race for four seats on the Township Council, with an 895-vote difference between the Republican with the most votes and the Democrat with the least. According to figures from the Middlesex…
