Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Bodies and souls
Bodies and souls PHOTOS BY ANDREW MILLER STAFF Above: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Metuchen hosts the second annual Body and Soul Health Expo on Sept. 29. Left: Gianna Grasso, 2, of Rahway, (l -r) Makena Tramontin, 6, of Metuchen, and Camarie Miller, 9, of Parlin, work at the Art Therapy table. Upper left: Nicholas…
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Council approves funding for quiet zones
$1.3 million bond will pay for zone to keep trains from blowing horn BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer EDISON – As expected, the Township Council unanimously approved a $1.3 million bond ordinance to construct a quiet zone along the railroad crossings at Inman Avenue and Tingley Lane. The quiet zone is a combination of federally…
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City warms up to solar energy
Technology expected to cut building’s power costs by 40% BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The sun peeks through a solar panel grid as Middlesex County officials take a closer look the county’s first large-scale solar power project, which will reduce energy costs at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Services building at Davidson’s Mill Pond Park in…
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A ‘new reality’ revealed at New Bruns. museum
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ZIMMERLI ART MUSEUM Among the photographs included in “A New Reality: Black-and-White Photography in Contemporary Art” are Diane Arbus’ “Two Ladies in the Automat,” from New York City in 1966 (below); and Kenneth Josephson’s “Michigan,” from 1981 (above). These gelatin silver prints are from the collection of Anne and Arthur Goldstein. NEW…
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Council to cap own salaries if ward issue passes in Nov.
Council would divide current amount by nine BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer The Edison Township Council adopted a resolution on Sept. 26 capping the amount budgeted for council salaries to $42,500 in the event that the ward referendum questions are successful this November. Under the resolution, if the referendum for the ward system of government…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Danny Kamph, 10, of Edison, soars high on the Euro Bungy at the North Brunswick 25th annual Heritage Day Community Festival in Babbage Park on Saturday.
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Coyotes sighted in South Brunswick
Official confirms at least three reports throughout township BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer South Brunswick residents and officials have reported three separate coyote sightings, with the most recent one taking place Monday, Sept. 24. Arthur Roedell, owner of Monmouth Mobile Home Park off Route 1, said that a coyote had been spotted coming right up…
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Smart Growth group holds another community meeting
Planners show more detail for possible future of Routes 1 and 27 BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer EDISON – With one more visioning meeting in the bag, the Edison Smart Growth Planning Initiative has surpassed the halfway point in its plan for Routes 1 and 27. Members of Renaissance Planning Group and Baker Inc. have…
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Sisters diagnosed with brain tumors one week apart
Both under treatment; fundraiser planned for Oct. 27 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE – Simply bad luck. That is how Cheryl Black’s doctor explained why she and her older sister, Janice Wisinski, were diagnosed with two different brain tumors a week apart in January. “The doctors don’t think it was genetic,” said Black. Other…
