Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Putting the band back together for many reunions
Metuchen H.S. hosts reunion for eight of its former classes BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN – The sounds of George Bushman and the Dynamics brought the Metuchen High School classes of 1959 to 1967 back to their teenage years. The crowd of approximately 475 people roared and called out the band’s names at their…
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Suspect in fatal crash makes ‘Most Wanted’
Rizwan Chaudhary fled after accident that killed boy, 9, in ’01 BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Police are hoping that the TV show “America’s Most Wanted” will help them track down the suspect in a car accident that killed a 9-year-old East Brunswick boy on Christmas Eve 2001. The program recently aired a segment on…
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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…
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Council to consider funding for quiet zone project
A $1.3 million bond would make Edison second in state with zone BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer Come June, if you listen closely, you just might hear the trains. But it’s doubtful. The Edison Township Council is expected to approve a $1.3 million bond Wednesday night that would pay for building the state’s second quiet…
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Community comes together at Hand in Hand Festival
Volunteers and disabled people learn from each other during annual fest BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Clockwise from top left: Anthony Mc- Cord, of Burlington Township, uses a little fitness and a lot of body language in the stuffed-animal toss at the 35th annual Hand in Hand Festival held at the…
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Edison to use county funds to build pedestrian path
County to front $72,000 for biking and walking access to parks BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer EDISON – Who’s ready for a stroll up Municipal Boulevard? The township, with help from the county freeholders, is embarking on a $90,000 project to create a bike and pedestrian path linking Route 27 to Papaianni Park and the…
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Police impersonators sought in bank robbery
Police are seeking two black males who robbed bank on Saturday BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN – Police are looking for two black males who impersonated police officers and robbed the Wachovia Bank on Middlesex Avenue over the weekend. The robbery occurred at 9:58 a.m. Sept. 15, police said. Police were told that the…
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Workshop gives women solution to work woes
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – There is a state in this world where everyone loves life, is happy with their jobs and completely loves the idea of going to work each morning. That state, according to Ekan Onyile, is the State of Denial. Onyile, the founder of myAngels, Inc., located on Hudson…
