Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Casting call
Edison’s Liam Rhinow, 6, auditions during an open casting call by the Youth Commercial Division at Don Buchwald and Associates, New York, held at the Freehold Gardens Hotel, on July 20.
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN James Porter, Somerset, reflects on his charitable deed at the Poker Run motorcycle event at Sport Honda in Metuchen on Sunday afternoon. Porter and other riders participated in a ride, and proceeds went to Rawhide Rescue animal shelter.
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Rec Dept. raises fees, hits back at school board
A letter to parents puts blame for increased rates on board’s usage fees BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer The Edison Recreation Department hit back against the Board of Education this week, after the board decided to impose school use fees for the first time. The Recreation Department released a strongly worded letter to parents whose…
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Township plans to rezone CIC site for open space
Ordinance for rezoning of property expected by Sept. BY JESSICA ALFREY Correspondent Ordinance for rezoning of property expected by Sept. BY JESSICA ALFREY Correspondent Edison Township is planning to rezone the former Chemical Insecticide Corp. land to recreational use from light industrial, hoping to preserve the land for open space. The site, formerly a hazardous…
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Bank robbed at gunpoint in Raritan Center on Friday
Police are looking for three men in a grayor silver Lexus BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – Police are looking for three black men who are believed to be involved with the armed bank robbery in Raritan Center on Friday. According the Edison Police Sgt. Robert Dudash, two unidentified gunmen…
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Man hit by train along Inman Ave.
EDISON – An unidentified man was struck by a train and killed early morning last Wednesday. According to Edison Police Sgt. Robert Dudash, at approximately 2:10 a.m. on July 12, a man clad in a bathrobe was seen on the tracks of the Norfolk Southern Rail line near Inman Avenue in Edison. The conductor of…
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A day at the beach … what’s the cost?
Public advocate looks at price of accessing shore BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Beachgoers in New Jersey can pay anywhere from $5 per day to upward of $17,000 per year to soak up the sun’s rays and take a dip in the ocean. A handful of beaches, such…
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Vonage faces suit for religious discrimination
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer HOLMDEL – An Orthodox Jewish man has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against Vonage, the telephone giant headquartered in the township. Attorneys for Mikhail Rozenberg, of Edison, filed the suit in federal court on June 26, alleging Rozenberg was fired after the company refused…
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Twp. moves to preserve 22 acres of open space
Closing expected this week on property bought from housing authority BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – The township recently closed on a deal preserving 22 acres of open space purchased from the Edison Housing Authority. The property, composed of two separate tracts of land along Inman Avenue, was originally slated…
