Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Women broke free from prisons at home
offenses Editor’s note: The following are the stories of three area victims of domestic violence. The names of the victims and others mentioned in their accounts have been changed to guard their identities. Their situations are recounted at times in graphic detail. BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Lisa was 18 years old when she met…
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Planning Board mulls over Motiva expansion decision
Board will give final approval or denial of application on July 11 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE – The Planning Board has heard the proposal by Motiva Enterprises LLC, a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-week operation, to expand its existing rail-car rack system on its Sewaren site. The board heard the proposal at…
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Edison man charged in death
FRANKLIN – An Edison man has been charged in the death of a Franklin man after an altercation on June 22, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. John H. Lee, 39, was charged with first-degree murder after the June 24 death of Jeffrey Johnson, 45. According to a release issued from the prosecutor’s office,…
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Ward question revisited; council takes first step
Narrowly defeated ballot question for ward gov’t may be on Nov. ballot BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – After four years of required hiatus, the debate over whether Edison Township should adopt a ward system of government has resurfaced. Spurred on largely by the Township Council’s introduction of an ordinance…
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Splish-splashin’
SCOTT PILLING staff Ryan Breen, 4, splashes away during his swimming lesson with instructor Karen Baralecki at the Metuchen Municipal Pool on June 27.
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Hold on!
Above: Rob McAllister, pit crew chief for Drift Brigade, holds on for dear life as Charles “Chachi” Diaz does spinouts during a demonstration at the Funkmaster Flexx Car Show at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center, Edison, on June 23. Right: Justin Pilling of Drift Brigade shows what his car can do.
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Tower Corp. breaks $379K barrier, gets federal funds
U.S. Mint to match funds for renovations of Edison tower BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – Forty-eight hours before the federally imposed deadline, Nancy Zerbe said she was confident the Edison Memorial Tower would be getting federal funds. But as the number zero hour approached, the Edison Memorial Tower Corp.…
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Pols put positive FACE on campaign
Some candidates have already qualified for public funding BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Legislative candidates in District 14 mostly have reported satisfaction with the way the Fair and Clean Elections (FACE) Pilot Project has so far shaped their campaigns. The program is an experiment in the use of public funds for…
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Zoning Board forced to approve cell tower
Township chooses tree over flagpole as venue for 120-foot cell tower BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE – The only choice Colonia residents received was whether they wanted a 120-foot-tall flagpole or a 120-foot-tall tree designed as a telecommunications tower. In the end, the 50 or so residents who attended the…
