Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Around Town
Buoy oh buoy, did they find fun times Amy Rosen Around Town Buoy oh buoy, did they find fun times Amy Rosen Our family recently discovered our magic key to spending time together during the summer. We bought a boat. People say it’s hard work to have a boat and that the happiest days…
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State reaches uneasy compromise on open space
Legislature to bond extra funding until long-term solution is agreed on BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Efforts to renew the Garden State Preservation Trust (GSPT) through a November ballot referendum faltered as the Legislature missed the deadline to approve the necessary resolutions last week. While some environmental groups wish to pressure…
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Memorial unveiled to a slave-turned-landowner
Historians, officials and descendants gather in tribute to Thomas Titus BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer CHRIS GAETANO Thomas Jennings, the great-great-grandson of Thomas Titus, stands with niece Frances Moore holding a picture of the son of Titus, a freed slave whose work was recognized at the June 16 dedication ceremony. SOUTH…
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Strongman competition raises money for charity
Competition held to benefit leukemia and lymphoma charities BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer PHOTOSBYSCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Keith Pierce, 18, Edison, pushes to complete his 18th bench press rep at the Strongman competition on June 17. Below: Jim Cooper (l), 18, Edison, is no match for Dan Tirado, 18, Edison in a…
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Borough committee picks new Dem. chairman
James Graziano gets nod to replace Beverly Passantino as chair BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – The 25-member borough Democratic Committee unanimously chose James Graziano as their new chairman at the committee’s reorganization meeting last week. “I am happy that the committee had the confidence to choose me as their…
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Assault charges added in drunken-driving accident
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – A 22-year-old borough man was arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated assault on June 12 that stemmed from a June 2 accident that left his 1996 Ford Explorer overturned on Central Avenue and three people injured. The three counts of aggravated assault…
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McGuire judge nixes motions for new trial
Melanie McGuire’s attorneys say jury was influenced by media BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK – State Superior Court Judge Frederick P. DeVesa denied motions filed by Melanie McGuire’s defense attorneys on June 18 that called for a new trial for the 34-year-old former fertility clinic nurse. “I am satisfied…
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Annual flea market
CHRISKELLY staff Edison’s Chris Maguire looks over old Time and Life magazines to buy during a visit to the Metuchen’s Lions Club 35th Annual Flea Market on June 16.
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Michael Moroney of Metuchen helps his son, Joseph, 2, down from a look inside a firetruck at the Ladder 5 Dedication event by the Metuchen Fire Department in the borough Sunday.
