Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Council lifts freeze on Met. cop jobs; two to be hired
Budget concerns had forced mayor, council to freeze hirings in Jan. BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer It took one motion from Councilman Thomas Vahalla and one second by Councilman Richard Dyas at last week’s Metuchen Borough Council meeting to reinstate the two police officers, which had been an issue since January.…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Brendan McKenna, 18, gets some air at the Edison Township Skate Park on March 22.
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Six arrested in 9-month burglary spree in Edison
P.D. played lead role in investigation of Dunkin’ Donuts burglaries BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – After nine months and close to 100 burgled businesses, the Department of Criminal Justice has announced the arrests of six individuals charged with an alleged burglary spree that netted close to $150,000. Known as…
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A tale of tragedy, torture and survival
Monroe man recounts his recurring ‘luck’ in surviving the Holocaust BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer SCOTTPILLING staff Holocaust survivor Murray Goldfinger of Monroe shows where he was shot as a young boy while working in a coal mine in one of the concentration camps. The bullet missed his head and hit…
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NJ expo ctr. hosts state’s first gay wedding expo
For same-sex couples, expo offered comfortable place to plan ceremony BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – When Jimmy Nieves tied the knot last August, planning the wedding was a piecemeal effort done through magazines and the Internet. But now, with the blessing of the New Jersey Supreme Court and the…
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McGuire’s lover tells jury of their affair
Dr. Bradley Miller testified McGuire swore she did not kill husband BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK – Dr. Bradley Miller told the jury of 12 women and four men that one day his life went from being a partner at a Morristown fertility clinic, married with three children and…
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Cell phone and E-ZPass records shown to jury
E-mail sent from mobile phone on the day after suspected disappearance BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK – The jury of 12 women and four men last week were shown phone records and E-ZPass records of William and Melanie McGuire and her parents, Michael and Linda Cappararo, that were analyzed…
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Tomaro, Pizzi hold meeting on park
Land off New Brooklyn Road being considered for twp. park BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – Council President Charles Tomaro and Councilman Salvatore Pizzi met with residents from the area surrounding New Brooklyn Road on Thursday to float options for creating a township park. The land, which is currently being…
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Healthfest
PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff At left, Michelle Wakeman, 13, an eighth-grader at Edgar Middle School does sit-ups during an exercise class as part of the Healthfest at the Metuchen Branch YMCA on March 20. Above, Dan Hoffman (l), and Stefan Antosiawicz, both 13, take a spinning class taught by instructor Diane Etling.
