Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Mayor says state of township is strong
Mayor calls for better relationship with council, more budget surplus BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Despite great challenges ahead of them, Mayor Jun Choi said Edison Township is strong and getting stronger. Choi gave his second State of the Township address on Jan. 29 at the N.J. Convention and Exposition Center…
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GMN takes 12 awards in national SNA contest
Above: Greater Media Newspapers staff photographer Chris Kelly won third place for Best Sports Photo in the Suburban Newspapers of America national competition. At right: Eclectic won honorable mention for Best New Special Advertising Section. Greater Media Newspapers, Freehold Township, received 12 awards in the 2006 Suburban Newspapers of America contest, including a first place…
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Wedding ring found in fundraising can
EDISON – If your name is Jack and you’re missing a wedding ring, the Bishop Ahr High School girls softball team is looking for you. While fundraising on the corner of Parsonage Road and Route 27 on Jan. 27, team members found a wedding ring that had been dropped in a fundraising can the girls…
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Red Cross Web site links tornado victims to family
Family and friends of those affected by the recent tornadoes in central Florida can check the American Red Cross “Safe and Well Website” for information at https://disastersafe.red-cross.org/Default.aspx. The Web site is available around the clock and the Red Cross encourages affected residents to register. Whenever there is Internet access, people can register on or search…
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Funeral home providing free bereavement support
The Costello-Runyon Funeral Home, 568 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen, continues to offer a bereavement support group. Ongoing sessions are held every Wednesday and Thursday morning from 10:30 a.m. to noon, as well as Wednesday evening from 7-8:30 p.m. The program, which is free of charge, takes place at the funeral home. Carol Burner, a certified grief…
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Metuchen Citizen Police Academy seeks new recruits
The Metuchen Police Department will be holding their 10-week “Citizen Police Academy” starting on March 7. The department is looking for borough residents to serve as recruits for the 10-week academy to be held at borough hall from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The interactive program is designed to educate borough residents about department procedures, guidelines,…
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Library to offer series on decluttering, organizing
The Edison Main Library, 340 Plainfield Ave., will welcome professional organizer Eva Abreu at 2 p.m. Feb. 10 as she presents “Where Do I Start?,” the first program in a three-part series on “Decluttering and Organizing.” Abreu will first discuss why clutter accumulates and why people have a hard time letting go of their “stuff.”…
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Parisian event to raise money for disabled artist
Vaudeville-style event to help woman’s friend study in Paris BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer PHOTO COURTESY OF ISABELL VILLACIS Isabell Villacis poses next to the Eiffel Tower sculpture she and her friend Kathryn Heitman made out of coffee cups. Heitman is hosting a “La Partie D’Isabell” at the Metuchen Forum Theatre…
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County appraising Sharma Tract, considering grant
County is speeding the process for awarding grant for preservation BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – With the township looking to fast-track a bond ordinance to purchase the Sharma tract from Kara Homes, Middlesex County Parks and Recreation Director Ralph Albanir said the county is moving just as quickly to…
