Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Young fencer enjoys living on the edge
Woodbridge resident hoping for a spot on 2008 Olympic team BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE – Dagmara Wozniak didn’t even know what fencing was when her father enrolled her in her first class at the age of 9. She found out fast. She fell in love with the sport on…
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Triathlete’s greatest wins are off the course
E.B. man, 52, comes back from cancer, heart attack to compete in triathlons BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Donald Heilman, who has survived cancer and a subsequent heart attack, now spends many weekends competing in triathlons. EAST BRUNSWICK – Don Heilman is not your typical triathlon competitor. Not…
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Inspecting gadgets
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Patrolman David Liantonio (center), of the Metuchen Police Department, carefully inspects a car seat with Fernando Martin (l), and Ronnie Walco of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office at the Child Safety Seat event at McDonagh Dodge in Metuchen.
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Vitale making the most out of time as mayor
Interim mayor sets ambitious agenda during 90-day stint BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE – State Sen. and interim Mayor Joseph F. Vitale (D-19) has translated his work on pay-to-play as a legislator into a broad reform agenda for the township. “I have a responsibility to Woodbridge,” said Vitale. “I’m not…
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PCB-tainted concrete removal slated to begin
Cleanup should take about two months, Ford spokesman says BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer The removal of approximately 100,000 tons of concrete fill from the demolished Ford plant on Route 1 in Edison is under way, a Ford official said recently. “We are bringing equipment onto the site to get it…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Dr. Louise Riscalla admires the Jensen family’s flowers during the Art in the Garden tour 2006 in Edison on Saturday. For more photos, see page 3.
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Zoning board mulls over request for 85-foot sign
Proposed sign is 70 feet over height allowed by ordinance BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer How tall is too tall?That’s the question Edison zoning board members will answer at the Sept. 26 board meeting, when they vote on an application that calls for an 85-foot electronic sign near the New Jersey…
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Sights of summer
Clockwise from top – Kay Istok of Carteret and Mary Ann Boncelet of Highland Park have a conversation at the Jensen family garden in Edison as part of the Art in the Garden tour 2006 on Saturday. A hummingbird visits the garden of Richard Quaintance in Metuchen. Roses bloom in front of Barbara Crafton’s house…
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Officer’s verbal skills come in handy on job
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer Milind Patel Edison’s only South Asian police officer doesn’t think there is tension between the police department and the township’s South Asian community. “I never encountered any prejudice either in Edison or as an officer in Parsippany, or even as a dispatcher with the State Police,”…
