Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Finishing touches
SCOTT PILLING staff Anthony Autera, 6, Fords, puts the final cleaning touches on his father Joe’s 1965 Plymouth Belvedere during Metuchen’s Antique Cruise Night on Main Street.
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The player hater
So. Bruns. man writes book about a lifetime of abhorring the Yankees BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer New York Yankee hater Gene Hutmaker, of South Brunswick, wrote a book titled “Banned in the Bronx” in response to the numerous pro-Yankee books available, which he says dilute the truths behind the organization.…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Katherine Waidlich, Milltown, competes in the 13-14-year-old age bracket of the springboard competition at the New Jersey Swimming and Springboard Diving Championships, which was held at the Metuchen Municipal Pool.
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Edison responsible for bulk of traffic problems
Residents have their say on issues at special Planning Board meeting BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer Over 150 Metuchen residents packed the social center of the Presbyterian Church of Metuchen last week to discuss the issues they would like to see added to the borough’s master plan. “Traffic is horrendous,” resident…
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Protest slated over Fourth of July incident
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – Indian activist Pradip “Peter” Kothari has planned a rally to “ask for justice” at 3 p.m. at the municipal complex today. “We are just repeating our demands and will protest in front of town hall,” he said. The protest deals with a Fourth of…
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Flippin’ out
SCOTT PILLING staff Christian Ludwig, Metuchen, competes in the 13-14-year-old age bracket of the springboard competition at the New Jersey Swimming and Springboard Diving Championships, which was held at the Metuchen Municipal Pool.
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Cop who brandished gun off-duty agrees to resign
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON — Police officer Alan Farkas, 34, has agreed to resign after pleading guilty to two disorderly persons offenses stemming from a May 24 incident, authorities said. He agreed to resign from his $84,607 position with the police department when he is sentenced on Sept. 29.…
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Rabbi miffed about exclusion in ceremony
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON — Police Chaplain Dr. Bernard Rosenberg says Mayor Jun Choi snubbed him by not including him in a police swearing-in ceremony last week. He called Choi’s decision not to include him in the ceremony at the municipal complex “offensive and disrespectful.” The Rev. Armando Perini…
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Fledgling actors hope for career in footlights
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer EDISON – Eleven-year-old Ashlei Hazell is hoping her three years at Middlesex County College’s summer theater camp will eventually lead to a career in show business. “This camp gets me ready for the future,” said Hazell. “It adds more to what I have already done on…
