Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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New Jersey gets its first ‘Parade of Ponds’
Public invited to tour water gardens at 18 homes Saturday Call it an extension of the home, a retreat from the hectic world or simply a desire to keep motion, sound and natural beauty a fixture in the backyard. Tranquil water gardens are becoming the rage for many New Jersey homeowners, and for a wide…
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Man’s bail is set at $50,000 in pizza heist
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON – Get the door. It’s Domino’s. “But I didn’t order a pizza.” That was the response from a resident of Building 19 at the Durham Woods Apartments on Reading Road last week. A third party sent the delivery person to the resident’s doorstep at 7:20…
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Project prep
SCOTT PILLING staff John F. Kennedy High School sophomore Keron Taylor cuts a piece of phenolic wood that will be used in the construction of her group’s pendulum ride during the TechXploration program at Middlesex County College in Edison.
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Arangetram
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Prachi Shah, 15, of Edison, performs her Arangetram, which means “ascending the stage,” at Crossroads Middle School North, South Brunswick, July 16. The Arangetram is a series of complicated traditional Indian dances that marks a dancer’s first major performance and the completion of a dancer’s initial training. It is a ritual…
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Judge orders naked cop removed from his job
Former officer can never hold a public position again BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Edison’s naked cop is no longer a cop.Dunellen Municipal Court Judge John Leonard signed an order Monday to remove Patrolman Ioannis Mpletsakis from the job he held for five years. It was the end result of an…
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Precious cargo
TOM SPERDUTO Pamela Stead, of Metuchen, checks the sturdiness of her 11-month-old daughter Lilian’s car seat after the seat was installed and inspected by Metuchen Police Officers Cynthia Velez (l) and David Liantonio (r) at McDonagh Dodge in Metuchen on Sunday.
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Inman Ave. property bid process questioned
Developer files suit against twp. and housing authority BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer A professional appraisal by Edison Township will determine whether a recently purchased piece of property really is worth $1.2 million. Meanwhile, Michael Lombardi, an attorney representing the Hawkeye Development Co., filed a lawsuit Friday claiming the entire bidding…
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Crabiel calls for tax reform via convention
Seeks system in which property taxes are paid based on one’s ability BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDI Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDIStaff Writer The county’s top elected official is asking state leaders to act immediately on property tax reform by convening a constitutional tax convention. Middlesex County Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel last week proposed the creation…
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The cat in the hat
TOM SPERDUTO Joseph Riley, playing “The Cat in the Hat,” and Michael Restaino, playing “Jo-Jo,” rehearse “Seussical the Musical” at Stephen J. Capestro Theater in Roosevelt Park in Edison on Sunday. The show opens tonight.
