Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Choi pushes ramped-up emergency preparedness
Mayor makes major changes in emergency services department BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer EDISON – Residents here can expect a major disaster in the township sometime during the next 18 months. The good news is, it will come in the form of a drill. “It will be a simulation…
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Mayor promotes six veteran police officers
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer EDISON – All of the police officers Mayor Jun Choi promoted recently have agreed not to accept any raises until the 2008 fiscal year, Choi said. The mayor made the promotions during a brief Friday morning ceremony in town hall last week. “This is…
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Resident upset with $2,000 tape price tag
Political activist wants to review meeting tapes for ‘shenanigans’ BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Old Bridge’s Maria DePino demonstrates a bubble blower at the ninth annual Metuchen Street Fair on June 4. EDISON – How much are those tapes again? New Brooklyn Road resident Anthony Russomanno said he…
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Just a note …
CHRIS KELLY staff South River’s Sara Henkel places a name on the dedication wall in memory of her grandmother at the fifth annual Michelle Offsie Memorial Walk in Edison on June 4. The Walk for Hope benefits the City of Hope Cancer Center.
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Millionaire describes the trip of his lifetime
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer PHOTO BY ROSEANN MISRAHI Multimillionaire Dr. Greg Olsen speaks to the Edgar Middle School fifth-grade class in Metuchen about his 10-day journey into space. METUCHEN – Edgar Middle School fifth-graders got a surprise visit from a person right out of their textbooks recently. Multimillionaire Dr. Gregory…
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Finding a sacred space in midst of a hectic life
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON – Stress, for many people in the township, is as common as traffic jams on Route 1. But it wasn’t always like that. Edison, what was once called Raritan Township, used to be nothing but a mix of farms, ranches and one modest little laboratory,…
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Budding artists
CHRIS KELLY staff Anthony Testa, 6, helps Olivia Testa, 3, both of Metuchen, make an artsy frame at the ninth annual Metuchen Street Fair on June 4.
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They can run, but they can’t hide for long
Homeland Security division cracks down on illegal immigrants BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer There are consequences for refusing to comply with the federal government. Those stern words came from Michael Gilhooly, director of communications for the Northeast section of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a division of the federal Department of…
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Rezoning would protect mobile home residents
Planning Board has 35 days to review council’s proposed ordinance BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON – Officials are hoping the rezoning of several township properties will help curb overdevelopment and discourage mobile home park owners from using their land for more expensive homes. The Township Council introduced an ordinance last…
