Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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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…
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Holocaust memories live on 60 years later
A youth spent in German concentration camps left an indelible mark BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer Last year at the age of 76, Sol Lurie finally summoned up the courage to go back to the “living hell” of his youth – the concentration camps where he spent four years during the…
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Officials narrow B.A. candidates down to two
New administrator could be named in several weeks after long search BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON – While most of the United States was deciding who would be the next American Idol last week, township officials were trying to decide who will be the next business administrator. Like “American Idol,”…
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‘American Dream’ funds can lead to home
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK – First-time home buyers can get some financial help from the Middlesex County Department of Housing and Community Development. “We will offer down payment and closing cost assistance to income-eligible, first-time home buyers in Middlesex County,” said Melissa Palfy, the department’s program monitor. Home…
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Memorial Day has its origins in Civil War
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON – It’s about appreciation. As the township puts another Memorial Day to bed, participants in Sunday’s numerous activities throughout Edison reflected on the events and why it’s still important for people to be a part of them and enjoy them. “You have to show the…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Joan Capatine pins a traditional paper poppy on Edison Mayor Jun Choi at the Korean/Vietnam Memorial on Grove Avenue in Edison Sunday during township-wide festivities for Memorial Day.
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Scouts honor
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Cub Scout Troop No. 66, of Edison, marches at the 44th annual Memorial Day parade in Edison on Sunday.
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Helping to keep the memory of horror alive
Holocaust survivors teach some tough lessons to area students BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer EDISON – Middlesex County College honored 43 Holocaust survivors in the Middlesex County area with lifetime achievement awards at a ceremony recently at the college’s Performing Arts Center. The ceremony, hosted by the New Jersey Commission on…
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Cop suspended after alleged gun incident
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON – A township police officer has been suspended from his job after a volunteer first aid squad member said he pulled a gun during a May 24 tiff. Patrolman Alan Farkas, 34, a five-year member of the department, could face at least a minimum of…
