Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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SCOTT PILLING staff Many people came out to Oakland Park in Metuchen Saturday to participate in Earth Day cleanup and restorative programs throughout the day. Here, 7-year-old Sarah Parr gets down and dirty with the topsoil.
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America’s pastime, when it was needed the most
Brookdale professor examines baseball’s impact during WW II BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer To many people, baseball is just a sport, a nice way to spend an evening out or something to watch on television to pass the time. During the World War II era, though, baseball became part of the…
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Youth program offers glimpse of real thing
Firefighting a family tradition for some in junior and cadet program BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer KATHY CHANG Some members of the junior and cadet fire program in the Metuchen Fire Department. Back (l-r): Patrick Getty, Jonathan Finnerty and Chase Davis. Middle (l-r): Mike Naumenko and Matthew Strickland. Front (l-r): Patrick…
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‘Our Town’ featured at MCC this weekend
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer EDISON – Grovers Corners has come to Middlesex County College. The college’s production of “Our Town” is the first show to be performed in the new Justice Studio Theater. The theater still needs to be “broken in,” said play director Lynn Winik. But her cast is…
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For the Record
In the April 19 story, “Diner patrons differ on new state smoking ban,” it was incorrectly stated that “social organizations like the American Legion that rely on volunteers to provide services” are exempt from the rules of the Smoke-Free Air Act, which went into effect April 15. That was based on an earlier version of…
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Thinking ahead
SCOTT PILLING staff Nine-year-old Anton Nelson lends a hand at the annual Earth Day event in Oakland Park in Metuchen on Saturday.
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Two arrested after cop chase through 3 towns
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON – Police arrested two men in connection with a stolen car and several recent purse snatchings, after a high-speed chase through several towns. Charles Knight, 32, Newark, was charged with two counts of strong-armed robbery, one for a purse snatching on March 21 at Menlo…
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Hazardous waste drop-off day slated for May
The Middlesex County Division of Solid Waste Management will hold a household hazardous waste drop-off day on from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 21 at Middlesex County College, near the Mill Road entrance, Edison. Household hazardous wastes which are improperly disposed of are identified as a danger to children and animals, a potential…
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Church to observe May Friendship Day May 5
Church Women United of Metuchen/Edison will observe May Friendship Day at 12:30 p.m. on May 5 at the First Presbyterian Church, Woodbridge Avenue, Metuchen. A covered-dish luncheon will precede the meeting. The women of the Oak Tree Presbyterian Church and First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen will present the program, whose theme is “Signs of Growth.”
