Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Poodle pose
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Joseph Vergnetti anxiously waits for the judge’s decision about Cece, his toy poodle, during the Twin Brooks Kennel Club dog show Sunday at the N.J. Convention and Expo Center in Edison.
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A dog’s life
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Why the long face? Andre, a 2-year-old Irish setter, would be grinning ear to ear if dogs had lips as he was one of many cuddly canines who got to strut their stuff during the Twin Brooks Kennel Club dog show March 26 at the N.J. Convention and Expo Center in Edison.
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Pets for adoption from Woodbridge Animal Control at PetSmart
Kya Kya is a medium-sized adult female German shepherd/American Eskimo mix who was abandoned by someone in a township park. Kya is sweet, but cautious and energetic. She needs a fenced yard, and an experienced dog owner with no small kids to make her feel at ease and give her the structure she needs. She…
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Commission formed to embrace town diversity
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON – Apparently for the township, one isn’t the loneliest number. “My administration is committed to building one Edison to harness the strength of our diverse residents,” Mayor Jun Choi said. “No matter which neighborhood we live in, what religion we practice, how old we are,…
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Vandals hit 17 cars on street
EDISON – Police are on the lookout for whoever vandalized 17 cars on the same road last week. The vehicles were all parked along Ashbrook Drive in the Heatherwood Villas townhouse complex between 8:45 and 11:30 p.m. on March 17, said Lt. Matthew Freeman. The damage ranged from a few scratches to one smashed window,…
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Sudan’s chaos sparks long walk to D.C.
Deng wants to raise awareness of what has happened to his country BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer JAY BODAS Sudanese native Simon Deng speaks with local residents at the First Presbyterian Church in Iselin last Friday night. Deng was held as a slave for three-and-a-half years in Sudan before escaping and…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Iselin guard Taylor Freeman wrestles the ball away from a Colonia defender at the Mayor’s Trophy Tournament at Avenel Middle School in Woodbridge Township on Sunday.
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Kids fitness club hopes to instill lifelong habits
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Nine-year-old Ashley Arocho and Jada Sckolla, both of Perth Amboy, pump pint-sized iron at Just Get Moving! Kids Fitness, a children specific fitness center that opened January in Edison. EDISON – The country’s obesity epidemic is expanding as fast as many of its…
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PCB probe is a ‘charged issue’ state official says
Crowd not happy with DEP’s explanations at special meeting last week BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer And then there were eight.Officials last week revealed an eighth site had been determined to contain fill with small levels of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) at the construction site of a planned Fairfield Inn on New…
