Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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In the Service
Army Reserve Maj. Jennifer L. Kehres-Dolicker, a communications officer with 19 years of military service, has been mobilized and activated for a future deployment to an undisclosed overseas location in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She is normally assigned to the 78th Division in Edison. A 1982 graduate of Edison’s J.P. Stevens High School, Kehres-Dolicker…
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On Campus
Seth Kallman, a graduate of Metuchen High School, is the recipient of a Rush Rhees Scholarship at the University of Rochester, N.Y., where he is a freshman. The scholarship, which is renewable each year, is given to high-ability students who score at least 1350 on the SAT or a composite of 31 or better on…
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Photo
TOM SPERDUTO Both young and old got a chance to be kids at the Great Train Expo at the N.J. Convention & Expo Center in Edison last weekend. Above, Darryl Liedel, of Piscataway, and son Jack, 2, checked out one of the hundreds of model trains on display Sunday.
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Town hashes out ideas for old Stop & Shop
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer KATHY CHANG The old Stop & Shop site on Lake Avenue and Central Avenue in Metuchen is an eyesore for many residents. It’s been three years since the Stop & Shop left Metuchen to open a bigger supermarket in Edison, but the site has been an…
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Edison school budget up $9 million over last year’s
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer EDISON – The Board of Education has finally released its preliminary budget numbers. The $182,528,257 budget is up 5 percent from 2005. But the numbers could still change, depending on what state aid figures Gov. Jon Corzine presents following his state of the state address March…
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Weapons arrest was unusual for Metuchen
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – The recent arrest of a borough man who is charged with keeping an arsenal of weapons in his home was “rare, but a big deal,” Police Chief James Keane said. “Yes, it was definitely a rare occurrence,” he said recently. “You usually see this…
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St. Joe’s newspaper wins award for fourth time
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer Metuchen METUCHEN – It’s varsity writing at its best. The staff of St. Joseph High School’s newspaper, The Falcon, is hand-picked from the student body. And it takes a lot to make the grade. The Falcon has won first place for the past four years in…
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Downtown has many changes over years
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – Borough Planner James Constantine took residents on a trip down memory lane recently to explain how the downtown area has changed over the past 50 years. Metuchen had a full-service retail downtown in the 1950s and 1960s. But the erosion of retail stores began…
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Author prefers ‘happily ever after’ endings
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff A self-proclaimed romance afficionado and overall “sappy person,” Miko Road resident Michelle Scaplen proudly holds the romance anthology “No Law Against Love” close to her heart. The book, released in January, features two of her short stories, “Double Dare” and “I Swear.” EDISON…
