Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Small acts of kindness can make a difference
Coda Greg Bean There was a moving letter to the editor in last week’s edition of one of our newspapers, the Suburban, from a woman named Rosemary Mulvanerton, who wanted to thank the staff of a local Wendy’s restaurant for making her husband a cheeseburger. It seems Ms. Mulvanerton’s husband had been in the hospital…
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Off the beaten path
Runners brave the elements in Edison hashing event BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Attorney Kenneth Vercammen leads participants in the eighth annual Freezing Cold Hash Run, an off-road trek through Edison last weekend. EDISON — Outside it’s cold — the kind that numbs the toes and settles so…
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The gift of giving
SCOTT PILLING staff Devon Gustafson makes a contribution to the “Dedication in Lights” at the Main Street Trattoria in Metuchen recently.
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Choi: Edison facing major ‘fiscal crisis’
New mayor calls for hiring freeze, looks for ways to close budget gap BY ROCHELLE GERSZBERG & PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writers BY ROCHELLE GERSZBERG & PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writers Mayor Jun Choi said that he holds the prior administration responsible for the multimillion-dollar Edison Township deficit that he “inherited.” “There is no honeymoon for…
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RICH GRAESSLE Metuchen’s Marqus Blakely scores two of his 18 points during the Bulldogs’ win over Edison on Saturday.
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State DCA to conduct review of police, fire
BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG & PATRICA A. MILLER Staff Writers BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG & PATRICA A. MILLERStaff Writers EDISON — The results of a state review of the township’s emergency management services should be completed in about 90 days, the mayor’s chief of staff said. The review will involve both police and fire departments,…
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Freeholders list priorities for the coming year
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer EDISON — Keeping the tax rate stable and preserving more open space are two major goals for 2006, said veteran Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel at the board’s reorganization meeting last week. “Last year, as you know, we did cut the levy by $257,000,” he said…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Carly Taylor, 7, hangs donation cards on the tree during “Dedication in Lights” at the Main Street Trattoria in Metuchen.
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Mayor: More businesses needed to preserve borough
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer Metuchen METUCHEN — Attracting new businesses to town will be a primary goal in 2006, Mayor Edmund O’Brien said. He reminded the crowd attending the recent Borough Council reorganization meeting of the importance of preserving the borough. “Traditional Main Street, the train station and our schools…
