Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Christmas carolers bring comfort to those in need
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Holiday caroling in Avenel has been a tradition for nearly four decades. With a layer of fresh snow still on the ground, more than 40 residents met at the Avenel Fire Department on a chilly Sunday evening recently, before heading out to sing to…
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Building gutted in fast-moving blaze last week
Cause of fire that destroyed 4 businesses still being probed BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Four businesses were lost but no one was injured in a fire that tore through a New Brunswick Avenue building last week. “It looked pretty much like a war zone,” said local business owner…
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Council splits on vote to give Choi health benefits
Choi also gets his proposed transition team, temporarily BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG Staff Writer BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERGStaff Writer Mayor-elect Jun Choi will become the first elected official in Edison to receive health benefits since 1995 when he is sworn in on Jan. 1. The Township Council voted 5 to 2 at the Dec. 14…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Nicole Wasserman, 9, (l-r) Jennifer Azzara, 9, Carolyn Pirro, 9, Emily Filocco, 10, and Kelsee Young, 9, take a rest from caroling during Metuchen’s Jingle ‘Round the Town, Friday night.
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Judge dismisses mayoral election challenge
Stephens concedes, vows to stay involved in town affairs BY PATRICIA A. MILLER& ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG Staff Writers BY PATRICIA A. MILLER&ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERGStaff Writers A state Superior Court judge has thrown independent Edison Township mayoral candidate William Stephen’s challenge of Jun Choi’s 270-vote victory out of court. Stephens filed the complaint last week. He…
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The wrap pack
SCOTT PILLING staff Cub Scouts of Den 3, Sam Shapiro (l-r) Daniel DiBenedetto and Ben Bobrowski take part in designing wrapping paper at Edison’s social center Dec. 9.
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Cat adoption day will become a tradition
BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG Staff Writer BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERGStaff Writer PHOTOSBY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG staff Dr. Jan Rottenberg (l), a veterinarian, holds a cat that is up for adoption in her clinic on Route 27 in Edison. At right, Adina Enculescu takes home her new pet cat, Blondie, after attending a cat adoption day…
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Public hearing on tardy budget Dec. 22
BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG Staff Writer BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERGStaff Writer EDISON — The township budget is slated to be adopted just before Christmas, months after the state said it should have been. And although it was on the agenda for the Dec. 12 workshop meeting, the Township Council spent the entire meeting discussing Mayor-elect…
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Teen violinist dazzles audience during concert
EDISON — More than 400 music lovers packed Middlesex County College’s performing arts center Sunday to listen to the Edison Symphony Orchestra. One of the highlights of the evening was violinist Betty Zhou, 15, who performed Tchaikovsky completely from memory. Zhou, Edison, played for 20 minutes straight without music, said Nina Hand, director of the…
