Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Council mulls over appointments ordinance
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — Borough officials are considering an ordinance that would give residents more of a chance to serve on local boards and commissions. Borough council members and Mayor Edmund O’Brien discussed the measure proposed by the Citizens’ Campaign, an initiative of the nonpartisan, Metuchen-based Center for…
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Orthodontists take the scare out of new braces
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — Being on time has its rewards — for children and for parents. That’s what patients of Dr. Richard Marulli and Dr. Arthur Calvani’s orthodontic office in the Bridge Pointe Office Park have discovered this year, ever since the doctors began offering gift certificates to…
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Cause of broken main probed
EDISON –– Work crews from Public Service Electric & Gas closed off an area in front of the Waterford apartment complex when a gas main broke last week. “Police received a call at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 7 that a four-inch gas main was broken at Waterford Drive and Talmadge Road,” Patrolman Robert Dudash…
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The finishing touch
SCOTT PILLING staff Cub Scout Viktor Lacson, of Den 4, puts the finishing touches on a gift at the social center in Edison on Dec. 9.
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Tracks in snow lead to man’s burglary arrest
BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG Staff Writer BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERGStaff Writer EDISON — Police arrested a township man for burglary after following bike tracks and footprints in the snow that led to his home. Daniel Hoffman, 33, was arrested at his Plainfield Avenue residence at 4:59 a.m. on Dec. 9, and charged with burglary and…
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Youths caught riding in stolen car
BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG Staff Writer BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERGStaff Writer EDISON — Four area teenagers were arrested recently after they were found riding in a stolen car, police said. The four juveniles were arrested and charged with receiving stolen property. They included two 17-year-olds males from Piscataway and Plainfield, a 16-year-old male from Plainfield,…
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Area residents star in to ‘Rudolph’ on Dec. 17
Villagers Theatre, 415 Demott Lane, Somerset, will present its KidsVill show for the holiday season, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” Dec. 17 and 18 at noon and 3 p.m. The production features local residents Matt Weinstein, Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, as Doodle; Laura Gega of East Brunswick, as the dancer; George Rateau of Metuchen,…
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Work on athletic fields halted for a month
Squabble over stone size leads to postponement A dispute between the contractors and the architects over the size of stone has stopped the Metuchen High School field improvement project for over a month. “The main issue was what size of stone would not clog up the drainage on the field,” said board member George Trapp.…
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Firehouse gets $1.7 M upgrade
BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG Staff Writer BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERGStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff A look at the brand-new Edison Firestation on Route 27. EDISON — The recently renovated and expanded Edison Firehouse No. 2 is open for business. “The existing building could have been confused with an auto parts store,” Fire Chief G. Robert…
