Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Couple undaunted by house’s ghostly history
Ayers Allen House on Durham Ave. predates the Revolutionary War BY KATHY CHENG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHENGStaff Writer The Ayers Allen House on Durham Avenue in Metuchen. Top photo, one of the home’s original ovens. People knock on their door, peer through their windows, and even ask if they are devil worshippers. But that…
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GOP hopes to end Democrats’ dominance
Dems pledge to continue Metuchen Borough Council BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer Steven Kitsko Overdevelopment, taxes and traffic are the major issues in the race for the two available seats on the Metuchen Borough Council. Four candidates are vying for the three-year terms, which pay $1,200 a year. Democratic incumbent Thomas…
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Trick-or-treat
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Tigger (Ethan Kwok, 8) and Winnie the Poo (Justin Kwok, 5) meet superheroes Power Ranger (Eric Song, 4) and Batman (Kevin Qiu, 5) at the beginning of the St. Helena’s Church annual Halloween parade Saturday.
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Residents to vote on grassroots pay-to-play
BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG Staff Writer BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERGStaff Writer EDISON — Residents here will vote on a pay-to-play ballot question on next week, even though the Township Council adopted a similar ordinance earlier this month. It’s the end result of a door-to-door campaign last summer by members of the Edison Community Association, who…
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Four council candidates square off at debate
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — An all-Democratic Borough Council does not serve the residents well, say the Republican challengers for the two available three-year terms. “We need diversity of thought,” said Steven Kitsko at the first political debate since 2000, held in the Metuchen High School cafeteria last week.…
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Abracadabra
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Magician Eric Dasher and Robby Gilman, 8, Metuchen, get ready to perform a Harry Potter act during the magician’s visit to the Metuchen YMCA Thursday.
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Bids for road project, lights come in too high
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — The $350,000 Durham Avenue reconstruction start date has delayed because the project has to be rebid, borough officials said. “We can start right away after the bids are set, either prior to the winter, or in March or April,” said Borough Engineer David Hoder…
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Series of events spell long day for train riders
BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG Staff Writer BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERGStaff Writer EDISON — A sequence of unconnected and unfortunate events caused major delays for New York City commuters on the Oct. 27 Northeast Corridor line’s morning rail. When an engineer suddenly became ill, the NJ Transit train heading to New York was forced to make…
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Animal rescue group rallies to help blind dog
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer COURTESY OF WOODBRIDGE ANIMAL GROUP Members of the Woodbridge Animal Group (WAG) are looking for donations to help Chance, a 6-year-old blind yellow Labrador retriever whose owners gave her up recently. Chance will most likely need cataract surgery and follow-up care. WOODBRIDGE — Chance,…
