Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Flynn, Sinagra vying for five-year clerk term
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer A10-year veteran of the Middlesex County Clerk’s post will be challenged in the Nov. 8 election by a candidate whose past public service includes nine years on his local governing body. Incumbent Democrat Elaine Flynn, seeking a third five-year term, will face Republican Joe Sinagra, a…
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From delivering pizzas to working for NASA
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer KATHY CHANG Szymon Smakolski, a graduate of Middlesex County College and now a student at New Jersey Institute of Technology, spent part of his summer as an intern with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. EDISON — Szymon Smakolski’s educational epiphany came one hot summer he…
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Annual country fair on tap for this weekend
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — Food, homemade crafts, face painting, games and prizes are in store at the 42nd annual country fair Oct. 1. “We’re expecting 20,000 people depending on the weather,” said Caroline Woodruff, office administrator at the Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce. “We start preparing in April…
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Residents help keep girl’s mission alive
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — Jodi Salvo wants to continue the lemonade stand tradition that Alexandra “Alex” Scott started for pediatric cancer research. Alex was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in January 1997 at the age of 1. She was 8 years old when she died peacefully at home Aug. 1,…
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Real police work isn’t like a television show
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer KATHY CHANG Fire investigator and K-9 handler Jeffrey Silver and arson dog Scout demonstrate how they work together at the Metuchen Citizen Police Academy recently. METUCHEN — While Cpl. Tony Carro spoke to the Civilian Police Academy at last week’s class, a man burst into the…
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Restaurant owners want to give back to town
BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG Staff Writer BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERGStaff Writer EDISON — The owners of the JavaMoonCafé plan to do more than just serve up good food. Ken Schwartz and Ellen Traberman also want to contribute to the community. “We intend to take an active role in our local neighborhoods,” said Traberman at the…
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Robbery suspect still at large
EDISON – Police are looking for a man they say pulled off an armed robbery at the Quick Convenient Store on Woodbridge Avenue last week. The man walked into the store at 10:20 p.m. on Sept. 21 and went to the back of the store to get a soda, Patrolman Robert Dudash said. After the…
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Public session on bridge slated for Sept. 29
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — The projected date of reconstructing the Route 27 Bridge from Lake Avenue to Amboy Avenue is set for April 2008 to 2009. “The bridge will be kept at 14 feet and will cost $4.8 million,” Councilman Richard Weber said. “The money is all federal…
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Close up
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Drepung Loseling monk Dawa Sonam pour grains of salt from a metal funnel during the creation of a mandala sand painting last week at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum in New Brunswick. The monks worked on the painting over four days before ceremoniously depositing a portion of the sand in the…
