Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Event to honor much missed MCC professor
Jeffrey Hochbaum died as he lived, on his bike BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERG Staff Writer BY ROCHELLE LAUREN GERSZBERGStaff Writer Longtime Middlesex County College biology professor Jeffrey Hochbaum poses during a summer vacation before he died suddenly in September 2004. Friends and family are planning a Sept. 18 bike-a-thon for a scholarship in his memory.…
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Time capsule offers slice of life in ’05
BY KATHY CHENG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHENGStaff Writer METUCHEN –– The time capsule sealed into the cornerstone of the new municipal building last weekend had both good and bad news for future residents. The capsule included submissions from Metuchen’s public and private schools, photos of Metuchen past and present, trading cards of Metuchen’s police…
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Edison firefighters sent to Gulf Coast to help
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer EDISON — Mayor George A. Spadoro will never forget the night of March 24, 1994. It began quietly enough. He was sitting at home reading, his wife and daughter already asleep. “It was around 10 of midnight,” the mayor recalled. “I had the shades…
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Longtime officer has police work in his genes
Lt. Robert Dudash steps down after 28 years on Edison police force BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer Robert J. Dudash Sr. EDISON — During his nearly three decades of dedicated service, Lt. Robert J. Dudash Sr. has made children and his community his top priorities. “Lt. Dudash is always a gentleman…
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Residents learn what it takes to be a cop in 2005
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer JAY BODAS Sgt. William Solomons spoke to local residents on what it’s like to go through police training at the first class of the Metuchen Civilian Police Academy last week. METUCHEN — A dozen local residents got a chance to see what it’s like to be…
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Away we go!
JAY BODAS Metuchen YMCA director of day care Beth Thomas (l) leads a group of local mothers on a morning speedwalk through the town Monday.
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Township man charged in box-cutter incident
EDISON — Police arrested a township resident and charged him with aggravated assault after he reportedly threatened a father and son with a box cutter. Margarito Ramos Sanches was also charged with terroristic threats, following the Sept. 2 incident, Officer Robert Dudash said. The father and son live in a trailer-park community on Plainfield Avenue.…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Raji Udeshi, Edison, concentrates on getting her heart rate up at a popular spinning class at the Edison YMCA recently.
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Course crafted for recent cybersecurity job market
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON — Hacking successfully into a computer network could either land you in prison or get you an A. Middlesex County College (MCC) is now offering a technical certificate in information system security. The program can be completed within a year and is geared for students…
