Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Resident questions ordinance
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — It’s a curious coincidence to resident Kevin Duffy. The same night the Township Council touted pay-to-play reform, the governing body passed a resolution to award a $99,000 contract for professional services to auditors Hodulik & Morrison for another year. The reappointment was…
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Two accosted; 5 suspects at large
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON – It was a literal slap in the face to one teenager when his friend’s cell phone was stolen. Police said that a 15-year-old female and 16-year-old male, both of Roselle, were parked at the Inman Grove Shopping Center on Inman Avenue at…
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Candidates spar over potential conflicts
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Democratic mayoral candidate Jun Choi recently released his financial disclosure statements and those of his running mates. And he called on his opponent, independent mayoral candidate William Stephens, and his team to do the same at a recent press conference. “The Democratic…
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Stocking up
SCOTT PILLING staff Raymie Smith, of Olde Tyme Poppin Korn, is buried in corn as he tries to pop faster than he sells the popular kettle korn at the Country Folk Art Craft Show at the state Convention and Expo Center in Edison over the weekend.
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Push for pay-to-play is seen as political
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Some residents here are questioning the timing of the Democratic mayoral candidate Jun Choi’s proposed pay-to-play ordinance. “It’s pretty obvious to me this is a political move,” said resident Fred Wolke, who has pushed for pay-to-play bans at nearly every council meeting…
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Young boy killed in car crash on Route 287
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — A 14-year-old Piscataway boy died last week when he sustained fatal injuries in a two-car crash on Route 287. Jaquan Jenkins, a passenger in one of the cars, was pronounced dead at the scene on July 14 at 12:06 p.m., nearly two…
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Gas attendant, 51, arrested for groping
METUCHEN — Police recently arrested a 51-year-old gas station attendant for allegedly fondling a female driver who had pulled in to get gas. Subraham R. Yalamanchi, Edison, was charged with criminal sexual contact and was released on $10,000 bail, police said. Yalamanchi started to ask the 18-year-old woman questions while he was pumping gas into…
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Two arrested in home invasion and stabbing
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer METUCHEN— Police arrested two Newark men and charged them with attempted murder following the stabbing of a Hillside Avenue resident here. Christopher Dease and Taurean Nixon, both 19, were also charged with possession of a weapon, unlawful restraint, robbery, burglary, terroristic threats and possession of stolen…
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New MCC president plans to stay for a while
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON — Middlesex County College’s new president has always felt at home in the university setting. She was already hobnobbing with professors in her first job straight out of college. “Two weeks after graduating from college, I joined the Peace Corps in 1968, and I went…
