Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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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…
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Edison museum slated for reconstruction
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — The township has received a $500,000 state grant to reconstruct the laboratory where its namesake, inventor Thomas Alva Edison, did much of his research. State Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan Jr. spearheaded the effort to attain the funds, said Art Browne, museum board of…
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JAY BODAS President Joann LaPerla-Morales begins her morning in her second floor office at Chambers Hall, Middlesex County College.
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Residents irked by use of names on release
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Don’t give credit where it’s not due. That was Lois and Fred Wolke’s reaction when they saw their names featured in a new bipartisan pay-to-play initiative they are not supporting. A press release came from Democratic mayoral candidate Jun Choi’s e-mail address…
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‘Safe and Sound’ goal is to bring people home
BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Six weeks ago, Yvette Apolonia, a Colonia woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease was struck by a train and later died, after she wandered away from her Jordan Road home and onto railroad tracks in Rahway. A situation similar to this one but with a…
