Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Young man’s family mystified by his death
Man apparently leapt or fell from 6th-floor window of Rt. 1 hotel in Avenel BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Lukasz Pukalo was a 5-year-old who knew only two English words — “house” and “lemon” — when he came to the United States from his native Poland in 1991. But…
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Strollin’
SCOTT PILLING staff Diana Lair and Alan Monastesky enjoy a leisurely walk through Roosevelt Park in Edison last week.
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Operations Manager
JEFF GRANIT staff John Halpin has been named Operations Manager for Greater Jersey Press and will administer all printing, inserting and mailing activities, as well as building maintenance, at Greater Media’s press facility in East Brunswick. Halpin worked for many years at the Home News as Production Manager and most recently worked as a Quality…
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Tractor-trailer flips over, clogs 287 traffic
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff It was a catastrophic turn of events when tractor-trailer truck filled with frozen chicken fell on its side and clogged traffic on Route 287 and in and out of Raritan Center in Edison last week. EDISON — Call it a fowl…
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Police save woman with automatic defibrillator
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Police don’t know if it was the equipment, the timing or both. Nonetheless, they’re grateful they had a defibrillator on hand May 3 when they arrived first on the scene where an unconscious woman lay on the floor of her home with…
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Democrat has political ‘change of heart’
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — It was not that long ago that the Edison Democratic Organization bypassed Robert Karabinchak as a contender for a council seat in the upcoming June primary. When that happened, he disagreed with party leaders and questioned the legality of the screening process.…
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Vandals slash tires, steal from cars
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Several streets in the Winding Brook Estates were the target of criminal mischief over the weekend, police said. Although there have been no arrests for slashed tires and stolen goods, police say they believe the suspects may be juveniles. “Some residents saw…
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Metuchen HS work to start this summer
Asbestos removal, new athletic fields part of first phase BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer An artist’s rendition of Metuchen High School, postrenovation, front building exterior Drivers on Grove beware: Metuchen High School will be getting a major facelift in the coming months, and it is bound to stop traffic. The high…
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JFVS celebrates 25 years of helping others
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer JAY BODAS Volunteers Irwin Levine of Highland Park and Phil Schreiber of Iselin prepare to go out on a run with JFVS’s Kosher Meals-On-Wheels program last Friday morning. EDISON — While bad weather on a recent morning might have kept some inside, it was just another…
