Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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SCOTT PILLING staff Katrina T. Cat and Fortunato Fox, played by Irene Caguinguin and John Rochette, show off their animal instincts as actors in the Forum Theatre’s production of “Pinocchio” in Metuchen over the weekend.
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Study shows Matawan line now viable option
Citizens committee expected to meet to discuss strategy BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer More than 100 area residents turned out March 22 to learn the results of a study that examined the possibility of expanding passenger rail service in central New Jersey. NJ Transit officials revealed the findings of the Draft…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Pinocchio, played by Keara Hailey, gets an artistic touch-up by his creator, Geppetto, Patrick Starega, in the Forum Theatre’s production of “Pinocchio” in Metuchen over the weekend.
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No summonses issued in pedestrian fatality
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — A 36-year-old township woman was struck by a car and killed crossing the street on March 25 in what police called “a tragic accident,” police said. Shefalin Mehta was heading across the road from Oak Tree Road toward Wood Avenue when the…
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Local preschool slates open house April 9
Oak Tree Nursery School, 445 Plainfield Road, Edison, is holding an open house from 2-4 p.m. April 9 to celebrate both its 35th anniversary and the Week of the Young Child, which focuses public attention on the rights and needs of young children. Former teachers and students will be on hand for the occasion. Visitors…
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School tax rate jumps by 12 cents
BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer METUCHEN — Residents here will see a 12-cent hike in the school tax rate, according to the proposed budget adopted by the Board of Education last week. “Our budget reflects the realities that salaries and medical benefits continue to increase,” board President Ronald Grayzel said. Health-care…
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EWA says thanks but no thanks to Kin-Buc land
Property should have been deeded to township, environmental group says BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer EDISON — You would think the executive director of the Edison Wetlands Association (EWA) would be happy with the news that more open space might be donated to the township. You’d be wrong. EWA…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ Staff Eric Prasnal, of the Fords section of Woodbridge, takes to the air with a skateboard trick at the Edison skate park Friday morning.
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Early tower fund records still MIA
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Financial records dating back more than six years for the Edison Memorial Tower trust fund may have been destroyed. And residents here who have repeatedly asked for complete records on the fund aren’t happy. “I asked specifically for all the records pertaining…
