Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Goody search
SCOTT PILLING staff Madison Fuentes, 2, counts her winnings after she hunted for Easter eggs at the Thomas Jefferson egg hunt this weekend.
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Twp. bulldozes last two squatters’ homes
Don BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer The tiny blue-trimmed house in the Hopelawn woods behind Pathmark was crafted by its maker to resemble a castle — something out of a fairy tale. Despite its origins and a 13th-hour effort by various people to save it or buy it, there was no…
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‘Taste of Middlesex’ touts food, good causes
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — It’s food for good education, charity and discriminating palates. That’s how Chamber of Commerce President Gloria Dittman describes the organization’s upcoming eighth annual Taste Of Middlesex 2005. The event is will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 4 at the…
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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…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Borough resident Stanley Lease (r) gets tough with a drunken driver played by Metuchen police dispatcher Shane Young on March 16. The exercise is part of the Metuchen Citizens Police Academy program.
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The Union County Police and Fire Pipes and Drums perform “Amazing Grace” during the Edison Irish flag-raising ceremony last week.
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Solar-panel funding hits snags
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Right now prospects are looking dim for getting energy-saving solar panels on the schools. “Basically the board of public utilities [BPU] reneged on the deal,” said schools Business Administrator Daniel Michaud. “They were supposed to pick up 60 percent of the total…
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Officials upset over calendar bias claims
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — The controversy over the school calendar has sparked a “religion versus education” debate that has engulfed the community. Since the Board of Education’s meeting on March 3 — during which changes to the calendar were proposed to take at least one day…
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High steppers
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Riverdancers have nothing on Alison Fitzsimmons (l), of Edison, and Nicole McKeever, of Jackson, as they performed Irish dancing at the St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Edison last week.
