Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Official with 2 DWI arrests steps down
Council vacancy expected to be filled soon BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Three-term Edison Councilman William Kruczak said goodbye to the public and his colleagues at his last council meeting Jan. 26. Kruczak agreed to resign his council post several months ago in the aftermath of his second…
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SEAN DWYER Little Angel Obie, 5, and Amanda Gross, 6, both of Edison, ushered people to their seats and served up some popcorn at the ABC Aftercare program slide show at Lincoln Elementary School, Edison, last week.
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New garbage collection system is coming soon
BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer METUCHEN — Residents in some sections of the borough can expect a new system of garbage collection this spring. In late March or early April, a semiautomated system that requires only one worker per truck will replace the two-man crews, Mayor Edmund O’Brien said. The system,…
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Residents lobby for more open government
Mayor BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — A local attorney is pushing township officials to adopt an ordinance to televise public meetings and provide more information about pending development. Mayor George A. Spadoro signed an executive order nearly two weeks ago pledging to better inform the public of…
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Sidewalk makes Rt. 27 a little safer for now
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — People walking along Route 27 to get in and out of the Metropark train station can now do so under safer conditions. The state Department of Transportation (DOT) has installed a blacktop sidewalk on the southbound section of Route 27, which runs…
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Second woman sexually assaulted in her home
BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer EDISON — A township woman was sexually assaulted in her home last week, the second incident in 10 days, police said. The victim told police she answered a knock at the front door of her Edgemont Road home near the border of Highland Park around 10…
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Seven arrested in drug raid
METUCHEN — Seven area residents were nabbed on drug charges after a search warrant was executed at a Main Street apartment last Friday evening, police said. Hector L. Cruz Jr., 23, Metuchen, was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute within 1,000…
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Wal-Mart critics focus on traffic implications
Local attorney says appeal success is expensive, unlikely BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Some Edison residents here are hopeful that their idea of a traffic nightmare in the making will scare away the developer of a Wal-Mart superstore complex. The big box store, with an attached smaller retailer and…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Nate Green,7, of Edison, lives dangerously as he takes a no-hands ride down Telegraph Hill at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel Jan. 24.
