Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Cancer patients may seek info about clinical trials
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, is offering more than 130 clinical trials. Most cancer clinical trials are medical studies that test new treatments and new ways of using existing treatments for cancer. Researchers use these clinical trials to answer questions about a treatment and to make sure it is safe and effective.…
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‘Light’ fountain shines again after restoration
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff After sitting dry for years, the “Light Dispelling Darkness” fountain in Roosevelt Park in Edison has been restored. EDISON — After many years of inactivity, a treasured old relic was turned on Monday. Roosevelt Park’s historic fountain, Light Dispelling Darkness, is…
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Cost of Edison Memorial Tower repairs debated
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff EDISON -— Preserving the past can be an expensive future endeavor. And saving the Edison Memorial Tower is a major issue officials have grappled with for some time. “The township budget is very tight this year and we have no dedicated…
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Clark man recalls his stolen German boyhood
German immigrant spent two years in Hitler youth camp during WWII BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer METUCHEN — Like most people, Ludwig Knapp, a Clark resident who emigrated from Germany to America in 1954, has a story. Unlike most people, Knapp’s story includes growing up in Nazi Germany, enrolled in a…
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Rapt audience
JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff The audience at the Metuchen-Edison Historical Society’s monthly meeting as they listen to Ludwig Knapp, of Clark, retell his tale of his years spent in Hitler Youth in Nazi Germany at the Metuchen Library Sunday.
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Edison council overturns Zoning Board decision
Medical building didn BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — The Township Council has reversed a Zoning Board of Adjustment decision that would have allowed a 2.5-story medical building on James Street near JFK Medical Center. James Street residents, who fought the Zoning Board approval for the 8,400-square-foot building,…
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Music school keyed up over new Steinway piano
BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer METUCHEN — Students and faculty at the Westerhoff School of Music and Art on Amboy Avenue have acquired a rare thing in the world of small, nonprofit music schools. The school recently celebrated the arrival of a Steinway Grand piano, the result of a longtime quest.…
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Columnist urges yes vote for Dec. 14 referendum
The Brainy Boro soon faces an important decision. On Dec. 14, we cast our votes on a $17.2 million dollar bond referendum to renovate Metuchen High School. We owe it to our young people to vote yes. This is a school that hasn’t had a major renovation since it opened during the Eisenhower Administration in…
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Burglars hit three homes
METUCHEN — Police are investigating three burglaries that took place on Highland Avenue earlier this month. Two were reported between 9:54 p.m. and 11:02 p.m. on Nov. 6, and the third, which was reported Nov. 7, most likely happened the previous day, police said. The burglar or burglars struck three houses located near each other,…
