Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Dinner planned for retiring superintendent
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON – Colleagues are preparing to say goodbye to School Superintendent Vincent J. Capraro, who is retiring after spending the last seven of his nearly 42 years in the district as its top administrator. Capraro, who has been out sick for the past several…
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DEP continues probe of two potential toxic sites
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — The state Department of Environmental Protection has found a “clear, potential source of contamination” at a site in the woods off Midvale Road. The DEP should have some answers when test results on samples taken from the site are available sometime this…
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Couple arrested on drug charges
METUCHEN — A motor vehicle stop resulted in the arrest of an East Orange man and woman on drug charges, police said. On Oct. 1 at 11:45 a.m. near the Commerce Bank on Middlesex Avenue, Officer David Liantonio said patrolmen stopped a 1992 Ford Probe, with a blown-out rear windshield and extensive body damage, for…
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Shedding some light
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Harry Kotrike and daughter Khyati head to their car with a good find they purchased at the Spectrum for Living yard sale and craft show on Saturday in Edison.
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Residents demand budget info details
Councilman vows to improve information process in future BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Some Edison residents here want more facts and figures provided to the public before the Township Council adopts the municipal budget. Resident and accountant Joseph Petrocelli said those who attended the Sept. 29 budget workshop meeting…
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Tree-cutting dilemma aired on network TV
Amtrak BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Metuchen officials believe their last best option to remedy the Amtrak tree-cutting situation may be the television camera. Mayor Edmund O’Brien has been after the railroad for months to alleviate some of the impact of what he and residents have characterized as a clear-cutting of…
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Workshop’s ‘Martha Stewart’ coming to town
Norm Abram, cast of BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer KELLER & KELLER PHOTOGRAPHY Master carpenter Norm Abram will appear with the rest of the “This Old House” crew tomorrow at the Woodbridge Home Depot. Get out your tool belts, Woodbridge. “This Old House” is coming to a Home Depot near you…
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GOP, Dems square off at council meeting
BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer METUCHEN — Politics and a bit of rancor were in the air at the Oct. 4 Borough Council meeting. David Sachs, the Metuchen Republican municipal chairman, showed up with the GOP candidates for the council’s two open seats, Jennifer Lacy and Patrick Lacsina, to accuse Democrats…
