Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Ceremony prompts judge to reflect on Vietnam tour
Roger Daley among speakers at Oct. 14 traveling exhibit BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer State Superior Court Judge Roger W. Daley won’t be scrambling for something to say when he speaks at the memorial ceremonies for “The Wall That Heals” exhibit in Edison on Oct. 14. “I’ve been thinking…
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Area couple face gun charges
METUCHEN — Police arrested a Dunellen couple on firearms charges last week. Officer David Liantonio said Edward Hurtack, 52, and his wife, Bonnie, 54, were stopped around 3:28 p.m. on Sept. 26 on Williams Street for an expired inspection sticker. The license plates on their 1992 Cadillac Eldorado did not match, Liantonio said. A computer…
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Grace Reformed Church celebrates a rich history
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff The Rev. Larry Suntken, pastor of the Grace Reformed Church, Edison, talks to parishioners about the church’s 50th anniversary Sunday. EDISON — Miss Hannah Manning started something two centuries ago. It wasn’t a fight. It was quite the opposite. It was…
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Boro gets grant for park face lift
METUCHEN — Myrtle Park is due for some sprucing up. Township officials announced recently that the county has awarded the borough $316,000 from its Open Space Recreation and Farmland Trust Fund grant program, which will be put to use primarily at Myrtle Park, near Myrtle Avenue. The borough applied for the grant last month. Mayor…
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Sylvia Engel,
JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff vice president of the Grace Reformed Church Consistory; Joan Bauer, chairwoman of the church’s property committee; and Sharon Williams, consistory secretary, chat about the Edison church’s 50th anniversary at the foot of its steps Sunday.
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Binding the wounds of Vietnam no easy task
California couple takes to the road each year with BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer When John Anderson came home from the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, he didn’t talk about his experiences as an Army combat medic. “Like most Vietnam veterans, he put it away,” said his wife,…
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Under attack
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Bob Moreira comes under Silly String attack from 8-year-olds Nicholas Ferrara and Brad Herprich at Saturday’s Metuchen Country Fair.
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Public’s concerns have been heard, Hartz says
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON – Traffic and the future redevelopment of the old Ford Motor Co. site here were the primary concerns of residents who attended a meeting hosted by Hartz Mountain Industries last week. “Traffic is what people are most worried about,” Hartz spokesman Ronald Simoncini…
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Retired nurse first to have procedure at hosptial
Her message: Symptoms of heart attack in women can be far more subtle Eleanor Bates was startled awake at 6 a.m., sweating profusely, and feeling a strange pain in her jaw. Bates, a retired registered nurse from Perth Amboy, dismissed the ailments as the typical aches and pains of a 65-year-old person. She took some…
