Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Eight turn hardships into bright futures
BY MATTHEW EGANCorrespondent BY MATTHEW EGAN Correspondent NEW BRUNSWICK — Nanette Reid of South Amboy works five days a week as a medical biller in East Brunswick. She commutes to her job at Pulmonary and Internal Medicine of Central Jersey. But life wasn’t always so routine for Reid, who was one of eight Middlesex County…
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Residents want to provide needy with life’s basics
Volunteers find meaningand purpose in their work BY BRYANSABELLAStaff Writer Volunteers find meaning and purpose in their work BY BRYANSABELLA Staff Writer To hear Karen Sherbine tell it, it wasn’t the events of 9/11 that made her become a volunteer for the homeless, but it did get her thinking. Her husband, Paul, by virtue of…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff A crowd intently watches a magical display of fireworks over Edison’s Lake Pappaianni Saturday at the township’s annual Family Festival of Fireworks.
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At meeting, some call for councilman to step down
Official BY ELAINEVANDEVELDEStaff Writer Official’s drunk driving arrest major topic at meeting BY ELAINEVANDEVELDE Staff Writer William A. Kruczak Edison Township Councilman William A. Kruczak missed both the workshop and regular council meetings last week. But that didn’t stop some in attendance from voicing their opinions on Kruczak’s second driving-while-intoxicated charge while in office. Those…
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Cops: Carteret man ends
dispute with 12-inch knife EDISON — Police arrested and charged a Carteret man with aggravated assault after he allegedly slashed another man with a kitchen knife last week. Jaikirat Bajwa, 29, was also charged with possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, said Patrolman Robert Dudash. The incident began when Bajwa and two friends…
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Baby-sitter charged with assault
BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer EDISON — Police arrested and charged an Iselin woman with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child after a videotape showed the baby-sitter hitting an 8-month-old boy. Ilaben Patel, 54, was hired last May by the parents of the infant to baby-sit, Edison Patrolman…
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SPCA files charges against shelter worker
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — The New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has filed a complaint against the township animal control officer for euthanizing a kitten without a veterinarian’s approval. SPCA officer Lazaro Berna filed an animal cruelty charge against Gerald Fedroff for…
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Diner incident leads to arrest
EDISON — Police arrested a township man on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after an incident at a Route 27 diner last week. Patrolman Robert Dudash said officers Robert Duffy and Victor Aravena went into the Plaza Diner for their dinner break around 5 a.m. Aug. 21. When Duffy went to the restroom,…
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Firefighters, police officers learn to reed
Band formedto pay respectto fallen comrades BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer Band formed to pay respect to fallen comrades BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer PHOTOSBY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Above, snare drum lessons for the Middlesex County Police and Fire Pipes and Drums are under way at Royal Albert’s Palace in Fords last Wednesday. At right, Woodbridge…
