Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Public invited to Sept. 9 stormwater plan meeting
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Public invited to Sept. 9 stormwater plan meeting BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Middlesex County officials are looking for some public input on the formation of a county stormwater plan at a Sept. 9 meeting. The Board of Freeholders is inviting all "interested stakeholders" throughout the lower Raritan-Middlesex County…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Workers put the finishing touches on Metuchen’s long-awaited new borough hall Aug. 20, the day the borough began the process of moving in.
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Tax rate trimmed with state aid, use of surplus
Original tax ratehike was 15 cents BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Original tax rate hike was 15 cents BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer Metuchen residents here will see a one-penny increase in the municipal purposes tax rate, far lower than the rate first proposed. Officials were able to pare the original 15-cent increase to a penny,…
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Mayor O’Brien still pushing for more trees
BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — Mayor Edmund O’Brien is continuing his efforts to get Amtrak to replace some of the dozens of trees they cut down a couple of months ago. "Amtrak came through and really devastated the foliage," O’Brien said of the cuttings, which extended along the rail…
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Two cops assaulted in arrest
Two cops assaulted in arrest EDISON — Police had their hands full arresting a man involved in a bar fight last week. Patrolman Robert Dudash said officers responded to a report of an altercation at the Corner Pocket Inn on Route 27 and Plainfield Avenue around 10 p.m. Aug. 19. After going inside and breaking…
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Three injured in separate car accidents
WOODBRIDGE — Three people were injured recently in three separate car accidents, police said. A Carteret teenager who was struck by a car while crossing Main Street was issued a summons for failing to use a crosswalk Aug. 13, police said. The incident occurred around 9:25 p.m., when a motorist traveling west on Main Street…
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Wood Avenue man arrested on assault charges
EDISON — A township man’s less than neighborly behavior landed him behind bars last week, police said. A 69-year-old Wood Avenue resident was working in his garage around 9:30 a.m. Aug. 19 when another Wood Avenue resident, James Ruggiero, 55, approached him, angry about the noise, said Patrolman Robert Dudash. Dudash said Ruggiero was holding…
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McGreevey news takes town hall by surprise
BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Just as most Woodbridge residents were shocked to hear of Gov. James E. McGreevey’s resignation, shock waves rippled through town hall as well. Mayor Frank G. Pelzman’s chief of staff, Donna Jago, said the mayor’s office was completely unprepared for members of the press…
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McGreevey story not over, some residents say
BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — In the days following Gov. James E. McGreevey’s bombshell resignation speech, people said they are waiting for the truth to come out about why their former mayor really quit his long-sought-after post. "There’s got to be something deeper," Anthony Lisco of Iselin said at…
