Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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State pay-to-play law called too lax
Two groupsstill pushingfor local laws BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Two groups still pushing for local laws BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer A local lawyer and a citizens group are continuing to push their own versions of a local pay-to-play ordinance. "The state law has no teeth," said Flavio Komuves, an Edison resident and…
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Attorney gears up for housing court battle
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — It’s not over until all the battles are fought in the courts. That’s how resident and attorney Flavio Komuves feels about the Planning Board’s approval of "Beechwood at Edison." The project calls for 198 apartments, 87 town houses and 61,000 square feet…
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Father and son charged with theft by deception
Father and son charged with theft by deception EDISON — A 45-year-old New Brunswick woman was the victim of a father-son flim-flam team last Friday afternoon, police said. The woman was sitting in her 1992 Nissan Maxima around 1 p.m. in front of National Wholesale Liquidates on Route 27 when she was approached by John…
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Suspect held in string of area armed robberies
BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Authorities believe they have the perpetrator of a number of armed robberies around the region in custody. Derrell Nettingham, 43, Elizabeth, was picked up by township police on a robbery surveillance detail the afternoon of July 20. Nettingham was observed looking into storefronts on…
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Police halt street fights; seven charged with weapons possession
BYBRYANSABELLAStaff Writer Police halt street fights; seven charged with weapons possession BYBRYANSABELLA Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — A remark made by one juvenile to another at a party may have sparked two planned fights in which five juveniles and two adults were arrested on weapons charges July 13, police said. Township police Capt. Charles Rowinski said…
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Almost 50 years on the job and no plans to retire
BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Judy Nicholson (above left), R.N., and Director of Ambulatory Nursing Jean Gregowicz discuss a patient at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. At left, Gregowicz in her Perth Amboy Hospital School of Nursing graduation photo in 1957. When Jean Gregowicz began her…
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Revised master plan slated for July 28 Boro Council vote
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — The land use ordinance for the township’s revised master plan is scheduled to be voted on at the July 28 Borough Council meeting. The vote comes almost a year after the Planning Board approved the revised plan, back in August 2003. The…
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Citizens lobby for pay-to-play, submit petitions
Group hopes to place reform question on November ballot BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Pay-to-play legislation in Woodbridge got one step closer to the November ballot on Monday. A group of about 12 Woodbridge residents and members of the citizens’ rights advocacy organizations, Common Cause and the Center for…
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Roosevelt addition slated to open Nov. 15
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Roosevelt addition slated to open Nov. 15 BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — Officials at the Roosevelt Care Center are planning a smooth transition for residents when they move into a new 180-bed facility Nov. 15. The move has been planned for months to ensure that the patients…
