Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Solar panel project on tap for district schools
Officials hope to reap financial benefits from sun BY ELAINE VANDEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VANDEVELDE Staff Writer On the subject of energy efficiency, Edison school officials will tell you they have seen the light and the enlightenment stands to save them $1 million a year. They plan to take advantage of a state program to…
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Recreation Commission has something for all
BYBRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BYBRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — For area kids and parents, there is a cure for the summertime blues, and the Metuchen Recreation Commission has it. From science workshops to athletic camps to day trips, the borough youth has numerous options to combat the boredom that often sets in once the thrill…
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Serial armed bandit targeting businesses
Police warn employeesto cooperate with robber so no one is injured BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Serial armed bandit targeting businesses Police warn employees to cooperate with robber so no one is injured BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer Police from Woodbridge, Edison and Rahway are investigating a series of armed robberies by a perpetrator with a…
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Trip to Israel provides lessons about terrorism
Professor says fightis not easy againstwell-organized groups BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Professor says fight is not easy against well-organized groups BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer George Zilbergeld George Zilbergeld of Freehold Borough, the chairman of the Montclair University political science department, believes he learned a number of lessons about terrorism during his recent visit to…
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Real estate broker breaks contract with church
Issue stems from refusalto rent to gay-affirming congregation BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer Issue stems from refusal to rent to gay-affirming congregation BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — The real estate office representing a Woodbridge church accused of discriminatory practices has dropped the church as its client, the Realtor’s broker said last week. Jeffrey Meisner,…
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Minivan strikes, kills nurse
BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer EDISON — A Sayreville woman was killed crossing James Street after she was struck by a minivan July 15, police said. Patricia Soccodato, 59, a registered nurse at JFK Medical Center was heading for an employee parking lot when she was struck by a 2003 Ford…
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Several injured in brawl at party
WOODBRIDGE According to police reports, one of the victims told police that shortly after 2 p.m. five cars pulled in front of the house and when he went to see what was going on, a man attacked him with a bat. Two other partygoers also sustained injuries in the scuffle, police said. Two of the…
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Man faces weapons charge
WOODBRIDGE — Police arrested a man who witnesses said was causing a commotion at the Metropark train station by wielding a knife June 29. A taxi driver phoned police around 9 p.m. after witnessing the man behaving in an erratic and apparently intoxicated manner and refusing his request for a ride to a local bar.…
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Special night at center courtesy of donated duds
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — Dress it up! That is what residents of the Roosevelt Care Center intend to do with some "gently used" donated duds and accessories. In keeping with its twice-annual "Evening of Elegant Dining," officials of the center want to make certain all residents…
