Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Council supports break for seniors, disabled
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — The Township Council is backing legislation that offers discounts to some seniors and disabled residents on their bills. At the April 28 council meeting, members of the governing body passed two resolutions supporting state Assembly and Senate bills that would allow discounts…
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Planner/borough resident likes what he sees
BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Professional planner and Metuchen resident Stan Slachetka stands in the old Foodtown parking lot, which he thinks the borough should target for redevelopment. METUCHEN — For three years running, "the brainy borough" has collected awards for its planning and redevelopment efforts, and some…
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Edison signs on in fight against ‘trash train’
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — Stewart Weiss got a little help from his governing body in his effort to derail the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s plan to increase railroad cargo movement in the local area. The proposal, which has motivated Weiss to take…
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Speaker shines light on story of baseball great
BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Dr. Lawrence Hogan and fan Evan Tardosky pose with replica jerseys after Hogan’s presentation on Negro League Baseball at the Metuchen Senior Citizen Center. It was a great day for baseball. Although they weren’t out on the diamond, on a balmy Friday afternoon,…
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Tree commission steps out of the shade
Many trees along Amboy Ave. reaching the end of their life spans BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Many trees along MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Metuchen residents have long enjoyed Amboy Avenue’s sycamores, but the Shade Tree Commission says most of the trees will die within 10 to 20 years. Amboy Ave. reaching the end of their life…
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Board takes step forward on referendum
School officials askcommunity to come outand give input BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer School officials ask community to come out and give input BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — The school board continues to shape plans for a scheduled fall referendum that will fund an overhaul of the district’s aging facilities. Last week, school officials…
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Field narrows for Ford site developer
Company says planto demolish plant in the works BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Company says plan to demolish plant in the works BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer The future of Ford’s shuttered, Route 1 manufacturing site may look radically different from its past. Last week, Edison and Ford officials confirmed that several developers are…
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Local man may be reigning ‘Birdhouse King’
BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Mitch Erceg sands what will be the roof of one of his “luxury birdhouses” in his garage in his Edison home. Erceg can be found working in his home studio eight to 10 hours a day, listening to bluegrass or NPR…
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Local man charged with attempted murder
Local man charged with attempted murder A domestic dispute that allegedly turned violent led to attempted murder charges for a township man on April 25. Patrolman Robert Dudash said that shortly after 3 p.m. Robert Harder, 50, chased his wife out of their Caldwell Road home with a kitchen knife, then jumped into his Ford…
