Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Budget and board seats up for vote at polls
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — It is now up to voters to decide the fate of a $166.6 million school budget and whether a new Board of Education member will replace one of three incumbents on the dais. On Tuesday, polls will be open to voters from…
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Serving developmentally disabled for over 50 years
The Arc of Middlesex will hold walk-a-thon to raise awareness, funding BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — More than 50 years ago a group of parents built an Arc to keep their children with mental retardation afloat in the ever-changing tides of their community. This Arc withstood the tests…
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Board members focus on upcoming referendum
Voters to decide on school budget Tuesday; polls open from 2-9 p.m. BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — In addition to deciding the fate of the 2004-05 school budget, the incumbents running unopposed for the school board want the community to think about the district’s future. Polls will be open on Tuesday from 2-9…
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Company: Lights out on billboard controversy
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Company: Lights out on billboard controversy BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — After light was shed on the severity of a glaring local problem, the source of that problem was dimmed. An official from Heller Industrial Park said that his company pulled the plug on the bright lights…
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Exhibit spotlights college’s best artists
Future media specialists put work on display BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer Photos by Miguel juarez staff Visitors examine the graphic design work on display at the MAD exhibit at Middlesex County College in Edison during the opening reception April 8. EDISON — Today’s students may be tomorrow’s media arts professionals.…
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Two corrections officers to receive national awards
Valor cited forquick reactions toserious situations BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer Valor cited for quick reactions to serious situations BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer CHARLES W. KIM Middlesex County Adult Correction Center Warden Ed Ciccho (l) honors officer Chris Wilson of Jamesburg (center) for stopping an attack on fellow officer Tim Morris (r). Two…
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Sleeping hotel guest reports assault, robbery
EDISON — A man staying at the Red Roof Inn on New Durham Road received a rather rude awakening early Sunday, according to police. According to reports, a 48-year-old male from South Plainfield was asleep in a room there shortly before 1 a.m. when three black males described as being in their early 20s, wearing…
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Juveniles charged with receiving stolen property
EDISON — Three township juveniles were charged with receiving stolen property on Saturday, according to police. Police responded to a call that a 1996 Saturn had crashed into the garage door of a Kearny Avenue residence around 4:40 p.m, according to the report on the incident. The vehicle was determined to have been reported stolen…
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Campbell school debuts new school song
METUCHEN — Campbell Elementary School never had a school song. But it does now. The song was performed for the first time during the Campbell School first- and second-grade Spring Spectacular Concert on April 2. The standing-room only crowd that gathered in the auditorium for the show included parents, grandparents, siblings, teachers and staff. As…
