Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Officials OK Bishop Ahr expansion plan
High school plans to break ground on addition in spring Bishop Ahr High School plans to get bigger next year. Edison Township officials granted the school permission to build eight new classrooms and a new gymnasium onto the back of the current school building located on Tingley Lane at the Plan-ning Board meeting on Dec.…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Edison Mayor George A. Spadoro receives a menorah from Rabbi Yossi Hirsch during the 10th annual lighting of Edison’s menorah on Dec. 18.
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Council sinks ‘landmark preservation’ measure
Official, members of public say proposal needs BY MATT AUERBACHStaff Writer BY MATT AUERBACH Staff Writer Metuchen’s public debate over tearing down older homes and replacing them with new ones continues. At last week’s meeting, the Borough Council unanimously approved an ordinance amending the portions of the municipal land use code that deal with architectural…
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Edison charities get $20K boost
BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer Edison charities get $20K boost BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — Two local, nonprofit organizations got a financial boost last week. Ford Motor Co. donated $5,000 to the Edison Arts Society and $15,000 to the Edison Senior Outreach Services (SOS) on Dec. 15 at Township Hall. In October, Ford announced…
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Board appoints architect for future project
Potential Dec. 2005referendum couldoverhaul schools, fields BY MATT AUERBACHStaff Writer Potential Dec. 2005 referendum could overhaul schools, fields BY MATT AUERBACH Staff Writer METUCHEN — With the possibility of future school renovations looming, the borough’s Board of Education chose architects to plan those renovations at last week’s school board meeting. In a unanimous vote of…
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Livery service asks board to approve expansion
BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — A car service plans to expand and move into the Jet Messenger Service building on Ethel Road. Wilner Livery Service has an application in front of the Planning Board which asks officials to approve a second-floor addition of approximately 1,500 square feet to the…
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Metuchen school board kicks off budget process
BY MATT AUERBACHStaff Writer BY MATT AUERBACH Staff Writer METUCHEN — The Board of Education kicked off the 2004-05 budget process last week. At a public meeting held at Metuchen High School on Dec. 16, Superintendent of Schools Terri Sinatra and the board reviewed the base line data for the district, which is the basis for all…
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Resident to host party on behalf of candidate
BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — On Dec. 30, people at 3,000 locations across the country expect to get a phone call from Howard Dean. A local man hopes to be one of them. Tony Faber, a township resident, is helping to coordinate about a dozen parties in support of…
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Massage parlor employees charged with prostitution
METUCHEN — Police raided the Lucky 8 Massage Parlor on Essex Avenue last week and took three New York women into custody on charges of prostitution and promoting prostitution. According to Officer David Liantonio, police department spokesman, police received word from an informant that prostitution was occurring at the facility. After a four-week investigation by…
