Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Winter weather takes its toll on local roads
Edison police log75 car accidents on Friday BY MAURA DOWGIN & MATT AUERBACHStaff Writers Winter weather takes its toll on local roads Edison police log 75 car accidents on Friday JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Tom Catuosco, Whippany, braves the snow to wave to potential customers of a store on Raritan Center Parkway on Friday morning. BY…
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Metuchen continues debate over development
Officials: Measureprovides incentivesto spare historic homes BY MATT AUERBACHStaff Writer Officials: Measure provides incentives to spare historic homes BY MATT AUERBACH Staff Writer Tearing down some of Metuchen’s historic homes and replacing them with new structures is an issue that has recently generated some controversy. Heated discussions between the public and local government ensued over…
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Speaker attempts to raise AIDS awareness
BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Dawn Breedon, Teaneck, speaks to Woodrow Wilson Middle School students about HIV and AIDS on Friday. EDISON — Eighth-graders at Woodrow Wilson Middle School had an eye-opening experience Friday. Many of the students said that, to the best of their knowledge, they had…
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Rabbi wants to see incident treated as bias crime
Three juveniles charged as a result ofNov. 7 assault BY MATT AUERBACHStaff Writer Three juveniles charged as a result of Nov. 7 assault BY MATT AUERBACH Staff Writer EDISON — Authorities are pondering whether to charge three local juveniles with a bias crime after an attack on a rabbi and his wife last month. Rabbi…
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Projections show steady enrollment in boro schools
BY MATT AUERBACHStaff Writer BY MATT AUERBACH Staff Writer METUCHEN — Whether or not the school district will need to adjust its facilities to accommodate changes in enrollment was up for discussion by school officials last week. At a meeting held with administration officials at the Campbell School, the findings of a demographic study commissioned…
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Annual tour raises funds for Franklin Schoolhouse
BY MATT AUERBACHStaff Writer BY MATT AUERBACH Staff Writer METUCHEN — Some borough homeowners opened their doors to their neighbors for a good cause on Sunday. The Borough Improvement League’s annual house tour went off on schedule despite the remains of a nor’easter, which created treacherous walking conditions every step of the way. The snow caused folks…
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The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office has a new way to protect children. Several local police stations as well as the prosecutor’s office have purchased about 12,000 Computer COP CD-ROMs, a software program designed to scan for images and potentially offensive words and phrases that could be used by pedophiles seeking to "communicate with, lure or…
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Neighbors save elderly couple from house fire
Thanksgiving blazeinjures couple,destroys their home BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Thanksgiving blaze injures couple, destroys their home BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — A fire at a Ferris Street home caused ample damage but no serious injuries early Thanksgiving morning, thanks to several heroic neighbors and a prompt response from local firefighters. Residents John…
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Kids’ holiday show fast becoming local favorite
BY MATT AUERBACHStaff Writer BY MATT AUERBACH Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Glenn Klein plays Rabbineezer Scrooge in “Winnie-the-Pooh’s Christmas Carol” at the Forum Theater in Metuchen. METUCHEN — For the third consecutive year, the inhabitants of the Hundred-Acre Wood have hunkered down at the Forum Theater. In what is fast becoming a holiday tradition,…
