Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Group stages housing protest in Colonia
BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Some trick-or-treaters in Colonia were carrying more than just sacks of candy on Friday. Members of the low-income housing advocacy group ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) came with about 75 of their children, grandchildren and neighbors from Newark, Jersey City and…
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Clara Barton section spruce-up complete
BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Decorative signs were installed as part of the Amboy Avenue project. EDISON — The township is slated to receive $578,200 from the state for various improvement projects. The state Department of Community Affairs is reimbursing the township $150,000 for the work…
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Office space, apartments approved on Plainfield Ave
BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON— Single-family homes will be replaced by apartments and office space on a section of Plainfield Avenue near Division Street. The applicant, CAS Realty Services, LLC, of Holmdel, proposed knocking down two single-family homes and building a three-story office building and a three-story apartment building. The…
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Local woman to tackle 550-mile ride for AIDS charity
BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Hopelawn resident Jenny Rosetti has made bike rides for charity her hobby. Now she’s training for her hardest ride yet — a 550-mile trek from Niagra Falls to New York City. WOODBRIDGE — Jenny Rosetti had not ridden a bike in years. However,…
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Officials expand light transit system
BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — The local government is promoting ways to get people to use public transportation. "Edison is home to 100,000 residents and hosts over 300,000 workers daily, that’s a lot of people trying to travel in and around Edison each day and clogging our streets," said…
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Edison, union settle after 30 months of talks
Officials expect contract to save township$1 million BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer Officials expect contract to save township $1 million BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — After more than two years of negotiations, the township and Department of Public Works employees have finally settled on terms for a new contract. DPW employees have been working…
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Bomb scare used to rob bank
BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — A man claiming to have a bomb robbed Commerce Bank on St. Georges Avenue Oct. 28, police said. A bank employee told police that at around 10 a.m. she observed a man enter the bank dressed in a black sweat shirt, blue jeans and…
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Edison to get parks upgrade, new field
BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — The township is building a home for the Shamrocks youth football program. The new Shamrock Field, located off Inman Avenue along the Lehigh Valley freight line, will include a football field, a grandstand, a football clubhouse facility and a parking lot, according to a…
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Widening art’s mainstream
Transculturalinitiative reaching out to ethnic artists BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Transcultural initiative reaching out to ethnic artists BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Marianne Ficarra is coordinating a statewide effort to bring recognition to the state’s ethnic artists and the influence art from different cultures has on the mainstream art world. A wave…
