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Let the public be heard
IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN After weeks of debate, discussion and public hearings, New Jersey residents will have their say on budgets that have been proposed by local boards of education in the April 20 school election. This has been a budget season unlike any other I can remember in almost 30 years in this…
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for the record •••
In the March 31 issue of the Edison-Metuchen Sentinel, “State transportation head tells teens about new law,” we failed to mention that Petrucelli, who is quoted at the end of the article, is Randi Petrucelli and she is the driver’s education teacher at J.P. Stevens High School who organized the program on March 24. We…
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Visual art exhibition
Wen Shui (l) of Plainsboro shows her ceramic artwork to Daniella Toscanini of Edison at the reception for the annual student visual art exhibition at Middlesex County College. The exhibit, comprising ceramics, painting and three-dimensional objects, will continue through April 23. It is free and open to the public.
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Five arrested on drug charges
EDISON — Police arrested five men on drug charges last week in the area of the Herbert Hoover Elementary School. The four township residents and one Atlantic City resident were arrested at 8:58 p.m. April 5 on Liddle Avenue, police said. Officers Joseph Chonka and Brian Freund were dispatched there on a report of a…
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Route 1 gas station robbed
EDISON — Police are looking for three men involved in the robbery of the Fuel One gas station on Route 1. The robbery occurred at 1:30 a.m. April 4. The gas station attendant, a 17-year-old male, told police that one of the suspects, wearing a ski mask, approached him with a small bat in his…
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Police campaign aimed at slowing motorists
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The Edison Police Department is embarking on its fourth year of participation in the “Keep Kids Alive Drive 25” campaign, a nationwide program targeting observance of the residential speed limit. Police held a press conference at the intersection of Montview and Harris roads near James Monroe Elementary School on April…
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Ricigliano reflects on first 100 days
Mayor says she works hard to respond to residents and their concerns BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Edison Mayor Antonia Ricigliano said she hit the ground running when she took the top spot of the state’s fifth-largest township in January, and has kept up the momentum through her first 100 days. Antonia Ricigliano “Every day…
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Police, Army officers team up for lesson
Edison students get military-style lesson with DARE program BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The 120 fifth-graders at Menlo Park Elementary School learned about the dangers of drugs and alcohol in a way that the students found fun, interesting, and, at times, a bit punishing. Aditi Singh, 11, is fitted with Fatal Vision goggles during the…
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