Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Family tells story of losing their father

    Warn what to look out for at nursing homes, hospitals BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Laurentino Rodriguez Jr. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Laurentino Rodriguez Jr. was born in Lares, Puerto Rico. One of 12 siblings in his family, he worked hard all his life, supporting his family financially. Rodriguez came to the United States when he…

  • Future legends

    Above: Former New York Giants running back Keith Elias watches Justyn Brown, 8, work on his cutbacks during a footwork exercise at Wardlaw Hartridge School’s football camp on July 29 in Edison. Right: Football campers listen to Elias on playing the running back position. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT

  • IRS cracking down on homebuyer credit fraud

    The Internal Revenue Service recently announced its first successful prosecution related to fraud involving the first-time homebuyer credit and warned taxpayers to beware of this type of scheme. On July 23, a Jacksonville, Fla.-tax preparer, James Otto Price III, pleaded guilty to falsely claiming the first-time homebuyer credit on a client’s federal tax return. Price…

  • Middlesex County senior art contest winners’ work now exhibited

    Middlesex County Department on Aging has announced the winners of its senior art contest, with artwork displayed at the Carteret Senior Center, 100 Cooke Ave., Carteret, through Aug. 12. The works cover nine different media categories. Professional and non-professional artists were judged separately. Firstplace winners will compete in the New Jersey senior citizens art show…

  • Photo

    JEFF GRANIT Former New York Giants running back Keith Elias autographs a football for Zachary Newman, 10, at Wardlaw Hartridge School’s football camp on July 29 in Edison. More photos, page 14.

  • Ricigliano wants to see Edison save money

    If elected, mayoral candidate may try to remove some administrative positions BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Among the many things that Antonia Ricigliano would like to do if elected mayor is to freeze unnecessary spending. Ricigliano, a Democrat who upset incumbent Jun Choi in the June primary, said it was imperative for whoever is elected…

  • Pipala to run as GOP mayoral candidate

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer After nearly a month-long search, Edison Planning Board Chairman Dennis Pipala has been named as the new Republican candidate for mayor. Pipala replaces Raymond Koperwhats, who dropped out of the race due to what he called “personal reasons” after winning the primary in June. Sylvia Engel, chairperson of the Edison…

  • Reality show contestant dances her way to Woodbridge

    Karla Puno Garcia from ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ returns to Wbg. studio BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Professional dancer Karla Puno Garcia, who was one of the top 20 finalists in this season’s “So You Think You Can Dance” reality television show brought inspiration to the young dancers at the Across the Floor…

  • Rutgers study says New Jersey gamblers going out of state

    When Dr. Karyn Malinowski wanted to know where the New Jersey gamblers were going, she counted license plates. Unlike the game that parents have their vacation-weary children play on car trips, Malinowski, director of the Rutgers University Equine Science Center, was engaged in a study she released July 28 through the Hall Institute for Public…