Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Shapin’ up

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Joe Eber of Plainfield leads a tai chi program at Roosevelt Park on Aug. 18. At right: Dawn Menendez, Rahway, follows along with Eber during the program.

  • Family touched to learn of late father’s heroics

    South Brunswick man’s father pulled sailors to safety in WWII BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Bill Daniels never knew his dad was a war hero. Nine months ago, he was browsing through a box of his mother’s old photos and papers when he came across a letter of commendation addressed to his father, Walter C.…

  • Photo

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Woodbridge resident Russell Fischer prepares to portray Jimmy Smith while Maggie Siegrist, Piscataway, prepares for the role of Ruth in “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” presented by the Middlesex County Department of Parks and Recreation in its 45th anniversary season of Plays-in-the-Park at Roosevelt Park in Edison on Aug. 18. Story, page 6.

  • Vets raise concern over lowering of POW/MIA flag

    Mayor issues apology and vows to more closely follow flag etiquette BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer Several veterans groups protested the raising of the flag of India on Aug. 15 because it required the lowering of the POW/MIA flag from a municipal flagpole dedicated to veterans. “It’s like sacred land to the veterans,” said Gary…

  • Township names street in honor of 9/11 victim

    Local man remembered as ‘a great man and a great hero’ BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Edward Strauss spoke at the dedication ceremony of a street in his son’s name on Aug. 18. Strauss’ son, Ed, was killed during the 9/11 terrorist bombings of the World Trade Center; he was…

  • Two dead, dozens arrested at Ozzfest

    State bans alcohol in the parking lot at PNC Bank Arts Center BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Following the deaths of two people and the arrest of more than 80 others at Thursday’s Ozzfest concert, the tap was turned off on alcohol consumption in the parking lot of the PNC Bank Arts Center. Starting with…

  • Local stone carver creating 9/11 police memorial

    Franco Minervini completing project for police foundation BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent When Franco Minervini was a young boy in his hometown of Molfetta, Italy, he helped his grandfather, Michael, who was a stone carver. Little did he know then that he would continue his family’s tradition of stone carving. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Stone…

  • ‘Millie’ marks close of Plays-in-the-Park season

    Woodbridge native had male lead in play’s 10-day run BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Kristen Bussiere, Edison, stars as Millie Dillmount in the production of “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” sponsored by the Middlesex County Department of Parks and Recreation during the 45th anniversary season of Plays-in-the-Park at Roosevelt Park, Edison. EDISON – As Middlesex County’s Plays-in-the-Park…

  • Town hall meeting covers risks of teen Rx drug abuse

    MCC, one of 10 in nation to get grant, to hold meeting BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer EDISON – Nearly one in five teens admitted to abusing prescription drugs in 2005 – more than any other illegal drug except one. According to a report published by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) studying…