Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Exhibit traces history of comic book superheroes

    Montclair Art Museum hosts one-of-a-kind tribute to genre BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The American cultural phenomenon known as the comic book is getting the royal treatment at the Mont-clair Art Museum, Montclair, Essex County. Fans of this genre of entertainment will be coming from near and far between now and Jan. 13, 2008, to…

  • Bakery with French name captures joie de vivre

    La Bonbonniere has been a staple of county for 55 years BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer PHOTOS BY KATHY CHANG The outside of La Bonbonniere’s Cookie Jar on Amboy Avenue in Woodbridge. Owner Matthew D’Agostino acquired the location in 2003 and decided to keep the name Cookie Jar since the prior bakery was called the…

  • Congressman announces toy safety legislation

    Rep. Ferguson seeks third-party inspection of overseas toys BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer PHOTOS BY TOM CAIAZZA Above: U.S. Representative Mike Ferguson talks to counselors in training at the Kiddie Keep Well Camp in Edison on Aug. 14 about toy safety in light of the current recall of Mattel toys made in China with toxic…

  • Officials: No progress on bringing ballpark

    Marketplace idea lost momentum; Rt. 33 panel stopped meeting BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE – Despite township officials’ efforts to cover all bases in planning for a ballpark complex on Route 33, bringing the project to fruition has proven to be a whole other ballgame. “At some point, it just didn’t make any sense,”…

  • Council adopts $14M budget on Aug. 6

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – Even though the increase in taxes dropped $39 this year from last year, officials said the borough is still facing hard times to come. “We have gotten by this year with relatively small increases,” said Councilman Timothy Dacey. Residents with a home assessed at…

  • Photo

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Members of the Hare Krishna gleefully celebrate with the crowd at the India Day Parade on Oak Tree Road, which went through Edison and Woodbridge on Aug. 12. The parade marked India’s 60th independence day. Story, see page 3.

  • Hero cop recognized by Township Council

    Edison detective used CPR to revive girl who had no pulse or breath BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Sometimes heroism is where luck and skill converge.On May 27, Edison Detective William Colletto had been patrolling, unassigned along Route 27, when a call came in: young girl, unconscious in a pool. He…

  • Routes 440 and 287 to be rehabbed in county

    Route 440 southbound to be repaved; 287 needs complete overhaul BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer MIDDLESEX COUNTY – Construc-tion has started on the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] I-287 rehabilitation project and the Route 440 Southbound resurfacing project. “These are two separate projects, but it will look like one project,”…

  • Football team volunteers at Lakeview school carnival

    Event lasts 3 days; students get chance to experience carnival BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Nick Tritni (No. 34), 10, a student at Lakeview School and Treatment Center, Edison, and Chris Scerbo (No. 76), 17, a member of the J.P. Stevens High School football team, share a laugh during the carnival…