Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • County unveils new driving simulator for police

    County hopes to limit police accidents through realistic training BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer TOM CAIAZZA Sgt. Bob Phillips of the Old Bridge Police Department “test drives” the county’s new police pursuit simulator during an unveiling at the county’s training facility in Edison on March 15. EDISON – Practice makes perfect,…

  • New initiative to decrease residential area speeders

    Mayor, P.D. announce programs to keep speeding at a minimum BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – Standing on the steps of the Dr. William Toth Memorial Health Center Wednesday morning, Mayor Jun Choi announced a municipal initiative to put the brakes on speeders in residential areas. The program, titled “Slow…

  • South Bruns. wants trucks to hit the road

    Opposes new state regulations that allow big rigs to use Route 27 BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff A car waits to turn onto Heathcote Road as a truck drives through the intersection with Route 27 in Kingston. Larger trucks are going to be allowed on the road due…

  • Indian artist showcases landscapes of U.S.

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – Preeti Sahota takes what she sees in her daily travels as well as overseas, and conveys it in her artwork. “I try to show the fall colors in the wide open spaces,” said Sahota. “I am moved by the landscape of the area and…

  • Children keep history of resistance to Nazis alive

    Youth opera ‘Brundibar’ was originally performed in concentration camp BY TAMMY McKILLIP Correspondent BY TAMMY McKILLIPCorrespondent Clockwise from top, the cast of the original production of “Brundibar” in Terezin. “Brundibar” director Paul Hart applies whiskers to a cast member during a rehearsal for the Holmdel Theater Company’s production of the historic children’s opera. A photo…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff U.S. Marine Mark Milik stands tall at the Edison Senior Center with his proclamation from the mayor as his cousin, Jeanette Milik, proudly looks on.

  • Mayor, seniors honor Marine on his return from Iraq

    Seniors sent care packages throughout marine’s two tours of duty BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer The chaplain spoke proudly of Mark Milik’s service to his country. The crowd expressed their happiness as she thanked the Lord for the safe return of “their adopted marine.” After two tours of duty in Iraq,…

  • Barnes III assumes father’s Assembly seat

    Barnes Jr. confirmed by state Senate as chair of Parole Board BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer For Edison Councilman Peter Barnes III, it is nothing but a family thing.Barnes III took the oath of office on March 15, making him the newest member of the New Jersey State Assembly and allowing…

  • Computer yields Internet search about murder

    McGuire’s computer also contains searches for guns, chloral hydrate BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK – Someone at approximately 5:44 p.m. on April 18, 2004, typed the words “how to commit murder” into a search engine on the Internet on the McGuires’ home desktop computer, according to a New Jersey…