Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Budding director makes first film on slim budget

    Flick picked up by Comcast’s Movies on Demand BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE – Iselin resident Danny Scott Cerchiaro went Hollywood for the premiere of his first independent screenplay and feature-length movie. “We had searchlights, wine, velvet rope, the red carpet,” said Cerchiaro, whose movie “The Tree Behind the Church”…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Lindsay Kramer, of Lacey Township, plays a violin on the sidewalk as she gets a tip from Mackenzie Rice, of South Brunswick, and her grandma Flo Gressing, of Edison, during the annual Metuchen Country Fair on Saturday.

  • Fun at the fair

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Audry and David Hamilton-Jones, from Greenwood Lake, N.Y., enjoy their Italian ices while visiting the Metuchen Country Fair with their grandfather, Jim Dunsabage, of Metuchen, on Saturday.

  • Benefit slated for ailing auxiliary police officer

    Officers rally for Lt. Donato, who gave his all to police dept. BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer Metuchen Police Department members will hold a benefit for one of their own, an auxiliary police officer who suffered a massive stroke on Sept. 22 that has left him in a coma. The fundraiser…

  • Oak Tree Road, Iselin talk on tap tomorrow

    Residents urged to attend meeting to discuss concerns BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE – The second public meeting dealing with the future of the Oak Tree Road business district and surrounding areas in Iselin will be held tomorrow night. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the Iselin Middle School…

  • Work on arsenal site could take 5 to 10 years

    EWA prez says advisory board doesn’t represent entire community BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – It’s unlikely any of the buried ordnance on the old Raritan Arsenal property will pose any danger to the public, a federal official said recently. “There has never been an occurrence of anything happening at…

  • Dragon tails

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The “Little Buddha” takes care of the dragon as members of the Metuchen’s Master Norman Chin Kung Fu gave a demonstration of their famous Dragon Dance during the annual Metuchen Country Fair on Saturday.

  • Input needed on Ford site redevelopment plan

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer Edison EDISON – The redevelopment plan for the former Ford Motor Company site should be designed to benefit the township, a consultant told the Planning Board recently. “I wanted to first dispel some of the rumors,” said attorney Joseph Bauman at the Oct. 4 board meeting.…

  • PBA backs out of community committee

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer EDISON – The fledgling Community Relations Advisory Committee formed in the wake of several racially tinged events has lost one of its key members. “We gave it a fair shot, and we thought it was a good idea, but we didn’t like the direction it was…