Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Young fencer enjoys living on the edge

    Woodbridge resident hoping for a spot on 2008 Olympic team BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE – Dagmara Wozniak didn’t even know what fencing was when her father enrolled her in her first class at the age of 9. She found out fast. She fell in love with the sport on…

  • Cop supporters demand Choi’s resignation

    Choi stands firm on reforming Edison Police Department BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff More than 100 Edison residents rallied for the police department and against Mayor Jun Choi’s policies in front of Edison’s municipal complex on Monday. Several hundred police officers, family members and police supporters gathered in…

  • Photo

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Sravanand Das plays the flute at the New Jersey India Parade that went through Edison and Iselin on Sunday. For story and more pictures, see pages 3 and 13.

  • India Day parade graced with superb weather

    No problems reported during three-hour event down Oak Tree Road BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer PHOTOSBY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Vraj Patel, 7, and his cousins Ricky and Shashi Pater proudly march with the flag of India at the New Jersey India Parade that went through Edison and Iselin on Sunday. Sunday’s India…

  • Take that!

    JEFF GRANIT staff Camp counselors Nick Kaminski (l), who is dressed as a Jedi Knight, and Mary Lenti have a saber fight at the Stelton Community Center summer carnival in Edison.

  • Finding Nemo

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Brothers Dylan,5, and Maxwell Blake, 2, show their catch, a rare golden fish, to the officials during the annual Youth Fishing Derby at Tommy’s Pond in Metuchen on Saturday.

  • Voters urged to support limits on eminent domain

    EDISON – Eminent domain will be a prominent issue in November’s general election. On Nov. 7, voters will have the chance to vote on an ordinance that would limit the government’s power to take land away from private property owners. “We want to take a stand against the use of eminent domain for the sole…

  • Model students

    PHOTOSBYMIGUEL JUAREZ staff Teacher Samla Kelly checks a dress that student Trisha Arora, 13, is redesiging during the fashion classs of the “Rip the Runway” program at the Stelton Community center in Edison recently. Behind them, sisters Archa, 14 and Akshi Dhawan, 11, work on their own projects. Loren Dent, 12, and Carissa Urbanski, 12,…

  • Hearing on NJ’s Tavern moved to Sept. 25

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – The liquor license hearing for NJ’s Tavern & Restaurant on Main Street has been postponed for the second time. “Raymond Farrell [lawyer for the tavern’s owner, Nancy Huss] cited problems with the notice of the original complaints,” said Municipal Prosecutor Glenn Slavin at the…