Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Out of the Nazi’s shadow, into the light

    MCC professor describes the Holocaust’s effect on her family BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer Blima Weisstuch EDISON – When Shirley Wachtel was growing up, the big bad wolf was Adolf Hitler and the fairy godmother was Frau Gizella. Wachtel’s parents, Blima and Chiel, were two of the 100,000 Holocaust survivors who…

  • Seminar offers tips on avoiding identity theft

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – Police Officer David Liantonio said if he had to collect all identity theft crimes that have happened to borough residents, it would take him months. “It happens quite frequently to people from all over,” he said. “Many times our residents become victims of crimes…

  • Photo

    TOM SPERDUTO “The Cat in the Hat” wants you to go to the show. You can go fast, or you can go slow. Either way, just go, just go, just go. The Plays-in-the-Park theater program at the Stephen J. Capestro Theater in Roosevelt Park in Edison continues with its rendition of “Seussical the Musical,” which…

  • Legislation would ban protests near funerals

    Bill prompted by Kansas group’s demonstrations at slain soldiers’ services BY JESSICA SMITH Correspondent BY JESSICA SMITHCorrespondent “I think there was some feeling that it might happen [in New Jersey], and we wanted to pre-empt that.” – Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D-Middlesex/Mercer) A bill banning protests near funerals was unanimously approved by the state Senate and…

  • Judge orders naked cop removed from his job

    Former officer can never hold a public position again BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Edison’s naked cop is no longer a cop.Dunellen Municipal Court Judge John Leonard signed an order Monday to remove Patrolman Ioannis Mpletsakis from the job he held for five years. It was the end result of an…

  • Precious cargo

    TOM SPERDUTO Pamela Stead, of Metuchen, checks the sturdiness of her 11-month-old daughter Lilian’s car seat after the seat was installed and inspected by Metuchen Police Officers Cynthia Velez (l) and David Liantonio (r) at McDonagh Dodge in Metuchen on Sunday.

  • Inman Ave. property bid process questioned

    Developer files suit against twp. and housing authority BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer A professional appraisal by Edison Township will determine whether a recently purchased piece of property really is worth $1.2 million. Meanwhile, Michael Lombardi, an attorney representing the Hawkeye Development Co., filed a lawsuit Friday claiming the entire bidding…

  • Crabiel calls for tax reform via convention

    Seeks system in which property taxes are paid based on one’s ability BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDI Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDIStaff Writer The county’s top elected official is asking state leaders to act immediately on property tax reform by convening a constitutional tax convention. Middlesex County Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel last week proposed the creation…

  • The cat in the hat

    TOM SPERDUTO Joseph Riley, playing “The Cat in the Hat,” and Michael Restaino, playing “Jo-Jo,” rehearse “Seussical the Musical” at Stephen J. Capestro Theater in Roosevelt Park in Edison on Sunday. The show opens tonight.