Buddy Bowl Tournament      JEFF GRANIT staff Ryan Murray, 15, of Colonia, looks back to see if his last two pins fell at the final Woodbridge Buddy Bowl tournament of the season Saturday at the Woodbridge Bowling Center. More ... Fake water employees rob, attempt to rob two homes Men posed as water company workers using fake badges to gain access to homes BY KATHY CHANG & CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writers       Residents in two towns reported incidents involving people posing as water company employees to gain access to homes, one in Woodbridge and the other in Edison, on April 1. More ... Hey,, buddy!!      Clockwise from top left: Michael Karafa, of Woodbridge, leads the teams onto the court at the Woodbridge Buddy Ball's Mayor's Trophy Game at the Iselin Middle School on March 29. Millie Popovich and her daughter Dylan Hunter, 12, of Woodbridge, do a double high-five at the final tournament of the se... More ... Former girlfriend of murder suspect says he confessed Witness said suspect told her fatal shooting was an accident BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       A former girlfriend of Michael E. Ross II, 25, told the jury on April 2 that Ross confessed to her on two occasions that he shot and killed two Russian men in front of Building 12 of the Forest View apartment complex in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township on Oct. 30, 2003. More ... Trial for murder of twp. man continues Police say suspect attempted to dispose of murder weapon BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       Even though Ekaterina Vovolatskaya was expecting her boyfriend, Sergey Barbashov, to come back to her house onWalter Drive in 20 to 30 minutes after dropping her off, she sat back down and kissed him before he left. "It was strange," Vovolatskaya said to the eight-woman, seven-man jury onApril 2 ... More ... Nutritionist draws on life in both weight extremes BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       WOODBRIDGE- Karen Marino, who began struggling with her weight through starvation when she was only 9 years old, can now say she has been happy with her weight for 14 years. "I have been on both spectrums," she said. "In my junior year of high school I was 40 to 50 pounds heavier than I am now, a... More ... For the Record       In the April 2 edition of the Sentinel, the review for the film "Stop Loss" was erroneously attributed to staff writer Chris Gaetano. The review was actually written by Greater Media's other resident film critic, Jennifer Kohlhepp. We regret this error. More ... Let's dance      From top to bottom: Instructors Christine Mattei (l), 18, of Perth Amboy, and Carolyn Latkovich, 17, of Fords, show some moves to Shayla Hilvert (l-r), 8, of Perth Amboy, Pauline Simmons, 8, of Perth Amboy, and Emily Swenson, 8, of Fords, at the Dance Across America fundraiser at Dance Factor Studio... More ... Schools budget, board seats to be decided in election BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       Woodbridge Township residents will head to the pollsApril 15 and vote on whether or not to approve the $183 million school budget and choose three of the four candidates vying for the three three-year seats open on the Board of Education this year. More ... Farmers don't want to sacrifice green for green BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer       Alan Habiak just loves farming. It's in his blood and the "smell in the air" really gets to him. That'swhy he and other farmers in the area oppose the abolishment of the New JerseyDepartment ofAgriculture (NJDA), which has been suggested byGov.Corzine. More ...