Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Zimmerli to exhibit works of two Venetian masters

    Above: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo’s “Old Man with Turban” is among the etchings included in the “Two Venetian Masters” exhibition at the Zimmerli Art Museum. Left: “View of a Town on a River Bank,” from 1744. New Brunswick — The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers will evoke the brio at the heart of 18th-century Venetian art…

  • Check it out

    Middlesex County artists over age 60 who participated in the Middlesex County Department of Senior Services Senior Art Contest view their work at The Studio Art Gallery in the Middlesex County College Performing Arts Center in Edison. The works were part of a contest that included artwork in nine media categories.

  • Author ‘curries’ on with new Indian cooking techniques

    ‘My Indian Kitchen’ by Hari Nayak features meat dishes, grilling methods BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Hari Nayak spent 20 years in southwestern India in a coastal town known for its love of meat, seafood, vegetables and grilled dishes. He remembers fondly watching his grandmother make pancake batter and grinding fresh spices in a stone…

  • Photo

    Edison Township’s bookmobile recently made a special appearance at one of Middlesex County College’s summer camp programs for children. Sharon Giniger, the bookmobile coordinator, talked about the bookmobile and read to the children, who were enrolled in the Summer Library Book Club, one of dozens of camps offered by the college each year.

  • Middlesex towns to benefit from Green Acres funding

    BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Several parks and recreation areas in Middlesex County will be expanded with more open space, thanks to three Green Acres bills signed by Gov. Chris Christie on Aug. 3. Cheesequake State Park in Old Bridge and municipal parks in Edison are among the area recipients of allocations to help acquire…

  • Ex-sheriff, two employees indicted on bribery charges

    Spicuzzo accused of demanding money from eight seeking positions or promotions BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Joseph Spicuzzo Former Middlesex County Sheriff Joseph Spicuzzo and two former sheriff’s department employees were indicted Aug. 19 on charges of bribery and official misconduct. The three suspects allegedly conspired in a jobs-for-cash scheme in which Spicuzzo collected approximately $112,000…

  • Husband-wife team finds calling with ‘bed & bark-fest’

    Local couple turns love of animals into boarding, pet sitting service BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Darlene and Tom Sawyer relax at home in Old Bridge with a few of their canine tenants. JEFF GRANIT staff OLD BRIDGE — While talking with Darlene Sawyer, there are frequent, sometimes loud, interruptions. The distractions might be unwelcome if…

  • New technology, programs abound in Edison schools

    New school year brings hundreds of new computers, new faces, restored programs BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Superintendent of Schools Richard O’Malley could easily spend hours talking about the number of new initiatives that are in store for the coming school year, which begins Sept. 7. “There’s just too many to count,” he…

  • Special day of fun

    The Middlesex County College Child Care Center ended the summer with a special day of fun in August. The children enjoyed face painting, crafts, ice cream, pony rides and a petting zoo. Here, Harry Liu of Edison makes friends with a goat.