Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Museum celebrates water as art world inspiration

    Water is the subject and title of a far-reaching exhibition at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, this fall. Ranging from a 17th-century Chinese landscape to Bill Viola’s 2005 visceral video work, “Ablutions,” works on display are drawn from the museum’s own collections of French, American, Russian and SovietNonconformist art,…

  • Woman says she was scammed out of $5K outside Edison store

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Police are investigating a scam that was reported at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 18 in the Wick Plaza on Route 1 South. The victim, a 55-year-old Piscataway resident, told police that she was walking to her vehicle when she was approached by a female who told her that another…

  • Metuchen acquaints kids with cops through cards

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Children who collect all 30 Metuchen police officers pose for the group shot that is one of 30 baseball cards issued by the department for a contest. cards are eligible to win gift certificate METUCHEN — Move over A-Rod and Jeter. Kids here are after the trading card of another…

  • Halloween goodie bags

    Boy Scout Troop 66 in Edison recently organized a service project to assemble Halloween goody bags containing party favors, candy treats and snacks for patients at the Bristol- Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital in New Brunswick. The endeavor was a big success thanks in part to several local businesses.

  • Teen says suspicious man approached her outside school

    EDISON — Police are investigating a suspicious incident that occurred Nov. 18 in the parking lot of Bishop George Ahr High School on Tingley Lane. A 17-year-old female student told police that after she parked her car, an unknown male approached her and told her she had a rip in her stocking. The victim said…

  • Nice doughing

    From top: Teens watch as Helen Bayer goes over the proper ingredients and procedure for baking bread from scratch during an event at the Metuchen Public Library on Nov. 4. Youths from grades six through 12 were invited to the workshop, “Baking Bread With Mrs. B.” Sean Rivera, 13, gets the dough ready. Nikhil Kumar,…

  • Winning design

    Cassie Dent of Edison won a contest held by Middlesex County College’s Blue Colt Bookstore to create a T-shirt for the college’s New Brunswick Center. The contest was open to students in a typography class. Presenting Dent, a graphic arts student at the college, with a $100 gift certificate are (l-r) Karen Hays, vice president…

  • Woman pleads guilty to hindering murder suspect, endangering child

    Edison man accused of killing his toddler’s mother, burning body NEW BRUNSWICK — A New Brunswick woman has pleaded guilty to helping an Edison man abandon his 20- month-old daughter and protect him after he allegedly murdered the toddler’s mother, a North Brunswick resident, in February. Ritu Loi, 26, admitted to a count of endangering…

  • Crafters sought for Dec. 4 show at church

    The Elizabeth Circle of Spotswood Reformed Church is seeking crafters and vendors for its Craft Show set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 4 at the church, 429 Main St. Rental cost is $25 per table. Snacks will be available. For more information and to reserve, call the church at 732-251-9277 and leave a message, if…