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,…

  • Police: Robberies 2 nights apart on Woodbridge Ave.

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Police are investigating two robberies that occurred on separate days but may be connected. The first took place at 10:40 p.m. Nov. 12 at the 7-Eleven store on Woodbridge Avenue; the other at 7:15 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Raceway Gas Station, also on Woodbridge Avenue, police said.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • Charter high school proposed in Edison

    Interim superintendent says operation would be unfair to taxpayers BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — A Hebrew language charter high school that would serve students from three communities has been proposed in the township. In October, an application was filed with the state for the Tikun Olam Hebrew Language Charter High School, which would…

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    Senior Justin Marson and fellow cast members with the J.P. Stevens High School Theatre Company perform a scene from “Metamorphosis” during rehearsal Nov. 10. Shows continue at 7 p.m. Nov. 18-20. Tickets are $7 in advance; $9 at the door. For tickets, call Darlene Rich at 732-452-2800. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Democrats win races for freeholder, clerk, sheriff

    Rafano: Board will continue work toward reducing taxes, county work force BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Despite a record number of victories for Republicans nationally and in many local races, the Democrats maintained their hold on Middlesex County, sweeping the races for freeholder, sheriff and county clerk on Nov. 2. Voters re-elected incumbents Christopher Rafano,…

  • Car burglaries reported in Metuchen

    METUCHEN — Police are investigating a rash of motor vehicle burglaries and thefts that were reported over three days last week. The break-ins occurred between the night of Nov. 11 and the morning of Nov. 13, police said. Three motor vehicles were reported broken into at two separate Hazelwood Avenue residences. A GPS navigational unit…