Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Students find haven at nonprofit music school

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer METUCHEN — Brothers Joseph and Michael Varco got a lot more than just lessons when they started at the Westerhoff School of Music and Art here eight years ago. And they still love the school at 340 Amboy Ave., which offers music and art lessons in…

  • Best buddies

    JAY BODAS Brother and sister have been inseparable since arriving at the Angel PAWS shelter in Woodbridge, and they are now in need of a permanent home. Story, page 12.

  • Shelter a haven for homeless cats and dogs

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — The Tester family of Wanaque knew they had found their pet when they saw Kaylin, a 2-year-old black and orange calico cat at Angel Pets Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) Inc. “My two children and I drove an hour to get here from Wanaque, planning…

  • Wrigley plant to close; 150 to be displaced

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — One more piece of the township’s industrial history, dating back nearly 60 years, is coming to an end. The unit of Chicago-based Wrigley Co. that produces the gum base for the chewing gum conglomerate, L.A. Dreyfus Co., is planning on closing its…

  • MCFOODS asks area businesses for help

    BY MEGHAN ROBERTS Staff Writer BY MEGHAN ROBERTSStaff Writer A local food collection service is asking the business community to give some extra help to those in need this summer. The Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services (MCFOODS) distributes goods to more than 60 pantries throughout the county and serves residents in every…

  • Counter action

    JAY BODAS Stubbs, short for “stubborn,” became an Angel PAWS mascot three years ago when he began to bat his paw at customers who adopted the Woodbridge shelter’s animals; it was obvious he did not want to leave.

  • Moment of prayer

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Ankita Saripella, 16, chants a Hindu hymn at the Sri Guruvayoorappan Temple’s anniversary celebration in Marlboro Sunday.

  • Residents file ELEC complaint against Choi

    Choi calls complaint a BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer It’s not personal, it’s political finance business.That was the stance of two residents and certified public accountants who filed a complaint dated June 24 with the state Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), alleging that Edison Democratic mayoral candidate Jun Choi…

  • Photo

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Sri Rajagordia Bhattar, of Edison, a priest at the Sri Guruvayoorappan Temple in Marlboro, offers a prayer at the temple’s anniversarycelebration over the weekend.