Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Photorealism movement explored in new exhibit

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Photorealist paintings on display at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University offer a new perspective on reality. The “American Photorealism” exhibition features 67 paintings by 27 artists, including many influential in the photorealism movement, such as Robert Bechtle, Charles Bell, Don Eddy,…

  • Former official pleads guilty to second DWI

    Kruczak happy issue is finally resolved, his attorney says BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Former Edison Township Councilman William has “tackled the alcoholism issue” and is moving on with his life, his attorney said recently. Kruczak pleaded guilty Feb. 9 in Piscataway Municipal Court to the July 30 charges lodged against him in South…

  • Toddlers face struggle with rare heart defect

    Modern medicine perfecting new surgeries to repair organ BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Watching toddlers Jaden Baez and Nicholas Tucci play together — laughing at Elmo on TV and cheerfully fitting puzzle pieces together — they seem perfectly normal. Their mothers, Liz Baez and Karin Tucci, love the…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Stephen Silvestri was one of many students performing at a Feb. 13 recital held by the Westerhoff School of Music and Art at Metuchen’s First Presbyterian Church.

  • Area man charged in stabbing

    EDISON — A Highland Park man was stabbed three times last week after a verbal dispute at a township residence escalated, police said. Jason Smith, 21, Piscataway, has been charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, and unlawful possession of weapon, Patrolman Robert Dudash said. Police said the argument took place…

  • School board to discuss referendum on Feb. 24

    Many schools need additions, official says BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Board of Education members are preparing for a September bond referendum for additions to many of the district’s 17 schools. The actual price tag for the referendum has not yet been decided, Daniel Michaud, school business…

  • Youth charged in home burglary

    EDISON — A township juvenile was arrested after police interrupted an apparent burglary in progress last week. The 16-year-old boy was charged with burglary, resisting arrest and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes before being released into the custody of his parents, said Patrolman Robert Dudash. Police received a call indicating that a burglary…

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    JOHN E. SZPARA Everyone crowded the dance floor for a good time at the Edison Recreation Department’s annual Valentine’s Dance for People With Disabilities last week.

  • Musical prodigy channels the master on violin

    Local teen receiving instruction at New York City Jerry Chiu His speed and technique were so amazing that people said he must be possessed by the devil. But chances are Niccolo Paganini, the 19th-century Italian violinist and composer, just possessed the same practice habits and talent that East Brunswick High School student and violinist Jerry…