Category: Sentinel-EDM News

BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer METUCHEN — Students and faculty at the Westerhoff School of Music and Art on Amboy Avenue have acquired a rare thing in the world of small, nonprofit music schools. The school recently celebrated the arrival of a Steinway Grand piano, the result of a longtime quest.…

The Brainy Boro soon faces an important decision. On Dec. 14, we cast our votes on a $17.2 million dollar bond referendum to renovate Metuchen High School. We owe it to our young people to vote yes. This is a school that hasn’t had a major renovation since it opened during the Eisenhower Administration in…

METUCHEN — Police are investigating three burglaries that took place on Highland Avenue earlier this month. Two were reported between 9:54 p.m. and 11:02 p.m. on Nov. 6, and the third, which was reported Nov. 7, most likely happened the previous day, police said. The burglar or burglars struck three houses located near each other,…

MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Kim Adlerman, a children’s book illustrator, is one of the Metuchen Art Works co-operative gallery’s 14 members. Her work makes use of 3-D and collage techniques.

EDISON — A township man was arrested on charges of aggravated assault on a police officer last week. Matthew Hoppe, 25, was also charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief. Patrolman Robert Dudash said Hoppe was in a parking lot across from JB’s Tavern on Woodbridge Avenue around 3 a.m. on Nov. 6,…

METUCHEN — Two local teens sustained minor injuries when they were attacked by a group of teenagers in the parking lot of the Duchess Diner on Nov. 3 Officer David Liantonio said that around 11:30 p.m., police had to disperse a group of 20 to 30 youths from Edison and Metuchen who had gathered downtown…

BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Painter Edward Wetzel with a self-portrait, one of several of his works that can be seen at the Metuchen Art Works co-operative gallery. METUCHEN — The list of borough cultural attractions gets longer with the recent opening of Metuchen Art Works. Tucked away…

Owner awaits further details before deciding whether to rebuild BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer A mid-afternoon fire destroyed a Route 9 restaurant Nov. 6. Ocean Blue in Sayreville had been serving food, drinks and live jazz music since opening on the northbound side of the state highway adjacent to the Peter…

Area cancer patients find BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer For years, cancer patients in the Woodbridge area dealing with hair loss as a result of radiation treatments had no choice but to buy wigs from a counter person at a local store. Roxanne Corba wanted to change that. “They need a…