Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Widening art’s mainstream

    Transculturalinitiative reaching out to ethnic artists BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Transcultural initiative reaching out to ethnic artists BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Marianne Ficarra is coordinating a statewide effort to bring recognition to the state’s ethnic artists and the influence art from different cultures has on the mainstream art world. A wave…

  • Former legislator, force in county politics dead at 76

    John J. "Jack" Fay Jr., 76, of Metuchen died Oct. 27 at home. Born in Elizabeth, he resided in the Colonia section of Woodbridge before moving to Metuchen in 1992. Mr. Fay was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, volunteered for the Center of Hope Hospice, Linden, and was a member of the…

  • Avenel shootings claim lives of two local men

    Authorities continue toinvestigate incident BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer Authorities continue to investigate incident Aleksy Bautin (l), 26, with a friend at a family party in September. BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — The lives of two young local men came to a violent and tragic end outside a township apartment last week. Police were dispatched to…

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    Farrah Maffai staff Meg Barnes (l) and Holly Hopke, both 11, pitch in to help spruce up the grounds around the municipal pool in Metuchen during the annual community cleanup Sunday.

  • Preservation of ‘critical’ open space announced

    Propertiesstraddle Edison, Woodbridge border BY MAURA DOWGIN& COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writers Properties straddle Edison, Woodbridge border BY MAURA DOWGIN & COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writers Almost 70 acres of what conservation officials call environmentally critical land will remain undeveloped. On Monday, state, county and local officials announced the creation of a new, urban, passive recreation preserve which…

  • County gives township $271K to overhaul parks

    BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — By next spring, three township parks should be more accessible to all residents . The Middlesex County Board of Freeholders will give the township approximately $271,000 in Middlesex County Open Space Trust Fund grant money to equip Papaianni Park, located off Municipal Boulevard; Shamrock…

  • Report says violent acts on the rise

    BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer Report says violent acts on the rise BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — Reports of violence and vandalism in township schools have more than tripled over the past four years. Figures released last week show a jump in the amount of violence that occurred in the schools from the 1999-2000…

  • Development at forefront of Metuchen council race

    BY ALISON GRANITOStaff Writer BY ALISON GRANITO Staff Writer METUCHEN — According to those who would like to run it, many complicated issues currently face the borough. On Nov. 4, voters will be asked to choose between a slate of Democratic incumbents — Mayor Edmund O’Brien, Councilman Rick Dyas and Councilman Richard Weber — and…

  • Locals join protest

    TARA PETERSEN A Middlesex County anti-war group marches down Pennsylvania Avenue Saturday. in Washington, D.C. Crowds march against military presence in Iraq TARA PETERSEN About 35,000 demonstrators from across the country gathered in front of the Washington Monument to listen to speakers protesting the war with Iraq. BY CHARLES W. KIM & TARA PETERSEN Staff Writers…