• Local YMCA joins forces with Armstrong Foundation

    BY JAY BODAS Correspondent If you see the staff at your local YMCA wearing a bright yellow shirt, then make a mental note that it’s a special day. Because that’s the day the branch is working with cancer survivors to help them regain their lives. The Woodbridge-Edison-Metuchen YMCA network has partnered with the Lance Armstrong…

  • Metuchen man to open comedy show

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Some people respond to middle age with purchases of sports cars, plastic surgery or luxury vacations. Andy Rehorn started doing standup comedy. “I woke up at 45 and said, ‘When am I going to do this?’ ” Rehorn said in a telephone interview with the Sentinel from his Metuchen home. “I…

  • Am I going to make it, Doc?

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Edison Parks Department employee Undray Jones gets tested for carpal tunnel syndrome by Dr. Jidong of Bayshore Rehab Medicine of Edison during an employee health fair in Edison on Oct. 1.

  • Simchat Torah celebration Oct. 10-11

    Congregation Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, will host Simchat Torah celebration Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. and Oct. 11, at 9:30 a.m. Services include Torah reading, Aliyot for everyone and joyful parades around the sanctuary. On Sunday, it will be followed the congregation’s traditional stuffed cabbage luncheon. For more information, call the synagogue office…

  • Yoga program coming to Edison

    EDISON —Over a decade ago, Gomathy Swamy took up yoga as a way to try to help her focus on her studies as a physical therapy student. “I think I was a pretty good student overall, but once I took up yoga, my studies went much better and I gained lots of clarity overall,” Swamy…

  • Metuchen YMCA to offer classes

    The Metuchen Branch YMCA, 65 High St., is offering the following classes: • Job Seeker, Oct. 13, 21 and 22, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Cost: $30 for members, $55 for nonmembers. • Computer Intermediate, Oct. 19, 20, 26 and 27, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Cost: $45 for members, $70 for nonmembers. • Computer Basics, Oct. 7, 8, 14 and…

  • Hailey’s Harp and Pub to open in Nov.

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Hailey’s Harp and Pub will celebrate a grand opening on Nov. 3. Until then, the newest eatery on Metuchen’s Main Street is operating what it calls a “soft opening” with a limited menu, a shorter workweek and shortened kitchen hours. “It’s to allow staff to ramp up,” said Victor DeLusso, Hailey’s…

  • Women’s Club meeting to be held Oct. 7

    The Metuchen-Edison Women’s Club will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m., at The Heritage at Clara Barton, 1015 Amboy Ave., Edison. October is Fire Prevention Month and the program will feature Tyler Wilson of the Metuchen Fire Department, who will speak on fire prevention and fire safety. All guests are welcome…

  • Ridin’ along in my automobile

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Anna Keenan, 6, of Metuchen, pedals her way around the track during an afternoon of fall fun at VonThun Farms in South Brunswick on Oct. 4. The farm features a 3-mile corn maze carved in the shape of New Jersey.

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