Category: Sentinel-EBS Calendar

  • Library Friends selling coupon savings books

    The Friends of the Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St., is selling Hometown Savings 2003 books containing discount coupons from many local retailers and large, chain merchants in Spotswood, East Brunswick, Sayreville, South River, Milltown and Old Bridge. Cost is $15. All proceeds benefit the Friends and will be used to support library programs and…

  • Winners named in VFW

    Patriotic Arts Contest Monroe Township High School (MTHS) students Brittany Tarantino, Bernadette Moke and Christina Barclay took first, second and third place, respectively, in the Patriotic Arts Contest sponsored by Spotswood Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4589 and its Ladies Auxiliary. District winners will be chosen later this month. Other contest participants were Myrtle…

  • Photo

    Students in the Spotswood High School chorus perform “Slow Dancing in the Snow” during their Winter Concert Dec. 12. PHOTOS BY DAWNMARIE SANNWALDT Danielle Sawyer, a Spotswood High School chorus member, sings Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” during the Winter Concert at the school Dec. 12. Spotswood High School sophomores Valerie Avantagiato (l) and Katelyn Posik of…

  • Sons of Italy to hold

    New Year The Sons of Italy will hold a New Year’s Eve Dinner-Dance on Dec. 31 at the Imperial Music Center, Appleby Avenue, South River. The event will feature dancing to the music of a live band. Cost is $50 per person. For reservations and more information, call (732) 254-5862.

  • Sp’wood Public Library will sponsor book sale

    Sp’wood Public Library will sponsor book sale The Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St., will host a used book sale during library hours through Jan. 8. Hardcover books, paperbacks, children’s books, audiocassettes and videocassettes will be available. Paperbacks will sell for 25 cents each, audio books for $1.50, videos for $2.50. Most hardcovers will sell…

  • BLOOPERS

    ADELEYOUNGAnnual column ADELE YOUNG Annual column ‘bares down’ on the lighter side of the news Our annual bloopers column is our attempt to interject a little levity in the sometimes depressing world of news coverage. It’s a collection of typos and grammatical and usage errors compiled from everything that crosses our desks on their way…

  • Pupils help with gift-giving program

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer MONROE — Students at the township’s Woodland School are giving gifts to those less fortunate this holiday season. For the school’s annual gift-giving project, the fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students, at the suggestion of the school’s 51-member student council, decided to adopt local needy families in…

  • Volunteers look forward to Christmas Eve run

    Volunteers look forward to Christmas Eve run MONROE — Santa Claus is expected to arrive in the township tonight aboard a fire truck once again this year. Courtesy of eight members of the township’s fire department, house calls will be made to children in Monroe, Spotswood, Jamesburg and Helmetta from 2 to 11 p.m. Christmas…

  • Widows and Widowers cancels January social

    Widows and Widowers cancels January social The Widows and Widowers (WOWs) Chapter of Middlesex County West has canceled its social for January. Socials are usually held on the first Sunday of every month at the Belarussian American Center, Whitehead Avenue, South River. New members are always welcome. Admission is $8 for members and nonmembers. The…