Category: Sentinel-EBS Calendar

  • Woods development gets approved by town planners

    Staff Writer By sue m. morgan Woods development gets approved by town planners OLD BRIDGE — Despite a previous rejection of the application, a developer now has the Planning Board’s permission to construct 15 single-family homes off Route 34 near the Matawan border. At its May 7 meeting, the board approved a revised application from…

  • E-mails now public record

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro EAST BRUNSWICK — To make sure e-mail and other forms of modern communication are part of the public record, the Township Council has taken action through two measures. At its meeting Monday night, the council adopted an ordinance adding a new communications policy into the township code. The ordinance requires…

  • Community Bulletin Board E.B. sets Memorial Day observance for May 26

    Community Bulletin Board E.B. sets Memorial Day observance for May 26 The township of East Brunswick will sponsor a Memorial Day observance from 1-4 p.m. on May 26 at Veterans Park, East Brunswick municipal complex, Jean Walling Civic Center. A veterans ceremony at 1 p.m. (rain or shine) will be followed at 1:45 p.m. by…

  • Community Bulletin Board Nicotine Anonymous holds weekly meetings

    Community Bulletin Board Nicotine Anonymous holds weekly meetings FARRAH MAFFAI Diane Monroe performed some improvisational music, played classics and took time to talk with her audience during the nationally acclaimed violinist’s recent visit to Monroe Village, Half Acre Road, on May 9. Nicotine Anonymous, a 12-step program to help individuals gain freedom from nicotine, holds…

  • Hospital plans May 18 anniversary celebration

    Hospital plans May 18 anniversary celebration Visitors to Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division, will see clowns and entertainers, a slide fun house and other rides in front of the main hospital entrance on Groom and Barclay streets when the medical center sponsors its 100th Anniversary Community Celebration, a free carnival and health fair…

  • Federal aid owed to district would ease budget woes

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro Federal aid owed to district would ease budget woes EAST BRUNSWICK — The Board of Education is frustrated over the fact it is not getting more federal aid to help pay the costs of special needs students that the district is required by law to educate. While the federal government…

  • Nursery school house rocks

    Staff Writer By lynn K. Barra JERRY WOLKOWITZ Ryan Ottervine (l) sings a solo as “Mr. Ray” Anderson of North Brunswick plays the guitar during Dad’s Night at the Good Day Nursery School and Kindergarten in Milltown Tuesday. MILLTOWN — A rock ’n’ roll singer turned local performer recently sang a number of his original…

  • Community Bulletin Board Fourth of July panel sets ‘Washless Car Wash’

    Community Bulletin Board Fourth of July panel sets ‘Washless Car Wash’ Due to the drought situation, the Milltown Fourth of July Committee will hold a "Washless Car Wash" from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 11 in the Borough Hall parking lot, Washington Avenue. Car owners will be given an air freshener and asked…

  • Town accepts grant for first phase of bike path

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro EAST BRUNSWICK — Bicyclists, walkers and runners will soon have their own clear path all the way from Brunswick Square Mall to the municipal complex. The Township Council has accepted a $135,000 grant from the N.J. Department of Transportation to build a bicycle path beginning at the intersection of Ryders…