Category: Sentinel-EBS Calendar

  • Remembering the Holocaust

    Remembering the Holocaust Robert Prunetti, who has published his accounts of touring the Holocaust sites, was the guest speaker at the annual Yom Hashoa Commemoration at Monroe High School on Sunday. PHOTOS BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI Shoshana Kaplan and her daughter, Hanna, light the menorah during the ceremony. This year’s theme at the event, sponsored by…

  • Community Bulletin Board Rutgers to present talk on Jewish experience

    Community Bulletin Board Rutgers to present talk on Jewish experience The fifth annual Ruth Ellen Steinman Bloustein and Edward J. Bloustein Memorial Lecture series will present a discussion titled "The Ghetto of Venice: The Beginnings of the Jewish Urban Experience" at 5 p.m. on April 23 at the Special Events Forum, Civic Square Building, 33…

  • Soaries campaign to kick off

    DAWNMARIE SANNWALDT Spencer Mochari, 18 months, of Jamesburg enjoys a ride down the slide on a recent sunny afternoon at Bicentennial Park in East Brunswick. The Rev. Dr. DeForrest "Buster" Soaries Jr., the former New Jersey secretary of state, will kick off his campaign for the 12th Congressional District seat held by Rush Holt (D-12)…

  • Electric rate hike 9 percent for second consecutive year

    Staff Writer By jennifer dome SOUTH RIVER — Property owners in the borough will see an increase of 9 percent in their electric rates for the second year in a row. The increase will affect all landowners who purchase electric service from the borough. The borough owns and operates its own electric utility, which serves…

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    DAWNMARIE SANNWALDT Carl Allen, one of 11 seniors at Spotswood High School competing April 5 for the crown of Mr. Spotswood, took top honors. The pageant was judged based on talent, patriotic wear, formal wear and a one-question interview.

  • Bulletin Board American ethnicity to be topic at Monroe Library

    Bulletin Board American ethnicity to be topic at Monroe Library Dr. Michael Rockland, Ph.D., will offer a program titled "The Melting Pot vs. the Salad Bowl: American Ethnicity" at 7 p.m. on April 24 at the Monroe Township Library, 4 Municipal Plaza. Professor Rockland is chairman of the Department of American Studies at Rutgers University,…

  • County hazardous waste drop-off days scheduled

    Middlesex County residents may drop off their household hazardous waste from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 20 at the Middlesex County Road Department, Apple Orchard Lane, off Route 130, North Brunswick, and on May 19 at Middlesex County College, near the Mill Road entrance, Edison. Household hazardous wastes which are improperly disposed of…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI South River Police Officer Joe Castellano cooks the pasta and meatballs for the senior dinner at Willett Manor, Willett Avenue, Friday. Castellano owns C & C Catering and volunteered to help the other members of the Policemen’s Benevolent Association serve dinner.

  • 2 arrested after returning to scene of car theft

    MILLTOWN — Police arrested and charged a Jamesburg man with theft of a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property on April 14. Police said Kevin Gilmore, 24, was arrested after he allegedly returned to the area of a suspected car theft two days after it occurred, according to police. Police said they received a call…