Category: Sentinel-EBS Calendar

  • Kitchen fire destroys home in the Rossmoor community

    Staff Writer By lynn K. Barra Kitchen fire destroys home in the Rossmoor community MONROE — A resident of the Rossmoor adult community escaped injury last Thursday when a fire swept through and destroyed her Prescott Lane home, according to township fire officials. The fire reportedly began in the kitchen while the woman who lived…

  • Body systems brought to life at district elementary school

    Body systems brought to life at district elementary school VERONICA YANKOWSKI South River Elementary School third-grader Ryan Schweizer and teacher Jill Carlen decorate a classroom door like a mouth to aid in a lesson on the digestive system. SOUTH RIVER — The intestines, the esophagus, and the mouth and teeth surround the third-grade students of…

  • Community Bulletin Board ‘Sick and Tired’ lecture

    Community Bulletin Board ‘Sick and Tired’ lecture slated for Feb. 21 in E.B. The Wellness Education Foundation, East Brunswick, will sponsor a free community lecture titled "Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired" at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 at Borders Books and Music, MidState Mall, Route 18, East Brunswick. Topics will include symptoms…

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    DAWN MARIE SANNWALDT John F. Reda, Alexis Chiofalo and Debora Fulop (l-r) won first, second and third place, respectively, for a fifth-grade poem and essay contest as part of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program. They were presented with their awards at the DARE graduation Feb. 6.

  • Man arrested after fleeing collision with police car

    Man arrested after fleeing collision with police car MONROE — A Jamesburg resident was arrested by police after the vehicle he was driving hit a marked patrol car and continued traveling on Buckelew Avenue before crashing into several large trees. Police said Efran Alvarez, 20, hit a Monroe Township police car being driven by Officer…

  • Lumber yard accident results in death of East Brunswick man

    Lumber yard accident results in death of East Brunswick man An East Brunswick man employed as a mechanic at Rex Lumber, Manalapan, Monmouth County, died from injuries sustained in an incident that occurred at the lumber yard on the morning of Feb. 5. Officers from the Manalapan Police Department responded at 8:32 a.m. to a…

  • Film shows black soldiers’ experience

    In commemoration of Black History Month, on Feb. 16, at 1 p.m., the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation will present "The Dream and Vietnam: African-American Perspectives on the War." The presentation will feature the documentary film Vietnam – The Dream Shot Down: In the Land of Jim Crow with a discussion led by Vietnam…

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    DAWN MARIE SANNWALDT Patrolman John McKenna of the South River Police Department presents a DARE graduation certificate to fifth-grader Jillian Schweizer during the South River Middle School’s DARE graduation ceremony Feb. 6.

  • Country breakfast set for Feb. 17 in Milltown

    Country breakfast set for Feb. 17 in Milltown The Milltown Masonic Lodge, 30 N. Main St., will host its annual all-you-can-eat country breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Feb. 17. Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children ages 12 and under. For more information, call (732) 605-1477.