Category: Sentinel-EBS Calendar

  • MCIA offers holiday recycling tips

    One of the least joyous aspects of the holiday season is the amount of household trash it produces. The Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA) offers a variety of tips on how to get rid of holiday clutter. • Wrapping paper — Nonmetallic wrapping paper should be placed in a mixed-paper container for recycling. Metallic wrapping…

  • Community Bulletin Board Sp’wood Public Library will sponsor book sale

    Community Bulletin Board Sp’wood Public Library will sponsor book sale The Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St., will host a used book sale during regular library hours, Dec. 28-Jan. 11. Hardcover books, paperbacks, children’s books, audiocassettes and videocassettes will be available. Paperbacks will sell for 25 cents, audio books for $1.50, videos for $2.50. Most…

  • Pen pal program benefits young and old students

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro Pen pal program benefits young and old students EAST BRUNSWICK — A class of fifth-graders at the Central Elementary School received a visit last week from their pen pals, graduate education students from Monmouth University, West Long Branch. The graduate students have been corresponding and working with the fifth-graders since…

  • In Brief

    Monroe Twp. Library sets holiday schedule The Monroe Township Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, will maintain the following schedule for the December holidays: • Dec. 20 — 10 a.m. to noon; • Dec. 21 and 22 — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; • Dec. 24 — 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; • Dec. 25 —…

  • Photo

    DAWN MARIE SANNWALDT Sara Fasano, 3, of Milltown, gets a one-on-one encounter with Santa Claus, who visited Milltown for its tree-lighting ceremony Dec. 7. The photograph incorrectly identified Sara in the Dec. 13 Sentinel.

  • Free ‘shopping day’ benefits 175 Middlesex County kids

    Free ‘shopping day’ benefits 175 Middlesex County kids The Middlesex County 4-H Teen Council recently held its fifth annual "shopping day" to benefit children from families with limited resources. This year, the teen-agers spent many hours planning for the Dec. 9 event at Teen Council meetings and by contacting local businesses and organizations for support.…

  • Bilingual workers sought by IRS

    The Internal Revenue Service is now hiring in New Jersey for compliance and tax assistance positions, and some of the positions are bilingual. According to a press release, the career opportunities in New Jersey include professional positions as revenue agents, revenue officers and tax compliance officers. Positions are available in 11 offices located throughout the…

  • Pair charged in car theft after crash

    Pair charged in car theft after crash EAST BRUNSWICK — Two New Brunswick residents were arrested last week after they allegedly stole a car from the Brunswick Square Mall parking lot, Route 18, crashed it into a nearby building while being pursued by police, and then fled on foot. Police said two officers observed the…

  • Crystal Springs summer

    job expo set for Dec. 27 Crystal Springs Family Aquatic Center, East Brunswick, will hold a summer job expo from 2-4 p.m. on Dec. 27 at the East Brunswick Division of Parks, 334 Dunhams Corner Road. Applications will be available for summer positions including water and maintenance attendants (must be 15 years of age), and…