Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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User fees are topic of hot debate at meeting
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The fees for use of district fields and facilities is a slap back at voters who defeated the school budget in April, some Borough Council officials are saying. At its Monday night meeting, the council broached the issue of why the Board of Education…
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Road projects combined as cost saving measure
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Spotswood SPOTSWOOD — The borough is packaging two of its road projects in hopes the resulting bids will come in a little cheaper. At its Monday night meeting, the Borough Council passed a resolution which combined the grant money for the two projects, thus paving the…
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Recycling center applicant to try again
EAST BRUNSWICK — A recycling center that was at the heart of political firestorm last time is back before the Zoning Board of Adjustment for approval. Triple M Sanitation has an application before the board, and it is scheduled to be heard at the July 7 meeting at 8 p.m. in the council chambers. The…
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Mayor hopeful tax hike will be erased or reduced
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer East Brunswick EAST BRUNSWICK — Despite the sale of the Golden Triangle for tax relief, township residents could see a 12-cent increase in their municipal taxes this year. The hike is proposed as part of a 2005 municipal budget introduced by the Township Council June 20.…
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MOM line hits historical snag
Park service says line through battlefield would cause great harm BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer It could become the battle over the battlefield.Monmouth County and U.S. National Park Service (USNPS) officials have begun discussions on the preservation of history in the face of proposed passenger rail service through an historic battlefield.…
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New church in South River opens Sunday
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Consider it a homecoming. At 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Harold Germain and the Rev. Mollie Germain, pastor and ministers of the Hosanna Our Messiah Emmanuel Christian Church, will hold their first service in South River at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church…
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Board votes against cell tower proposal
Omnipoint denied bid for tower on Cranbury Road BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Residents told the East Brunswick Zoning Board of Adjustment to “just say no” to a new cell tower, and that’s exactly what the board did. At its meeting last Thursday, the board voted almost unanimously to deny an…
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Dancing queen
JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Hannah Friedman, 10, of East Brunswick, practices at the New Jersey Center of Dance and Performing Arts new facility on Marlboro Road in Old Bridge June 12. The new school offered a day of activities and demonstrations.
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JEFF GRANIT staff Stephen Cormier, one of 631 to graduate East Brunswick High School on Tuesday, makes his way to his seat during the ceremony at Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton.
