Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Megan’s Law activist warns parents of risks

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer Eleven years ago, Maureen Kanka experienced what is arguably every parent’s worst nightmare. Her 7-year-old daughter, Megan Nicole Kanka, was violently raped and killed by a neighbor. Since that day , Kanka has honored her daughter’s memory by trying to prevent other families from going through…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • Attempt at carjacking thwarted, police say

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A Lakewood man was arrested last week after using a fake gun to attempt a carjacking at a popular Route 516 shopping center, police said. Patrick Carlos, 43, is said to have held the toy gun to a local woman’s side while attempting…

  • Mill ‘unsafe for entry’ as legal battle looms

    Boro prohibits entry to mill buildings after interrupting tour BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer The former Helme snuff mill was declared unsafe for entry last week, the day after it was reported that its owner plans to sue Helmetta. Mayor Nancy Martin said the decision to declare the buildings unsafe was…

  • Beachfront project celebrated

    OLD BRIDGE — Middlesex County and township officials held a formal dedication of Waterfront Park Saturday, marking the completion of plans along a stretch of the Raritan Bay beach. The dedication of the 52-acre beachfront park came about 10 months after the groundbreaking on phase two of the park effort. About a hundred people attended…

  • Magazine sheds light on culture’s dark side

    Writing … and having someone read it … enough for boro man BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Legends Magazine founder Marcus Pan, of South River, takes a glimpse at an issue. Pan will celebrate the 150th issue of the 15-year-old publication this weekend. SOUTH RIVER — A local…

  • Milltown woman, 75, wins a car … again

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — Don’t expect to see Pauline Theurich riding a public bus anytime soon. Theurich, a 75-year-old Milltown resident who goes by the nickname “Bunny,” has made a habit of winning cars. Her latest, a Chevrolet Colorado Crew Cab truck, came to her courtesy of Beacon…