Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Deal brings revenue, new ‘transit village’

    Toll Brothers, E.B. agree on redevelopment of town-owned land BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer East Brunswick officials have struck a deal with Toll Brothers that will bring offices, businesses and several hundred new homes to the township, along with millions of dollars in revenue. When officials announced the deal for the redevelopment of the Route…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Sol Lurie, a Holocaust survivor, shows East Brunswick students the number branded on his arm by Nazis during World War II as part of the recent “We Are Your Voice” program that involved 160 middle school students and 16 high school teens. For more on the program, see story, page 16.

  • Council shaves $2M off E.B. school budget

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The defeated school budget has been reduced by $2 million, meaning the tax increase will be closer to 23 cents than the original 28 cents. The Township Council announced the cut at a special meeting Thursday, at which a number of residents and…

  • Drama alums reunite for show 10 years later

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Call it a high school reunion. Only one where the entire community is invited to watch it take place … on stage. The original cast members of the 1995 East Brunswick High School production of “Bye Bye Birdie” are preparing to once again…

  • Memorial Day events keep vets’ memory alive

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Middlesex County Supervisor of Veterans Interment Joseph Ziemba presents flags to area veterans for distribution at local cemeteries in honor of Memorial Day. William Thompson (l), past commander of American Legion Joyce Kilmer Post 25 in Milltown, and Rick Strubeck, past commander of…

  • Survivors and students work together for DVD

    Middle, high school pupils get firsthand lesson on Holocaust BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Holocaust survivor Judith Sherman, of Monroe, is interviewed Friday by students from Hammarskjold Middle School, East Brunswick, while high school students tape the events for a DVD. EAST BRUNSWICK — Living examples of a…

  • Bird search turns into a ‘big day’ in E. Bruns.

    Residents surprised by findings within town BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer A sandpiper observed during last Saturday’s tour of township parks. EAST BRUNSWICK — To hear Dave Moskowitz talk about how his daylong bird-watching excursion with friend Rich Wolfert began, it sounds like a new twist on an old joke. “Going…

  • Student charged with assault of bus driver

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — A juvenile from East Brunswick was arrested after he allegedly punched his school bus driver recently. A 16-year-old male juvenile was charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct at 3:54 p.m. May 11 after he allegedly struck his bus driver during an altercation…

  • Council upholds spending in defeated school budget

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer HELMETTA — Despite voting down the 2005-06 school budget, residents will not see any change in the 19-cent tax rate increase that was proposed. Mayor Nancy Martin and the Borough Council recently approved the budget as presented by the Board of Education. Martin said she and…