Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Local woman looks to open wildlife preserve
Federal Road farm could be used to care for displaced animals BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above, Renee Hobbs, now in training to be a wildlife rehabilitator, feeds chickens at her Federal Road farm Tuesday. Below, Hobbs bottle-feeds a two-week-old kitten that was rescued in Princeton.…
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Hooters gets approval for E.B. liquor license
Township officials say there is no legal basis to deny application BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Township officials are being told to just say no to Hooters. But despite the frequent calls from some residents to turn the restaurant chain away, officials said state law leaves them with…
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Hooters excited to bring its concept to E. Bruns.
In light of opposition brewing in East Brunswick about a Hooters restaurant that is planned for Route 18, the restaurant franchiser sent a statement this week to the Sentinel to discuss its operation. The statement, submitted in an e-mail to the newspaper in response to requests for an interview, did not include direct responses to…
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E.B. board reorganizes; keeps Baker as its prez.
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Board of Education has two new faces, but its leadership will remain the same as the board embarks on a year of great challenges. Michael Baker was elected by his fellow board members to continue serving as president, and Holly Howard was…
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Council lowers school tax increase by $100
Boro, school officials debate merits of new parking lot in budget BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Some $300,000 will be cut from the defeated school budget, knocking 4.1 cents off a proposed tax rate hike. The Borough Council resolved to make the cut on Monday after meeting with school…
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County using dogs for geese problem at course
BY ANDREA OLIVIO Staff Writer BY ANDREA OLIVIOStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Geese Police are being used to help control an ongoing problem with Canada geese at Tamarack Golf Course. The Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA), which operates Tamarack, on Hardenburg Lane, in April hired Geese Police Inc., a business based in Howell Township,…
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Palaski to lead board as new school opens
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — After more than a decade as president, Regis Wyluda will step aside from the top role with the Board of Education. But he won’t go too far; he will now serve as the board’s vice president. Taking the reins for the board will…
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Woman’s death in J’burg jail being investigated
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer JAMESBURG — A borough resident died in police custody Monday after she was arrested on drug charges. Ann Fitch, 47, was found to be “in distress” while detained in a jail cell at borough police headquarters. Police contacted paramedics to tend to Fitch, but efforts to…
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Residents give council views on defeated tab
Varying stances shown as officials prepare to review school budget BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The lines have been drawn as the Township Council decides what to do with the defeated school budget. Though council President David Stahl has said the council will order a cut in the…
