Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Milltown Tip a Cop to aid Special Olympics
Guests who dine at Applebee’s restaurant, Ryders Crossing shopping complex, 324 Ryders Lane, Milltown, from 6-11 p.m. on May 26 can help members of the Milltown Police Department support the 2005 Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run. During the Tip a Cop fund-raiser, borough police officers will serve as dinner wait staff. Donations, in the…
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Residents set to fight cell tower application
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Not in my back yard, and for that matter, not in anyone’s back yard. That’s what residents opposed to a cell tower at 469 Cranbury Road are telling the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Omnipoint Communications Inc., Parsippany, will return before the board tonight…
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Rising costs send tax rate up in ’05 budget
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — Residents can expect to see a 3-cent increase this year in the municipal tax rate. The $7.6 million budget for 2005 includes a tax levy of $3.8 million, an increase of about $445,000 from last year, Business Administrator Denise Biancamano said. Biancamano said the…
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Voters approve tab; elect newcomer in S.R.
Board prez, vice prez win re-election; longtime member edged out BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — For the 11th straight year, voters have approved the budget proposed by the Board of Education. In addition to passing the $23.5 million package, which will raise the school tax rate by 27.5…
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Annual budget defeat frustrating to officials
Spotswood school tab defeated with 11 percent of voters taking part BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — A long-standing borough tradition was upheld Tuesday when voters rejected the school budget for the 12th consecutive year. The board has proposed a 15-cent increase in the tax rate for the 2005-06 school…
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Prostitution alleged at boro massage parlor
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — A yearlong investigation into an alleged prostitution ring at a Route 35 spa has yielded four arrests. Police, who made the arrests April 13 at New Life Spa, in the Morgan section, charge that employees were engaging in sexual acts with customers inside the…
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Gas station attendant robbed by three men
EAST BRUNSWICK — Three men, one of them carrying a handgun, robbed a Route 18 gas station last week and made off with an unknown amount of money and cigarettes. Police said the three suspects entered the store at Singh’s Mobil station, 344 Route 18 north, around 3 a.m. April 14, and one of the…
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Young Bombers team facing some growing pains early on
A very young Sayreville War Memorial High School softball team is gaining valuable experience as it works to improve on a 1-7 start. Coach Lynn Taylor’s squad includes six sophomores, three juniors and just a pair of seniors. The Bombers have generally played solid defense, and Taylor has been able to use a variety of…
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STEVEN M. BARON Firefighters douse the remains of a barn on South River-Cranbury Road in Monroe after it collapsed due to fire around 12:30 p.m. April 12. Police said the fire was set accidentally by two teenagers who had been playing with fireworks. The fireworks caused some leaves to catch on fire. The teenagers thought…
