Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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School tab defeated by 13-vote margin
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer HELMETTA — The school district’s $3.5 million budget was voted down Tuesday by a count of 45 to 32. The 2005-06 budget would have brought a 19-cent tax increase to support the $2.5 million tax levy. For the average home, assessed at $69,947, school taxes would…
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On Campus
Tiffeny Fung, daughter of Cynde and Sam T. Fung of East Brunswick, has been awarded an associate’s degree in baking and pastry arts from the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Hyde Park, N.Y., where she also was named to the dean’s list. A 1998 graduate of East Brunswick High School, she earned a bachelor of…
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Boro businesses appeal new value assessments
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — A number of businesses in the borough have taken issue with their new assessments, and their appeals could result in a loss of revenue for the town. Some of Spotswood’s largest tax ratables, including Inland Container, PNC Bank, Renaissance at Spotswood, and the Park…
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New snuff mill plan wins board approval
Helmetta mayor says latest plan is a better fit for community BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer HELMETTA — With less housing and more open space, a new snuff mill redevelopment plan is on its way to the Borough Council. The borough Land Use Board last week approved the amended plan, paving…
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Borough awards $200K contract for road work
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer ‘Ask and ye shall receive” is a Biblical axiom that now applies to Spotswood. After receiving no bids following an initial advertisement, the borough has found a contractor to perform much-needed work on two small but busy side streets. F&P Contractors Inc. has been awarded a…
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Team effort
PHOTOSBY JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff At top, Eric Zimmerman, an East Brunswick High School baseball team member, cleans the roof of a pickup truck during a car wash fund-raiser held by the team Sunday at Central Elementary School. Below, members of the baseball team hose down a pickup truck.
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Residents skeptical about Ford Ave. plans
Citizens group looks to present alternate redevelopment plan BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer These buildings once housed the Michelin Tire Co. on Ford Avenue in Milltown. A meeting called by Milltown activists about the future of Ford Avenue last week was attended by more than 100 residents concerned about the current…
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Fund-raisers
April 21 • “Really Big Coloring Books” Sale, sponsored by the East Brunswick Regional Chamber of Commerce. Books available at the following East Brunswick locations: W. Berman Decorating Marketplace, 252 Route 18; Greenfield Jewelers, 418 Route 18; East Brunswick Chamber of Commerce, 21 Brunswick Woods Drive. Additional sale site: BW Gallery and Frame, 245 S.…
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Voters send E. Bruns. school tab to council
Town Council prez says governing body will find places to cut BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer After gaining voter approval for a $106.1 million construction referendum in December, the East Brunswick Board of Education could not do the same with its $115.9 million budget for 2005-06. Voters on Tuesday rejected the…
