Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Woman gets DWI after chase by another driver
Two vehicles collide numerous times in race across East Brunswick EAST BRUNSWICK — What began as a minor car accident last week turned into what police described as a “road rage” incident that saw two women race their cars across town before police could track them down. At the end of the nearly 20-minute chase,…
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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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The next Einsteins
PHOTOSBY SCOTT PILLING staff Above, Michael Chan and his children, Florence and Christopher, take part in a “pencilation” exercise during Tuesday’s Math, Science and Technology Fair at Milltown’s Joyce Kilmer School. Below, Emily Lokos, 7, works on a rubber band symmetry exercise.
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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…
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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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SCOTT PILLING staff Mark Sosnowski, 8, looks at the moon through a telescope during Tuesday’s Math, Science and Technology Fair at Milltown’s Joyce Kilmer School.
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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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Students enjoy unique opportunity to teach
Child development course pairs teens with preschoolers BY ANDREA OLIVIO Staff Writer BY ANDREA OLIVIOStaff Writer PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff Above, students in Diane Kuslanksky’s child development course teach preschool children to do the chicken dance on a recent Wednesday morning at Spotswood High School. At left, Kelly Nemeth, 17, sits with Isabella Santiago (l)…
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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…
