Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Bittersweet closing for Main St. landmark

    Milltown has watched window display changes for over five decades BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Modern Maid Fashion Shoppe will close its doors next month, ending 53 years of the family-owned business that is known in part for its window displays and mannequin. When customers come into the…

  • Mill redevelopment takes on new shape

    Factory buildings would not be saved under new plan BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Helmetta officials are reviewing a new plan for the redevelopment of the snuff mill property and hope to have a builder on board for the project within the next month. The borough’s redevelopment committee has suggested changes…

  • Tab would raise taxes, chip away at workforce

    Helmetta residents face tax hikes at school and municipal levels BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer HELMETTA — Residents are facing a 26-cent increase in municipal taxes this year, but that number could be reduced if state aid is awarded. If the borough receives the same $120,000 in state aid as was…

  • National contest win brings storied vacation

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Apryl Nixon, a fourth-grader at Chittick Elementary School in East Brunswick, reads her award-winning essay about Hans Christian Andersen with her teacher, Lauren Gilman. EAST BRUNSWICK — She has learned some life lessons from his fairy tales, and now she’s about to embark…

  • Barnes almost ready for recommendation

    Assemblyman is two months into role as acting police director BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer Peter J. Barnes Jr. EAST BRUNSWICK — State Assem-blyman Peter J. Barnes Jr. expects a new leader to be named at the township’s police department in May. As acting director of public safety for the department,…

  • On the line

    SCOTT PILLING staff Cameron Passante, 11, of South River, waits for a bite at Grekoski Park during Tuesday’s mild weather, while Scott Frederick, 17, looks on.

  • Scheduling no easy task for local Little League

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE — Delays in the construction of a new park at Avenue K have raised concerns that the township Little League may have run out of space to play. “This is a major problem, and it has to be addressed sooner rather than later,” said League…

  • Residents face steep increases in two taxes

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — A proposed 26.7-cent municipal tax hike could have residents digging deeper into their pockets this year. The potential tax increase to support the 2005 municipal budget comes on the heels of a proposal by the Board of Education to increase the school tax…

  • Budget vote to follow quiet public hearing

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Few residents had anything to say about a proposed 2005-06 school budget that carries a 28-cent tax rate increase during a public hearing last Thursday. The $115.9 million package represents an increase in the school district’s spending by about $3.6 million. The budget…