Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 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…

  • Monroe’s tax rate to go down in 2005

    Ratable growth allows town to add services while reducing taxes BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE — The municipal budget may be going up $4 million, but residents will enjoy a tax decrease of one cent per $100 of assessed valuation this year. The 2005 budget of $32 million includes a…

  • Township woman, 77, dies in Ryders Lane accident

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Police are investigating what may have caused a township woman’s car to cross into oncoming traffic on Ryders Lane Monday, resulting in her death. Viola Vitale, 77, was killed in the 3 p.m. accident after her 1994 Toyota Camry, which was headed south on Ryders Lane near Blueberry Drive, crossed over two…

  • Fund-raisers

    March 24 • “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.…

  • ‘Taste of Middlesex’ touts food, good causes

    EDISON — It’s food for good education, charity and discriminating palates. That’s how Chamber of Commerce President Gloria Dittman describes the organization’s upcoming eighth annual Taste of Middlesex 2005. The event will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 4 at the Pines Manor, 2085 Route 27. The Edison tradition is designed not only…

  • NJ Transit study: Matawan rail line now viable option

    Citizens committee expected to meet to discuss strategy BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer More than 100 area residents turned out Tuesday to learn the results of a study that examined the possibility of expanding passenger rail service in central New Jersey. NJ Transit officials revealed the findings of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), which…

  • Art of conducting: re-creating genius of the composer

    Musical director views her job as bringing the composition to life BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent JOHN SZPARA Marina Alexander, conductor of The Arcadian Chorale, leads a conducting workshop for the Monmouth Conservatory of Music in Red Bank. Anyone who has ever attended a symphony, opera or Broadway musical has seen conductors at…

  • Eggs away!

    PHOTOSBYMIGUEL JUAREZ staff Junior firefighter Erin Bradley and firefighter John Shackley drop egg packages made by Corpus Christi students Monday as part of the South River school’s Easter celebration. Third-graders react with enthusiasm in the contest to see which eggs will break. More pictures, page 31.