Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Board denies shopping center on Route 522
Board agreed with residents who said plaza would disturb area BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE — A proposed shopping center that saw a great public outcry has been unanimously denied by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Crossroads Plaza LLC applied for a use variance to build a shopping center on…
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Council is told Hooters would be bad for town
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — It may be a long time before Hooters opens a restaurant on Route 18, but it is already an issue with some residents. Resident Robert Lehman approached the Township Council Monday night with questions regarding the restaurant, which has applied for a liquor…
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Programs back in place, but school taxes to rise
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer JAMESBURG — The lack of additional state aid is being blamed for a 10.6-cent increase in the school tax rate for the coming year. The $10.9 million school budget comes with a tax levy of $6.25 million, according to school Business Administrator Tom Reynolds. Reynolds said…
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Milltown bank robbed
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — Authorities are searching for an unknown suspect in Friday’s robbery of the Bank of America branch on Ryders Lane. The robbery, which took place at 1 p.m., is believed to be the fourth at the bank in recent years, according to Sgt. Clifford Kumpf…
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Family gets a unique ‘thank you’ from boro
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Anthony ‘Skeeter’ Spitaleri (center), with his father Tony and his wife Jill, hold the new street sign presented to them on Monday. SOUTH RIVER — A century of business has paved the way for a unique birthday present. The Borough Council on Monday…
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Shot fired
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Spotswood Police Detective Joe Vitale goes to the hoop while Travis Ratcliffe, a senior at Spotswood High School, tries to defend during a fund-raiser basketball game sponsored by the police March 3.
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Council prez. seeks earlier role on budget
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township Council could play a more active role early on in the preparation of the municipal budget this year. Democratic Council President David Stahl said during Monday’s meeting that he does not want to wait until late in the year to see…
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Road projects include widening of crossing
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Several borough roads, some of which residents have complained about for years, will soon receive significant upgrades. Officials have packaged work for a number of municipal roads into one ordinance in order to streamline the projects and save money, said Mayor Barry Zagnit. The…
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Presto changeo
JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Gina Zargo, of South River, has her styled by Jan Starozytnyk at Angles and Tangles salon in Sayreville Sunday during a cut-a-thon fund-raiser for Michael Daly, 26. Friends of Daly, a substitute teacher and coach in South River currently being treated for cancer, have established a trust fund called Bounce Back for…
