Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 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.

  • YMCA, theater sites targeted for 14 homes

    Planning Board begins review of builder BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The current site of Playhouse 22 and the Raritan Valley YMCA will soon be transformed into a development of residential homes under a proposal from Irene Associates. The developer went before the Planning Board last week seeking…

  • Gulf station robbed; three victims beaten

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A local gas station was robbed Saturday by two men who brandished a gun and assaulted the attendant and his two friends, police said. The three victims, Edison residents ages 19 and 20, were sitting in the office at the Gulf station at Ryders Lane and Corona Road shortly before 9 p.m.…

  • Parents to have greater say in school operation

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Corpus Christi School, given new life recently after officials reversed a decision to shut it down, will be led in the future under a different format. The Diocese of Metuchen recently announced the changes, which include the forming of an advisory council of…

  • Scout’s project will aid in emergency responses

    BY ANDREA OLIVIO Staff Writer BY ANDREA OLIVIOStaff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Christopher Molchan paints a house number on a curb near his home in South River Sunday morning. A local Boy Scout is hoping to earn the rank of Eagle and provide a useful service to his community at the same time. Christopher Molchan,…

  • Students’ allowances go to tsunami relief

    Spotswood children break their piggy banks and raise nearly $3,000 BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. That’s one lesson Spotswood students learned during their recent fund-raiser to aid victims of the Southeast Asia tsunami. Even though they donated small amounts…

  • Volunteers seeking to improve borough park

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — With a second phase of improvements under way at Mill Pond Park, Mayor Gloria Bradford this week appointed two new members to the Mill Pond Park Committee. Residents Randy Farkas and Tim McGowan will look to bring new life to the committee, which Farkas…

  • Board asks developer to scale back proposal

    Town, builder to go over differences on Summerhill Square BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Though East Brunswick officials are eager to see the former Meyer’s shopping center redeveloped, the current plans may be a little too much. At its Feb. 23 meeting, the Planning Board asked Thomas Pagano, president of Pagano Real Estates Inc., to…

  • Fund-raisers

    March 4 • Dodge Ball Tournament, sponsored by the Old Bridge Coaches Association, 7 p.m., in the gym at Old Bridge High School (OBHS) west campus, Route 516. All proceeds benefit the OBHS Senior Athletes Banquet. Tickets cost $3 for students, $5 for adults. • Fish Fry, sponsored by the Presbyterian Women of the First…