Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Hooters eyes Rte. 18 site in East Brunswick

    Restaurant with hot wings & sex appeal applies for liquor license BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Offering spicy chicken wings and an element of female sex appeal, Hooters restaurants have gathered plenty of attention across America. Though the so-called Hooters girls have not served any customers in Middlesex County, that could all change if a…

  • Police officials accused of using bogus degrees

    SRPD lieutenant takes boro to court over promotion process BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer A South River police lieutenant is suing the borough after getting passed over for a promotion due to the use of what he says are bogus college degrees. Lt. John Kolakowski, a South River officer for 23 years, applied for a…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Camillia Chan, 9, teaches Jacob Zhong, 5, how to use chopsticks, in this case to feed a toy sheep, during the FCD Chinese School’s belated Chinese New Year celebration Saturday at the East Brunswick Public Library.

  • Fund-raisers

    Feb. 10 • Dessert/Card Party, sponsored by the Alisa Chapter of Hadassah, Monroe, 12:30 p.m., at the Jewish Congregation of Concordia, Concordia Shopping Center, Monroe. Donation is $12 per person. Proceeds go to the Hadassah Medical Organization. For reservations, call Claire at (609) 655-3062 or Sandy at (609) 409-7509. • Cell phone collection and empty…

  • Study will reveal scope of agri-tourism industry

    To determine the impact of the agri-tourism industry on the state’s economy, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture has authorized Rutgers University’s Food Policy Institute to conduct a comprehensive one-year study on agri-tourism in the Garden State, which is set to commence within the next few weeks. According to a press release, agri-tourism is the…

  • South River church welcomes new pastor

    Jamaican minister comes by way of Canada, Switzerland, Germany BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer The Rev. Frank Davis SOUTH RIVER — The congregation of the Conklin United Methodist Church officially welcomed their new pastor, the Rev. Frank Davis, with a luncheon at their Main Street church hall Sunday. Originally hailing from…

  • District thrilled with full-day kindergarten

    Sought-after program already showing positive results, officials say BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — With half the school year now complete, school officials are already calling the new full-day kindergarten program a success. Board of Education President Alan Bartlett said the board will soon be presented with a formal report…

  • Officer stands trial in cat euthanization

    SPCA, defense debate ID of cat, whether state law was broken BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer A Monroe Township animal control officer is awaiting a decision in Jamesburg Municipal Court on animal cruelty charges that could cost him his career. Frank Faraone stood trial last week on charges of procuring the…

  • Nations united

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Students at Lawrence Brook School, East Brunswick, parade through the auditorium during the school’s Cultural Festival on Feb. 3.As part of the Cultural Fair, students made and wore pictures representing a country and the way people dressed at one time. Below, third-grader Crystal Wang (l) and fourth-grader Irene Hu, dressed…