Category: Sentinel-EBS News

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    PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff Children in East Brunswick’s All-District Elementary School Choir perform during the annual Choir Festival, held at East Brunswick High School Monday morning. Central School teacher Judy Weiss directs the students, who are from the township’s eight elementary schools.

  • Blood supplies near crisis status in region

    BY ANDREA OLIVIO Staff Writer BY ANDREA OLIVIOStaff Writer With last week’s snowstorm causing numerous blood drives to be canceled, blood banks around the tristate area are facing shortages. Blood banks are pleading for donors after crucial drives were canceled or postponed during the time of year that blood supplies are typically at their lowest.…

  • Bottle-collecting hobby is tied to U.S. history

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer American cobalt blue soda bottles from Joe Butewicz’s collection, circa 1845-1855. SOUTH RIVER — Don’t be so eager to throw out that empty soda bottle. It could be a collector’s item someday. The New Jersey Antique Bottle Club will hold its 10th annual Antique Bottle Show…

  • EBHS grad winner of prestigious scholarship

    Mike Solomon EAST BRUNSWICK — A township native is among 12 recipients nationwide of the coveted George J. Mitchell Scholarship for graduate study in Ireland. Michael Solomon, a member of the 2001 class at East Brunswick High School, will graduate next spring from Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., and as a Mitchell scholar will study…

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    RYAN D. FENSTERMAKER No injuries were reported in a fire that broke out in a detached garage on Ruth Lane at 1:15 p.m. Friday, according to East Brunswick Police Lt. Russell MacArthur. Careless smoking is suspected as the cause of the blaze.

  • Photo lab owner sees sign business all over

    Digital cameras, other technology blamed for Old Bridge shop BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Tom Robertson looks on as his wife, Lynn, unwraps a piece of vinyl used to make signs at their home in Monroe. Thomas Robertson has never had difficulty seeing the signs.After all, as the…

  • Board to fund Appleby improvements alone

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The district will not receive state aid for the construction of a new parking lot at Appleby School, but the project will go forward nonetheless. Board of Education President Alan Bartlett said officials were disappointed the district’s request for aid was denied, but said…

  • Just take this pill and run with the puppies

    Lori C linch Are We There Yet? As I dragged my way across the kitchen floor the other morning, with high hopes of reaching the coffee pot, the kids moved around me in a frenzy. My little Lawrence was unable to locate his homework. Huey was in a panic as he tried to find his…

  • Monroe names four rookie police officers

    Chief John Kraivec says they represent the BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE — Less than two months after being named the township’s new police chief, John Kraivec welcomed four more officers to the police department. Officers Griffin M. Banos, Richard W. Livingston, Paul A. Pappas Jr. and Joseph M. Sudnick…