Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Blaze attributed to boiler
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE — A boiler malfunction is believed to be the cause of a fire that destroyed parts of Railroad Salvage Tuesday morning. Police said a motorist driving past the hardware business, located on Englishtown Road near Union Hill Road, saw the smoke and called state police…
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County to distribute remaining flu vaccine
The Middlesex County Public Health Department will hold a walk-in flu-shot clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 6 at the Milltown Senior Center, 60 Violet Terrace, to distribute its remaining flu vaccine to qualified high-risk residents throughout the county. The county will administer approximately 2,500 shots on a walk-in basis at the…
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Helping others gives volunteer perspective
Milltown first-aider says rescue work is rewarding experience BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Thomas Goodwin, a trustee on the Milltown Rescue Squad, shows some of the gear inside one of the squad’s rigs. After 45 years of volunteer service on the Milltown Rescue Squad, Thomas Goodwin isn’t finished…
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Volunteers make room to help those in need
Crisis Room provides food, clothing and monetary assistance BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Old Bridge resident Diane Hutchins, director of the Crisis Room in East Brunswick, tends to clothing donated for the needy. Healthy economy or not, volunteers at the all-purpose welfare organization known as the Crisis Room…
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Someone the seniors can always count on
Stephanie Hubbel is a friend and a driver to many in Sayreville BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Sayreville Senior Center volunteer Stephanie Hubbel provides not only a lift to those who need it, but also lends a willing ear. Age may be just a number, but for Stephanie…
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Township mourns loss of rescue squad prez
Fred Goldberg, 59, killed in car crash on Interstate 295 BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer For 22 years, Fred Goldberg selflessly helped so many others involved in motor vehicle accidents and other misfortunes. But the longtime East Brunswick Rescue Squad member tragically became a victim himself Dec. 23 when he was…
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Police Beat
A burglary was reported at the Alsberg law office on Milltown Road around 12:06 a.m. Dec. 21. Police said two men attempted to break into the first floor of the building but fled when police responded. The owner of the law firm was working late in his office when he heard a loud banging noise…
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Man found in snow died of hypothermia
MILLTOWN — Police had only questions this week about a man who was found curled up in the snow outside a borough home and died due to the cold. The man, 65-year-old Roman Pragacz, a Polish immigrant who was living in Somerset, was pronounced dead at 8:46 a.m. Monday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital,…
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Resident spots suspect, detains him for police
Boro man charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — A police foot chase here Dec. 21 resulted in one arrest, one hero, and one officer with injuries. When it was over, police charged James E. Bright Jr., 34, with aggravated assault, obstruction of justice,…
