Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Community reacts to fatal vehicle crash
Police believe driver purposely crashed his car into pole BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer A car crash has left one South Brunswick teen dead and another charged with his death in what investigators believe was a suicide. Joshua Aanestad, 16, has been charged with juvenile delinquency for an offense, which if…
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Holiday wonders
PHOTOSBY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff A horse-drawn carriage takes riders through downtown Jamesburg last Thursday evening as part of the holiday event. Elaina Francis (l) and Danniele Appipe, both of Manalapan, look at the holiday scene set up in a Jamesburg real estate office window last Thursday as part of an event hosted by the borough…
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Miracles come in all shapes and sizes at clinic
View-A-Miracle gives expectant mothers a 4-D glimpse of the future BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Kayla Gipson (r) of East Brunswick shows Jennelle Balaam her baby’s hand at View-A-Miracle. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Kayla Gipson and Kerri West are now in the business of helping miracles happen. The owners…
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Donations augment funding for education
Local businesses contribute to Monroe Education Foundation BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE — Usually, when a program is excluded from a school district’s budget, it has little hope of coming to fruition. But in 1995, local resident James Ungerleider bucked that trend by taking up the causes of many of…
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Holiday decor
JEFF GRANIT staff A merry Frosty the Snowman waves to passers-by from one of Jamesburg’s more brightly decorated homes on Half Acre Road.
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Buchan enjoying new role on Boro Council
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer HELMETTA — One newly elected member of the Borough Council did not have to wait for the new year to get started. Councilwoman Sandra Buchan, one of three members of the independent People’s Voice Party elected to three available seats on the six-member council, was sworn…
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Holiday fun
PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Above, Gilda Bifano plays the harmonica with the Harmonikids musical group at the Monroe Township Senior Center Tuesday. At right, Charlotte Anker and Jo Gottlieb sing Christmas carols at the senior center.
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State seeks to ease traffic on turnpike
More lanes sought in Middlesex County to ease car, truck merge A long-dreaded merge on the New Jersey Turnpike in Middlesex County would be remedied under a road-widening plan announced recently by Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey. State transportation officials will design a plan over the next 18 months to widen a 20-mile stretch of…
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Helmetta excavator digs up local history
Old plaque honoring former police chief donated to borough hall BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer SETH MANDEL Joe (l-r), Christine and Bill Reid, with Helmetta Mayor Nancy Martin, display a plaque honoring Henry Yahnel, the former police chief and Board of Education president. The Reids are donating the plaque to the…
