Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Police ask community to watch for burnt bills

    BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Police are looking for help from area businesses and residents to solve two recent burglaries that may be related. Sometime during the night of Dec. 5 or early morning of Dec. 6, unknown persons cut a hole in the fence surrounding Stavola Asphalt on Old Bergen…

  • Happy holidays

    PHOTOS BY JOHN SZPARA Residents look on during the annual tree and menorah lighting held earlier this month at East Brunswick’s municipal complex. Santa Claus and a helper hand out goodies to local children. Drew Wempner, 1, his mom Holly and brother Grant, 3, watch the Community Chorus perform at the East Brunswick municipal complex.

  • Appointment of chief celebrated in Monroe

    John Kraivec began his career in police work here 17 years ago BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer Amid the cheers of residents, police officers, rescue workers and township officials, John Kraivec was officially sworn in as the new Monroe police chief. Mayor Richard Pucci led the ceremony in the packed Township Council chambers Monday. Kraivec…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Head coach Marcus Borden and his East Brunswick High School Bears celebrate their 17-14 win over Jackson in Sunday’s Central Jersey Group IV state championship game at Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway. For story, see sports.

  • Cooperation stressed at 3-board meeting

    Spotswood, Milltown, Helmetta school reps seek to work together BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — Communication and cooperation. Those were the two priorities set by members of the Helmetta, Milltown and Spotswood boards of education during a tri-district meeting at which several key issues were addressed last week. Milltown interim…

  • Cheering stars

    PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff Monroe’s Pee Wee cheerleaders, above, including Holly Olsen (r), perform at a pep rally at the township’s Community Center, Monmouth Road, Friday. The squad, along with the Junior Pee Wees and the Midgets, performed in preparation for the national championships in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fla., this week. All three teams…

  • Planned memorial gets new design, location

    Committee discards idea for 9/11 memorial extending over lake BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — A Sept. 11 memorial could become a reality in the borough this spring, but its proposed location and design have changed. Financial concerns prompted the committee overseeing the memorial to discard plans to build the…

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    RYAN D. FENSTERMAKER Firefighters extricate a Milltown woman from a 2002 Jaguar following an accident in the parking lot of ShopRite in East Brunswick at 8:55 a.m. Tuesday. Police said the driver, Suzanne Silver, 44, whose car was struck by a Hyundai that failed to yield when exiting an aisle, was taken to Robert Wood…

  • Attic fire may have been caused by electric wires

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE — A fire that broke out inside a home within the Rossmoor Adult Community Sunday was contained to the attic. The fire, which caused no injuries, occurred at 10:30 a.m. on Nantucket Lane, officials said. Fire District No. 3 Capt. Ray LeBrun said that all…