Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Fenced in
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff A revved up group of East Brunswick High School football fans celebrate the Bears’ Central Jersey Group IV state championship victory over Jackson Sunday.
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Many voice opposition to retail center
Zoning Board hears testimony for stores, day care on Rte. 522 BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer An estimated 100 residents came out Tuesday to air their feelings about a shopping center proposed at a central Monroe intersection. The crowd, with many against and some in favor of the proposal, attended Tuesday’s…
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Sculptor re-creates himself as an artist
East Brunswick man turns obsession into his life BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Edmund Spiro stands in his living room in East Brunswick amid some of his metal and wood pieces. He is the featured guest during next week’s Meet the Sculptor event at the township’s library. When…
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CFO is first selected for boro’s new stipend
SPOTSWOOD — Borough officials have selected Chief Financial Officer Barbara Petren as the first recipient of the new merit stipend for municipal employees. The program, created recently by the Borough Council, provides one-time stipends to employees considered worthwhile due to work they did beyond their job duties. Petren, according to Mayor Barry Zagnit, was instrumental…
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Milltown crossing guard hit by passing car, again
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — A borough crossing guard was injured yesterday when she was hit by a car while on duty. The incident represented the second time in the last four years that Domenica Lineberger, a crossing guard for over 30 years, has been hit by a car,…
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Turkey race
PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Above, boys in the age 5 group “race for the turkey” in one of the events at the annual Turkey Trot on Nov. 21 at East Brunswick High School. Below, 8-month-old Steven T. Pepe gets encouragement from his father, Steven, during the crawling race.Dave Hoyt (l), pictured with son, Matthew,…
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Dog park in works for Heavenly Farms
Town preparing plans for dog section, access road, parking lot BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township will soon begin work on a dog park at the recently purchased Heavenly Farms property, Cranbury Road. Mayor William Neary said the dog park section will be close to the site’s…
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Main Street residents report three burglaries
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Three reports of burglaries on Main Street were brought to police attention last week. In the burglaries, which took place sometime during the early morning hours Friday, suspects sought to gain access through unlocked rear exterior doors to basements, referred to in police…
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Milltown volunteers create winter scenery
Half-mile walking tour kicks off this weekend along Mill Pond Path BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — Logic suggests that creating a half-mile-long winter wonderland would take more than one month. But as Joyce Kilmer School teacher Geralyn Gerhart discovered, all you need to do is speak up, as she…
