Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Police Beat

    East Brunswick Police arrested and charged Joseph Michlik, 19, of East Brunswick, with driving while intoxicated. The arrest was made Nov. 6 at 1:04 a.m. on Cranbury Road. Police arrested and charged Rigoberto Zamora, 29, of New Brunswick, with driving while intoxicated. The arrest was made Nov. 6 at 2:10 a.m. near the intersection of…

  • Ruth, Dimaggio help man recapture youth

    East Brunswick collector selling off Yankees memorabilia BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Harvey Wildstein jokes about his “low resistance” when it comes to baseball collectibles. EAST BRUNSWICK — A stroll down memory lane with Harvey Wildstein can seem more like a marathon down the nostalgia turnpike.…

  • Gavlan’s to open soon

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Construc-tion is well under way at Gavlan’s Grill & Bar, Route 18 south, the former location of Stuff Yer Face. A grand opening is scheduled for later this year. Gavlan’s owners are Jeff Jonas, who was a cook in 1986 at the original Stuff Yer Face, and wife Melanie Totten-Jonas, both of…

  • Jamesburg re-created in unique art project

    Third-graders offered insight into borough BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer PHOTOSBY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Kaitlin White (right) paints a model building while Kylie Scanella (c) and Courtney Tooker paint another building in art class at Jamesburg’s John F. Kennedy School. JAMESBURG — Third-graders at the John F. Kennedy School are doing…

  • Krenzel retains seat on So. River council

    Republican was down by seven votes in machine count South River Councilman John Krenzel may have lost the machine vote on Election Day, but he won the election. Tallies officially released Tuesday showed Krenzel, a Republican who was down by seven votes to Democrat Tele Koukourdelis when the polls closed Nov. 2, gained enough votes…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Monroe Mayor Richard Pucci presents a wreath at the Veterans Monument in the township’s municipal complex during one of two Veterans Day ceremonies Monroe held Nov. 11.

  • Grant will help cleanup of Sixth Street property

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Township-owned property on Sixth Street could finally be cleaned up and sold in the near future, officials hope. The 6.5-acre site needs further remediation due to gasoline and diesel fuel spills that took place while the Middlesex Bus Co. operated on the property,…

  • Helmetta man, 50, dies in collision on Rte. 9

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer A Helmetta man was killed Friday in a three-car accident on Route 9 in Old Bridge. According to police, Thomas P. Nugent, 50, died of injuries suffered when the 1999 Ford Taurus he was driving northbound crossed into the southbound lanes and collided with two cars…

  • Boro ponders next step in water plant repairs

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — They hoped the third time would be the charm, but no such luck. Borough officials said a third round of bids for an estimated $1.1 million worth of work on the water plant again came back too high. The nearest bid came in around…