Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Suburban awarded E.B. bus contract
Lengthy legal battle with town, bus co. has come to an end BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer With a lengthy legal battle finally in the past, East Brunswick now has a new contract for commuter busing. The Township Council passed a resolution Monday night to award a three-year contract to Suburban…
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Milltown rewarded for keeping its schools safe
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — The school district’s recent efforts to keep employees and students safe have been rewarded. The New Jersey School Boards Association Insurance Group presented its 2004 Safety Award to the district Oct. 21. According to interim Superintendent of Schools Jim Sheerin, the insurance group is…
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Developers showing interest in snuff mill
Helmetta officials are waiting to hear additional proposals BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Several developers have contacted Helmetta recently in hopes of being selected to redevelop the snuff mill site. Developers approached the borough after the Borough Council’s September decision to dismiss the builder who had been in negotiations with officials…
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Singer bringing country flavor to Garden State
BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Michael Patrick MARLBORO — Local country rock and folk singer Michael Patrick knows there are fans of country music in the Garden State. “There’s definitely a demand for country music in New Jersey,” said Patrick, who has lived in Marlboro for about six years. Patrick, 37,…
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FARRAH MAFFAI staff William Stoffers, 17, of East Brunswick, directs Krystalle Eid (r) and Gizelle Munoz, both 11, to graves they would document for a database at the Washington Memorial Cemetery in South River Saturday. See story, page 8.
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Fund-raisers
Nov. 11-17 • Holiday coat drive, sponsored by Monroe Chiropractic Care, Jamesburg, to benefit the pediatric units at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick; Newark Beth Israel Hospital; and Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Gently used, clean coats will be distributed to sick youngsters and their families at each hospital’s holiday party in…
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County dealing with high demand for shots
Middlesex County officials are doling out flu shots, more than 5,000 of them, to the county’s senior citizens and high-risk residents. But the quantities are simply not enough to go around. County officials were forced to hold a lottery among senior citizens Tuesday after approximately 6,000 of them preregistered for the county’s flu shot clinics,…
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Storytelling fest set for Nov. 20, 21 at E.B. library
Syd Lieberman will be the featured performer at the East Brunswick Friends of the Library’s 12th annual James Hess Folklore and Storytelling Festival set for 8 p.m. on Nov. 20 and 2 p.m. on Nov. 21 at the library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Tickets are on sale at the library circulation desk. The Nov. 20…
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Cappella: Mayor broke agreement with letter
Bradford defends statements made in letter supporting GOP BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — A councilman and the mayor sparred briefly at Monday’s Borough Council meeting over an agreement regarding the Ford Avenue redevelopment plans. Councilman Gerard Cappella said that when the Ford Avenue Redevelopment Agency, on which both he…
