Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Brunswick Square seeking to expand

    Mall wants new tenants to face Rte. 18, have exterior access BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer The Brunswick Square Mall is planning an expansion that would change part of its appearance and lend more of a downtown look. Mall owner Simon Property Group is seeking approval from East Brunswick’s Planning Board…

  • ‘Holy smoke!’ Batman warns against drug use

    Milltown pupils participate in weeklong anti-drug campaign BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Alexis Lynch, a Joyce Kilmer School fifth-grader, helps Batman with a magic project during the superhero’s appearance in Milltown Friday. MILLTOWN — When Batman tells you something, you listen. Hopefully, that is how students…

  • Voters elect Deinzer, Steeber in Milltown

    William Deinzer MILLTOWN — It was a tight race for two Borough Council seats, but an incumbent and a former councilman came out on top. Democrat William Deinzer was re-elected along with running mate Eric Steeber, who, after taking some time off, will begin his third term in office. Steeber said that although he has…

  • Town seeks compliance in leaf pickups

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Residents are being urged to follow the leaf pickup schedule in order to provide for clean and safe streets. Thomas M. Williams III, director of parks and public works for the township, spoke at the Oct. 25 Township Council meeting to raise awareness of the need to stick to the schedule, which…

  • Independents win again in Helmetta

    People BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer HELMETTA — In a playout nearly identical to last year’s election, independent candidates swept in Tuesday’s race for three seats on the governing body. Members of the People’s Voice ticket won three Borough Council seats, meaning the council now features five such independents and one…