Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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South River to unveil improvements at park
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — How can you tell if your team scored a home run if it’s too dark to see it? This predicament will no longer occur at Grekoski Park on Whitehead Avenue when South River publicly unveils its recreational improvements Saturday at 11 a.m. The…
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Learning safari
PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Maayan Malomet (above), 6, leans in to pet a collard lizard, while Hannah Sessler looks on, when students from the Solomon Schechter Day School, East Brunswick, took part in the Fur, Feathers & Fins program Friday. The youngsters learned about fish, reptiles, birds and small animals at Petco, East Brunswick.…
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Man, 70, killed, others injured in collision
EAST BRUNSWICK — A 70-year-old South Brunswick man was killed Saturday after the car in which he was a passenger was involved in a head-on collision on Riva Avenue. Police said Raouf Mikhail, of the Monmouth Junction section, suffered chest trauma during the accident, which took place at 5:52 p.m. Mikhail, who was the front-seat…
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Vets to share stories
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Students at Spotswood High School will have the chance to meet with storied veterans of various wars at two upcoming events. The school is bringing in Joe Criscione, who served on the Swift boats that toured the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War, and…
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Amateur photographers invited to enter contests
All amateur photographers, both township adults and youngsters in grades 1-12, are invited to submit photos for the 23rd annual Photography Contest and the ninth annual Shutterbug Photography Contest for Youth sponsored by the East Brunswick Division of Recreation, Arts Commission and the Raritan Photographic Society. Photo enthusiasts may deliver color and/or black-and-white photos to…
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Fund-raisers
Oct. 21 • The Spotswood High School Band is participating in a Kash for Kids fund-raising program that pays the band $2 for each empty inkjet or laser computer cartridge collected. Collection boxes are at the high school, Memorial School and KrisKell Creations Hair Salon, all Summerhill Road; Schoenly School, Kane Avenue; the Spotswood Public…
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GOP is still seeking a debate in So. River
Democrats, Republicans expect to reach decision by end of this week BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — With less than two weeks until Election Day, borough Republican candidates say they are still waiting for the Democrats to decide whether they will engage in a debate. “We would love to…
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Jersey band wants you to try a Cold one
Cold30 comprised of members from Monmouth, Middlesex BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Cold30’s (l-r) Danny Pinto, Enzo Bacelo, Jay Robinson, Marc Windler and (sitting) Alan Ambler are all local musicians who will be performing at Stingers in Long Branch next week. MIDDLETOWN — It’s not easy being an emotional…
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Merit awards OK’d in council’s 3-1 vote
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Municipal employees who go above and beyond may now receive merit stipends, though one official questions the effect it will have on morale. The borough’s administration recommended the new initiative, which would give a one-time stipend to an employee as recommended by the mayor’s…
