Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • State funds will help prevent future floods

    Helmetta officials meet with DOT to discuss remedies BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer As life gets back to normal for residents affected by the Sept. 29 flood, Helmetta officials are laying groundwork to see that such an event does not happen again. Officials learned this week the town will receive a grant from the state…

  • First-time music festival headed for Rt. 35 club

    Several of New Jersey’s promising original rock bands will get together in South Amboy Saturday to perform and raise money for youth music scholarships. The first-ever New Jersey Independent Music Festival, to be held at Club Centro, Route 35, is part of an effort to bring together original musicians from throughout New Jersey so they…

  • Milltown’s candidates talk issues, offer views

    Redevelopment of Ford Avenue tops the list of most council hopefuls BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer After a one-year hiatus, Milltown’s annual candidates’ forum returned to the town Oct. 13. The candidates for Borough Council — Republicans John Dunay and Chris Grotkopf, Democrats Eric Steeber and Councilman William Deinzer, and independent Michael Lewycky — discussed…

  • Couple donates trio of historic boro artifacts

    Historians still seek plaque that honored former police chief BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer HELMETTA — The history of one’s hometown is usually an amalgam of ever-fading stories heard throughout life. But for Rich Reinhardt, the history of Helmetta is difficult to forget — he is often asked to buy pieces…

  • Photo

    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Elana Grunberg, 6, is surprised when a ferret motions toward her as she and others from East Brunswick’s Solomon Schechter Day School took part in the Fur, Feathers & Fins program at Petco, Ryders Lane, Friday.

  • Structural tribute

    otc commander, leads a procession from “The Wall That Heals,” a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., which was displayed at Roosevelt Park, Edison, last week. The wall brought many out to pay tribute to Vietnam veterans, and in particular to the 106 residents of Middlesex County who were lost in…

  • Halloween time

    PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff A group acts out a scene as witches from “Macbeth” during a spooky book party. An actor dressed as a ghost was among the many scary characters roaming the Monroe Township Library Friday evening for “Good Books Gone Bad,” a Halloween-themed party.

  • Spotswood notes trend of alumni coming back

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — It’s not exactly “Welcome Back, Kotter” all over again, but many borough teachers can nonetheless identify with the idea of returning to teach at their old high school. School officials recently noted how many of the district’s teachers tend to be former students of…

  • 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…