Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Ruffo resigns; council seeks to fill vacancy

    Councilwoman served since 1998, including two years as president BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — After six years on the Borough Council, Judith Ruffo has stepped down. Ruffo, who is moving out of town, leaves her seat this week, giving the council a month to find and appoint her replacement.…

  • Mr. Clean

    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Max Biles, 16, rinses off the window of a car during the Spotswood High School band’s car wash fund-raiser and clothing drive outside the high school Saturday.

  • Monroe to crack down on election sign issues

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE — Those following the upcoming 12th Congressional District election may have created a new competition: Who can put up the most signs? Mayor Richard Pucci last week expressed his disapproval of an unusually high number of political signs appearing throughout the township, sometimes in places…

  • A&P gets crowd for limited vaccine supply

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Lavern Press, East Brunswick, fills out the paperwork to receive a flu shot at A&P. EAST BRUNSWICK — With flu shots hard to come by this season, hundreds turned out yesterday at the A&P food store, which had a limited supply of the…

  • Renowned tree pioneer leaves behind a legacy

    South River native dies of cancer at the age of 80 BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Chester Halka Sr. and wife Elsie If you want to see a small piece of Chester Halka Sr.’s legacy just look at the back of a new $50 bill. His trees are pictured along the…

  • Community embraces plan for Meyer’s mall

    Bergen County firm wants to raze plaza, put in upscale shops BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer An East Brunswick shopping center long blighted by vacancies and dilapidation could soon be turned into a unique, upscale retail plaza. A Bergen County developer is under contract to purchase the Meyer’s Shopping Center, with…

  • Jamesburg gets grant to improve downtown

    Funding will pay to rebuild old curbs, sidewalks JAMESBURG — Efforts to improve the borough’s downtown area can continue thanks to a grant from the state Department of Community Affairs. The $70,000 grant was presented to Councilwoman Barbara Carpenter and Councilman John Longo during the Oct. 7 meeting of the Middlesex County Board of Freeholders.…

  • Traffic light to bring respite in Jamesburg

    Drivers are tired of navigating confusing intersection Local drivers growing weary of navigating the brain-teasing intersection of Gatzmer, Lincoln and Railroad avenues in Jamesburg have reason to be encouraged. Middlesex County officials plan to install a traffic light there within the next three years. “We are anticipating the concept plans either the end of this…

  • River-walk goblins to come alive again

    Milltown students ready to scare residents with Halloween haunts BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — For most of the year, the new path at Mill Pond provides a scenic backdrop for those taking a relaxing walk around town. But for two weekends in October, eighth-graders at Joyce Kilmer School use…