Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • East Brunswick student Cassie Vose, 17

    FARRAH MAFFAI staff , shows German student Kerry Schmidt, also 17, some treats at the dessert table during Tuesday’s reception.

  • Brandon Szerszen, 4,

    FARRAH MAFFAI staff of South River, conquers the climbing tower during the Oktoberfest celebration at the St. Stan’s School grounds in Sayreville Sept. 25.

  • Spotswood gets grant to improve sidewalks

    $60,000 from county will help enhance business district BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — More improvements will be made along Main Street, again on the county’s tab. Mayor Barry Zagnit said the town received a $60,000 grant to make sidewalk and curb improvements in the area of Main Street west…

  • Prison inmates warn students about drugs

    Milltown youngsters urged to talk problems out with parents BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Rocco, a prison inmate, addresses students at Joyce Kilmer Middle School about making the right choices and staying out of trouble. MILLTOWN — As he talked about the son he no longer sees and…

  • Town looks at causes of flood, related costs

    Extreme flooding on Sept. 29 result of variety of factors BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Flood waters receded from Helmetta last week, leaving debris, flooded basements, collapsed storm sewer pipes, broken water heaters and several questions in its place. Perhaps the most common questions being asked continue to be: Why did…

  • On Campus

    Kathleen Kowalski Batchelor, daughter of Debbie and Walter Kowalski of East Brunswick, recently earned a doctor of pharmacy degree from the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. A member of Phi Delta Chi pharmacy professional fraternity, she has accepted a position as head pharmacist with RiteAid, Bethesda, Md. She is a…

  • Fund-raisers

    Oct. 1 • Comedy Club Night, sponsored by Our Lady of Victories Parish, 7 p.m., at the parish hall, Main Street, Sayreville. Buffet dinner and dessert, catered by Sir Ives, Jamesburg. Beer, wine, soda, coffee, tea available. On-site baby-sitting. Tickets cost $35 per person. Call the parish office at (732) 257-0077 or Jack at (732)…

  • Libraries celebrating Banned Books Week

    Surprisingly, many best sellers top the national list each year BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE — If the word “rebel” can be defined as someone who reads the dictionary, it can only mean one thing: it’s national Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week — Celebrating the Freedom to Read is…