Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Samantha Milek, Brittany Massaro and Leonor Torres

    PHOTOSBY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff (from right) make a pitch to sell cookies to Jorden Nolan, Kelly Robinson and Rachel Yetman (from left) during Saturday’s Heritage Day at South River High School. The volunteers raised money for a local family whose home was lost due to a fire. Below, Stacey Murosko, Marie Solar and Katherine Rocha…

  • Negotiations continue over Golden Triangle

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A new parking facility at the Golden Triangle site could cost between $18 and $22 million, and commuter fees would pay off that debt. With negotiations ongoing between the township and a builder selected to redevelop the Route 18 site, officials answered some…

  • Indy trio, pair of Dems seeking Helmetta seats

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer HELMETTA — Three independent candidates and two Democrats make up the race for three seats on the six-member Borough Council this fall. The upcoming election in Helmetta is unique in that it is made up almost entirely of newcomers to the political stage, as it involves…

  • Spotswood hopes new measures help parking

    Teachers BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Parking and traffic problems outside the Appleby School should improve, thanks to two new parking areas, officials believe. Board of Education President Alan Bartlett said a new teachers’ parking lot should be available in a couple of weeks. The lot’s construction had been…

  • Fire in Milltown home linked to oxygen tank

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — A 73-year-old woman was in critical but stable condition this week after a fire broke out in her home Friday. Rose Girard was alone in the Pershing Avenue home at the time of the fire, but her daughter, who also lives there, arrived home…

  • Milltown couple arrested; infant in critical condition

    MILLTOWN — A borough couple was arrested yesterday on charges that they physically abused or neglected their 10-month-old son. Krisann and Frank Badics, both 40, of First Street, were each charged with endangering the welfare of a child and transported to the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center, North Brunswick, awaiting bail to be set. The…

  • Volunteers sought to help stop pay-to-play

    East Brunswick forming task force to study issue BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township is heading toward establishing a pay-to-play task force, but not enough people are coming forth to volunteer. Council President David Stahl said during Monday night’s Township Council meeting that he wants more people…

  • The race is on for six South River hopefuls

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Election season is upon us. And it is one in which borough Republicans will try to gain further representation on the primarily Democratic governing body, and Democrats will look to gain total control of the Borough Council. When residents head out to the…

  • Fund-raisers

    Sept. 23 • 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…