Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Police officer and wife celebrating sextuplets

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Family life has changed dramatically for a Marlboro township family of six that, until two weeks ago, included one mother, one father and two sets of twins, ages 5 and 8. On Sept. 14, the number of family members more than doubled in the two minutes…

  • Man jumps to his death from the Edison Bridge

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — A man being pursued by police Friday jumped 82 feet to his death from the Edison Bridge. Clifford Hall, 30, of Philadelphia, stopped his car on the bridge while police were after him, hopped over the rail and jumped 82 1/2 feet, landing on…

  • Condo fire result of a faulty lamp

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A faulty lamp is believed to be the cause of a fire that took place Friday at a Lake Avenue condominium. The fire was discovered by township Patrolman Fred Johler, who had responded to Building 15 of the complex around 7:40 a.m. to investigate a smoke condition. Johler, seeing smoke coming from…

  • Family seeks support for teen with cancer

    Events will help pay costs related to bone marrow transplant The family of an aspiring Broadway actress battling lymphoma is seeking a supporting cast to come out for two upcoming fund-raisers. Her dreams of stardom temporarily on hold, Samantha “Sami” Stanley, a 2004 graduate of Old Bridge High School, is recovering at New York City’s…

  • Diner OK’d to expand, make improvements

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Colonial Diner on Route 18 will soon expand and become more user-friendly for people with disabilities. The diner, given final site plan approval for its expansion in an August vote by the township Planning Board, will be expanded by 110 seats and…

  • GOP convention marchers protested many issues

    Locals plan to attend Million Workers March in Washington, D.C. BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer PHOTOS BY HENRY LIEDTKA Protests took many forms at the recent Republican National Convention in New York. ‘It was huge. It was hot. But it was heartening.” That was Donna Chapin’s description of the Aug. 29…

  • There’s no place like home . . .

    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Glinda, played by Shannon Connolly, of Old Bridge, in Munchkin Land with Dorothy, played by Melissa Lea Dennen, of Monroe, during a Main Street Theatre Co. dress rehearsal for “The Wizard of Oz” Tuesday at the Step Inn Ballroom in Sayreville. The show runs from tomorrow through Oct. 2. Call (732) 553-1153.

  • New administrator hired in Spotswood

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — It’s now a town of two mayors, as a former mayor of Bound Brook has been hired to serve as the borough’s business administrator. Ronald Fasanello was selected by Mayor Barry Zagnit to assume the role, which has been without a permanent administrator since…

  • Charity outing in firefighter’s memory

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE — The fourth annual Brothers Helping Brothers Golf Classic will be devoted to the memory of New Brunswick Deputy Fire Chief James D’Heron. D’Heron was killed in a Sept. 3 fire in New Brunswick. “We’re going to dedicate it in his memory,” said Rich Hayes,…