Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Repairing Crescent Avenue to cost boro $50,000 more
Allocation to increase by $73,000 forcontingency purposesBY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Repairing Crescent Avenue to cost boro $50,000 more by $73,000 for contingency purposes BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Improvements to Crescent Avenue will cost the borough more money than officials anticipated. At its July 1 meeting, the Borough Council introduced an ordinance to…
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JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Members of the Brookview Fire Co., East Brunswick, make their way up Main Street in Milltown during the Fourth of July parade and festivities Saturday.
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Boro changes location of resources building
Official says moneywas wasted pursuing Obert St. property BY JENNIFER DOMEStaff Writer Boro changes location of resources building Official says money was wasted pursuing Obert St. property BY JENNIFER DOME Staff Writer South River’s handling of a proposed Human Resources building has been called into question by one member of the Borough Council. Councilman John…
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Teen helps businesses move to the Internet
BY JACQUELYN LANECorrespondent Teen helps businesses move to the Internet BY JACQUELYN LANE Correspondent Eric Goldman EAST BRUNSWICK — A recent graduate of East Brunswick High School has created a Web site designed to connect township citizens with local businesses. "I have experience creating Web sites and I thought it would be not only a…
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Local police weigh in on new cell phone ban
Some officials saythe law should bea primary offense BY JACQUELYN LANECorrespondent Local police weigh in on new cell phone ban Some officials say the law should be a primary offense BY JACQUELYN LANE Correspondent The new ban on the use of hand-held cell phones while driving, though an important step in preventing accidents, may be…
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Local man laces sci-fi with humor in 2 books
Spotswood residentgets positive reviewsin ALA publication BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Local man laces sci-fi with humor in 2 books Spotswood resident gets positive reviews in ALA publication BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Russel Like SPOTSWOOD — Though they include plot lines that could double as lost episodes of Star Trek or The X Files, they…
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Dog days arrive in M’town
BYJACQUELYNLANECorrespondent BYJACQUELYNLANE Correspondent JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff A contestant in Milltown’s hot dog-eating contest puts down two at the same time. What’s more American than apple pie? How about hot dogs with a helping of politics on the side? Milltown’s first annual hot-dog eating contest took place Saturday during the borough’s Fourth of July festivities. Judging…
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$1M grant to focus on history education
BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer $1M grant to focus on history education BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township’s school district will take the lead in a group of five districts as they try to improve the way social studies are taught. East Brunswick was recently awarded a $997,460 grant from the state…
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Back-to-school time already at new store
BY LORI ELKINS SOLOMONCorrespondent Back-to-school time already at new store BY LORI ELKINS SOLOMON Correspondent Photos by FARRAH MAFFAI staff Nicholas DiGirolamo (above), 6, of Hillsboro, makes a picture frame at the Lakeshore Learning Store in East Brunswick July 1. Ross Kaufman (r), 5, of North Brunswick, contemplates the next piece of his picture frame…
