Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Panel recommends work at five E.B. schools

    Board to review proposal for referendum expectedto be held in December BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Panel recommends work at five E.B. schools Board to review proposal for referendum expected to be held in December BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Voters would be asked to approve additions and renovations at five district schools under an ad hoc panel’s…

  • Mock arrest and trial help students learn

    BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Mock arrest and trial help students learn BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer TARA PETERSEN Student arresting officer David Lynch, of Joyce Kilmer School in Milltown, takes teacher Suzanne LaBar into custody during a staged mock arrest Tuesday. MILLTOWN — Students looked on as their teacher was pulled over by police, arrested…

  • Boro hopes to hold biennial elections

    BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Local officials are lending their support to pending state legislation that would allow municipal elections to be held every two years. Borough Council members, who approved a resolution Monday showing their support, have discussed the idea of the biennial elections for several months, but…

  • Students show soldiers in Iraq that they care

    BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Students show soldiers in Iraq that they care BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Just what connection is there between the Civil War and the war in Iraq? Well, the East Brunswick connection, for one. Just ask the eighth-graders at Churchill Junior High School. While making care packages for…

  • Annual run raises $2K for South River church

    BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Annual run raises $2K for South River church BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Runners hit the pavement Saturday in Freehold, on their way to South River, to raise money for mission work and a church centennial celebration. SOUTH RIVER — A radio personality dubbed Saturday "the most beautiful…

  • Milltown discusses landlord registration

    Officials debate placing decals on front doorsof absentee owners BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Milltown discusses landlord registration Officials debate placing decals on front doors of absentee owners BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Absentee landlords soon may be required to register with the borough and display a decal on their front doors. According to…

  • Studio proud to teach more than dance steps

    Students at Main St. academy geared up for weekend show BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Susan Sinibaldi, director at Middlesex Academy of Dance, practices with longtime students Donna Farrell (center) and Elaine Martin-Amodio (right). Students at Main St. academy geared up for weekend show BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MILLTOWN —…

  • Boro hits roadblock in dredging proposal

    Spotswood needs morefunding if DeVoe Lakedepth is to be addressed BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Boro hits roadblock in dredging proposal Spotswood needs more funding if DeVoe Lake depth is to be addressed BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The dredging of DeVoe Lake is not a realistic idea, at least for the time being.…

  • Commuters want more say in redevelopment

    E.B. advisory groupairs complaints atfirst of three forums BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Commuters want more say in redevelopment E.B. advisory group airs complaints at first of three forums BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Get our input before you hand the Golden Triangle’s future over to a developer. That was the request of…