Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Spotswood schools raise $4,000 for MS
Annual charity gamehelps fund researchinto the disease BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Spotswood schools raise $4,000 for MS Annual charity game helps fund research into the disease BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The school district has declared its multiple sclerosis fund-raiser a success, following its annual charity game May 19. The event was organized…
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Spotswood cautions residents on e-mail
Officials fear messageon revaluation may bework of scam artist BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Spotswood cautions residents on e-mail Officials fear message on revaluation may be work of scam artist BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The borough’s revaluation has caught the attention of more than just property owners. Some con artists have also taken…
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Taxidermists design exhibit for Olympics
Preserved animals fromNortheast to be focus ofdisplay on Greek island BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Preserved animals from Northeast to be focus of display on Greek island BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer David J. Schwendeman looks at a skunk he readied for shipment to Greece. By the time summer arrives, at least one American black bear,…
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Local pupils in awe of Holocaust stories
Jewish refugeewho lived in Berlin enthralls students BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Local pupils in awe of Holocaust stories Jewish refugee who lived in Berlin enthralls students BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer Seventh- and eighth-graders at Joyce Kilmer School in Milltown recently caught a glimpse of a time when fear was a way of life and…
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Sixty years later, the memory remains fresh
Local WWII vet among second wave to hit Omaha Beach on D-Day BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff World War II veteran Ed Gorman, of Woodbridge, recalls his D-Day experience as a radio man in the Army’s 294th JASCO unit. His unit was among the second wave to hit…
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Taxes may be reduced due to utility revenue
BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Taxes may be reduced due to utility revenue BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MILLTOWN — The borough will reorganize its electric utilities department in order to make it more profitable. The plan includes raising the rates by 15 percent for eight high-end users, including the Home Depot and Target stores on…
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Gov. discusses FAIR property tax reform
Local residents,officials respond to components of plan BY TARA PETERSONStaff Writer Gov. discusses FAIR property tax reform Local residents, officials respond to components of plan BY TARA PETERSON Staff Writer Gov. James E. McGreevey says his new three-prong approach to tax relief will bring both short- and long-term savings to taxpayers. The Fair and Immediate…
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FARRAH MAFFAI staff Ray Totten of Old Bridge brings his 1937 Ford to South River for display during the first Cruise Night of the season last Thursday.
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Hess is given the OK for compromised plan
Convenience storecan be built atRte. 18 service station BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Hess is given the OK for compromised plan Convenience store can be built at Rte. 18 service station BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Amerada Hess Corp. will be allowed to build a convenience store at its Route 18 gas station in East Brunswick. However, it…
