Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Facility will enhance firefighter training
Facility will enhance firefighter training Middlesex County officials are pursuing the construction of a building where firefighters can be trained to battle blazes inside strip malls and other structures that are common in Middlesex County. The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders voted recently to authorize the bid process for the 7,200-square-foot building, which will…
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Plan calls for mixed, ‘high-quality’ uses
Planning Board hearsplan for redevelopmentof town-owned complex BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Plan calls for mixed, ‘high-quality’ uses Planning Board hears plan for redevelopment of town-owned complex BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — As it moves closer to redeveloping the area known as the Golden Triangle, the township recently presented a consolidated and updated…
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Dems submit names to fill council seat
Council may appointone of three candidatesat May meeting BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Dems submit names to fill council seat Council may appoint one of three candidates at May meeting BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer HELMETTA — Local Democrats have provided three names to fill a vacancy on the Borough Council. It will now be up…
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Dog is adopted after officer’s guilty plea
Canine who turned upat landfill spent winterwith local kennel Dog is adopted after officer’s guilty plea Canine who turned up at landfill spent winter with local kennel EAST BRUNSWICK — A dog who survived a euthanasia attempt and a trip to the landfill now belongs to a local family, one of several hundred who sought…
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Rte. 92 study public
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The long-awaited U.S. Army Corps study on Route 92 is finally out. The Draft Environmental Impact Study was commissioned in 1999 after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency objected to the N.J. Turnpike Authority’s Route 92 project. The project would build a 6.7-mile toll road, connecting interchange 8A of the turnpike to Route…
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Neighbors talk about lakeside development
Zoning change could decide land use for farm along Farrington Lake BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer CHARLES W. KIM A North Brunswick plan for 96 homes may change the tranquil landscape across this Farrington Lake inlet off Riva Avenue in East Brunswick. Many differ in their opinions of what should be…
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Expert hired for water rate increase challenge
BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Expert hired for water rate increase challenge BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township has hired a rate expert for what could be a multi-town court challenge against rate increases proposed by Middlesex Water Co. The privately owned company treats and pumps water from East Brunswick’s supply. Last…
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Officials talk options for first aid shortage
BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Officials talk options for first aid shortage BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — The South River Rescue Squad may be faced with a shortage of manpower if more volunteers are not found soon. Mayor Robert Szegeti and the Borough Council met with members of the squad last week to…
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Helmetta school tab rejected in 6% turnout
Lucille Fiorelloelected to boardin uncontested race BY BRIAN DONAHUE and TARA PETERSENStaff Writers Helmetta school tab rejected in 6% turnout Lucille Fiorello elected to board in uncontested race BY BRIAN DONAHUE and TARA PETERSEN Staff Writers HELMETTA — Despite the fact that it will bring a 77-cent reduction in the school tax rate, the borough’s…
