Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Library moves closer to expansion project

    Modern amenities sought, including apossible Internet cafe BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Library moves closer to expansion project Modern amenities sought, including a possible Internet cafe BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MONROE — Township library officials are interviewing architects this month before selecting one for a proposed expansion project. Irene Goldberg, director of the Monroe Township…

  • Board challengers in, Milltown budget out

    Voters also return one of three incumbentsto Board of Education BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Voters also return one of three incumbents to Board of Education BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer TARA PETERSEN Neil Marotta and Mary Ann Mangarella (center) celebrate Tuesday night after learning of their victory in the Milltown school election. Two incumbents, including…

  • Exhibit spotlights college’s best artists

    Future media specialists put work on display BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer Photos by Miguel juarez staff Visitors examine the graphic design work on display at the MAD exhibit at Middlesex County College in Edison during the opening reception April 8. EDISON — Today’s students may be tomorrow’s media arts professionals.…

  • Spotswood candidates are running unopposed

    Voters to decidewhether to support taxincrease of 37 cents BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Spotswood candidates are running unopposed Voters to decide whether to support tax increase of 37 cents BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Residents face a 37-cent increase in the school tax rate this year, and the implementation of full-day kindergarten may…

  • Ban on pay-to-play pursued in Milltown

    BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Ban on pay-to-play pursued in Milltown BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Borough officials plan to introduce an ordinance regulating political campaign contributions later this month. The Borough Council briefly discussed a draft of the ordinance Monday night. The law, banning so-called pay-to-play, is modeled and virtually identical to an…

  • 96 homes planned near Farrington Lake 96 homes could be constructed on 70-acre farm

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer 96 homes planned near Farrington Lake 96 homes could be constructed on 70-acre farm BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Builder Jack Morris has more than just a vision for the future of the Pulda Farm, located alongside Farrington Lake in North Brunswick. In a letter dated March 18, Morris said his…

  • Five candidates talk

    school issues in S.R. BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Five candidates vying for three seats on the Board of Education Tuesday will appear in a forum at 7 p.m. tonight in the high school auditorium. Current board members Sharon Mulvahill, Cynthia Urbanik and Carmen Zaccaria, as well as challengers Brian Fenyak and…

  • Milltown candidates talk views on issues

    Five seek three seatsin race that followsprincipal controversy BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Milltown candidates talk views on issues Five seek three seats in race that follows principal controversy BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer Three incumbents hope to stay in office while two challengers are banking that voters will want change. Voters in Milltown will choose from a…

  • Photo

    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Appleby School students Ashley Zawistowski as Dorothy, John Chludzinski as the Tin Man and Shannon Thuring as the Scarecrow act out a scene from The Wizard of Oz, to be staged at Spotswood High School tonight through Saturday.