Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Board continues Hess hearing tonight in E. Brunswick
BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Residents are expected to tell the Zoning Board of Adjustment tonight of their opposition to an application for a gas station convenience store. Hearings on a proposal by Amerada Hess Corp. to add a mini-mart on a vacant, residentiall zoned property it owns…
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JEFF GRANIT staff East Brunswick High School student Ahmed Moniem drives to the basket during Friday’s students vs. faculty game sponsored by The Clarion, the school newspaper. The students won 50-49.
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Budget hearing yields mostly positive input
Dissatisfaction aimedmore at state than at E.B. school tab BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Budget hearing yields mostly positive input Dissatisfaction aimed more at state than at E.B. school tab BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer The East Brunswick Board of Education heard more praise than censure from the public at its annual public hearing on the school budget,…
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Board trims tab;
cuts computer buys BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Board trims tab; cuts computer buys BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Some last minute school budget tweaking has brought a proposed tax hike down and offset a $76,000 pension expenditure recently ordered by the state. The Board of Education met last Thursday night and agreed…
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Town takes issue with ‘monopolistic behavior’
Cable committee asksComcast to improverelations with PRCs BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Town takes issue with ‘monopolistic behavior’ Cable committee asks Comcast to improve relations with PRCs BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MONROE — The township’s Cable Advisory Committee is requesting several equipment upgrades and better treatment of its retirement communities from Comcast. According to Committee…
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Old Bridge man shot while fleeing police
Van driver led policeon chase fromSpotswood to Cranbury Old Bridge man shot while fleeing police Van driver led police on chase from Spotswood to Cranbury Police shot and wounded an Old Bridge man Sunday morning after officers in Spotswood responded to a report of a suspicious van and wound up chasing the vehicle through four…
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P.D. changes follow officer’s retirement
Jamesburg forceback up to 12 officers BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer P.D. changes follow officer’s retirement Jamesburg force back up to 12 officers BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer JAMESBURG — The Police Department has reorganized following the retirement of a lieutenant who had been with the department for 22 years. Lt. Kevin McCarthy, who was injured…
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Crackdown on repeat drunken drivers proposed
BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer In the wake of the death of a local teen in an accident allegedly caused by a convicted drunken driver with numerous prior violations, state Sen. Barbara Buono (D-18) unveiled a package of legislative reforms specifically tailored to create harsher penalties for repeat offenders. Buono announced…
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Volunteers to clean lake
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Volunteers with garbage bags and pickers will take to the areas around Farrington Lake for the third straight year Saturday. This year’s Farrington Lake Cleanup will focus on lakeside areas in East Brunswick, Milltown, North Brunswick and South Brunswick. Most volunteers should show…
