Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Monroe residents say they want sewers, too
Petition seeks equal treatment for town BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Petition seeks equal treatment for town’s older residences BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer Longtime residents in the area of Mounts Mills Road in Monroe are taking action to make sure they have the same basic utilities as their newest neighbors. "We don’t want to be…
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South River looks at hike in municipal tax
Insurance, salariesand pensions accountfor increase, official says BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer South River looks at hike in municipal tax Insurance, salaries and pensions account for increase, official says BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — The Borough Council has introduced an $11.9 million spending plan for 2004 that could increase taxes by 10.4 cents.…
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Student wins contest with thoughts on NJ
SPOTSWOOD — Nearly 90 students at the Appleby Elementary School wrote essays about what their state means to them in a contest sponsored in part by state Sen. Barbara Buono (D-18th District). Only one, fourth-grader Amanda Milazzo, was chosen to receive the first-place prize, including a gift certificate and recognition from Buono at a school…
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EBPD gets new officers
EAST BRUNSWICK — Two new patrolmen were recently sworn in on the township’s Police Department. Brian Ventura, 25, of Brick, Ocean County, and Jason Walrond, 33, of the Dayton section of South Brunswick, joined the police force during a swearing-in ceremony March 1 in the East Brunswick municipal courtroom. Ventura is currently a senior at…
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Contractors seek bids to build water towers
Two proposed towerswill increase Monroe BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Contractors seek bids to build water towers Two proposed towers will increase Monroe’s capacity by 75 percent BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MONROE — Two companies are vying to win a bid tonight in order to build two new water tanks. The bids are for the…
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Holt, Magistro honorees
at Ed. Foundation event BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer at Ed. Foundation event BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Congressman Rush Holt and township Superintendent of Schools Jo Ann Magistro will be honored later this month for their commitment to education. Holt and Magistro are this year’s honorees at the East Brunswick Education Foundation’s…
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Dunkin’ Donuts plan includes sound barrier
Hearing on applicationcontinues on April 15 BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Dunkin’ Donuts plan includes sound barrier Hearing on application continues on April 15 BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Concessions have been made to a plan for Dunkin’ Donuts on Route 18, but residents who live nearby remain opposed to the building application.…
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Soldier shares his Iraq experience with pupils
Students in South River impressed to see Iraqi money, soda cans BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff U.S. Army Pvt. Scott Forster shows students at the Corpus Christi School in South River the Arabic Diet Coke and Sprite sodas he brought home from Iraq. SOUTH RIVER — When Pvt.…
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Monroe man charged with animal cruelty
Animal authoritiesseeking a home forsurviving reptile BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Animal authorities seeking a home for surviving reptile BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MONROE — Only one of two pet iguanas found in an unheated tractor-trailer last week was able to survive. A third was already dead. Last week, an employee of Quality Star Trucking…
