Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • East Brunswick fire sends five to hospital

    Persistent blaze believed caused by electric heater BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer East Brunswick fire sends five to hospital BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer STEVEN M. BARON The second floor of a home on Kendall Avenue in East Brunswick, where a fire is believed to have started as the result of an electric space heater Sunday.…

  • Director proposes new initiatives, lower taxes

    Director proposes new initiatives, lower taxes Emergency preparedness, making progress on the revitalization of the Raritan River, and acquiring open space will be top initiatives for 2004, according to Middlesex County Freeholders Director David B. Crabiel. Pledging that county government will be more "taxpayer friendly" in 2004 and in future years, Crabiel outlined his goals…

  • Tract’s costs detailed as closing approaches

    E.B. to get $4M lump sum from county, $600K annually from state BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township will close on a deal to buy the property known as Heavenly Farms at the end of February. The Township Council voted unanimously Monday night to authorize the purchase…

  • Freeholders donate boat to township scuba team

    East Brunswick police often called on to conduct water rescues BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Freeholders donate boat to township scuba team BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer For the last 30 years, rescue and recovery operations at various bodies of water in Middlesex County — and even other parts of the state — have been a way of…

  • Board: Investigation into allegations closed

    Board president sayscommunity must move on BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Board: Investigation into allegations closed Board president says community must move on BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MILLTOWN — A handful of parents still seeking answers on a recent school board matter braved the snowy conditions Tuesday night to attend the Board of Education meeting.…

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    RYAN D. FENSTERMAKER Firefighters charge into a house on Bordentown Turnpike in Monroe Tuesday evening after a fire broke out as the result of a space heater. See story, page 10.

  • St. Thomas School sets open house, registration

    St. Thomas the Apostle School, Route 18 south, Old Bridge, will sponsor an open house after the 12:30 p.m. Mass on Jan. 25. Registration will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 4 for in-school families, and from 6-8 p.m. on Feb. 5 and 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 6…

  • Wawa plan approved after years of struggle

    Some say addedparking spots will lead to gasoline pumps BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Wawa plan approved after years of struggle Some say added parking spots will lead to gasoline pumps BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer A controversial plan to expand the parking lot at an East Brunswick Wawa has been approved, years after a more ambitious proposal…

  • Lower drunken-driving limit supported locally

    BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Lower drunken-driving limit supported locally BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer A lower blood-alcohol limit has police hoping more potential drunk drivers will get the point. The change in the state law, approved by the state Assembly in December and by the Senate on Jan. 12, doesn’t come a second too soon,…