Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Cost of defending zone grows to nearly $185K

    BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — With a court victory under their belt, township officials are hoping that no more lawyer bills will be needed to defend the controversial 6-acre zoning law. The Township Council passed a resolution Monday night authorizing another payment to the law firm of Wolff…

  • Monroe singer keeps crooners’ style alive

    Hap Ortutay to singholiday tunes in Spotswood Sunday BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Monroe singer keeps crooners’ style alive Hap Ortutay to sing holiday tunes in Spotswood Sunday BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer TARA PETERSEN Crooner Hap Ortutay performs regularly in Monroe’s adult communities. MONROE — When Hap Ortutay was born in 1957, Perry Como’s "Round…

  • Town sells Playhouse

    property for $1.23MDeveloper expectedto build homes on siteof theater, YMCA BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer property for $1.23M Developer expected to build homes on site of theater, YMCA BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township will get $1.23 million for selling the site of Playhouse 22 to a local developer. The Township Council…

  • Parents chant, plead for principal’s return

    Board stands groundon resignationof Parkview principal BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Board stands ground on resignation of Parkview principal BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer TARA PETERSEN Kids run to hug Principal Thomas Gibbons as he arrives at Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting in Milltown. Pleas from a crowd of supporters were not enough to persuade…

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    STEVEN M. BARON A backhoe owned by a Cliffwood construction company fell off the bed of a truck and blocked a ramp from Main Street to Route 18 south in East Brunswick during the slushy conditions Sunday afternoon.

  • Milltown CFO named to administrator’s post

    BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Milltown CFO named to administrator’s post BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer Denise Biancamano MILLTOWN — The borough’s chief financial officer will begin wearing another hat when she becomes business administrator next year. Denise Biancamano was appointed to the position at Monday night’s Borough Council meeting. Biancamano, the borough’s full-time CFO now,…

  • Man, 21, dies in crash on Fresh Ponds Road

    BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Man, 21, dies in crash on Fresh Ponds Road BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A 21-year-old North Brunswick man was killed early Saturday morning after the vehicle he was driving went off the road and struck a tree. Police said Trevor M. Henry was pronounced dead at the…

  • Officials not pleased with mill proposals

    Helmetta views only one plan as feasible,with some tweaking BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Officials not pleased with mill proposals Helmetta views only one plan as feasible, with some tweaking BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer HELMETTA — Redevelopment proposals submitted for the snuff mill property here will have to be changed in order to pass muster,…

  • ‘Me and Bobby D’ sheds light on singer

    Author recalls childhood friend,early forays into show business BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer ‘Me and Bobby D’ sheds light on singer Author recalls childhood friend, early forays into show business BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Composer and lyricist Steve Karmen reads an excerpt from his book, “Me and Bobby D” at the East…