Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Sides disagree on how to go about business

    Mayor BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Sides disagree on how to go about business Mayor’s seat, two council positions up in Jamesburg BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer The first agenda item for all those seeking borough office, in Jamesburg, Nov. 4 is high property taxes, the candidates say. The seat of mayor is being sought by…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Toni Ann Dibenedetto is seen through the window at the Monroe Township Library helping her daughter, Annalisa, 2, throw the ball to knock down the bottles during the Harvest Festival Saturday.

  • Board agrees to build larger Hammarskjold

    Elementary schools BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Board agrees to build larger Hammarskjold Elementary schools’ additions also part of new plan BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer East Brunswick school officials are pursuing the idea of building a new, larger Hammarskjold Middle School and adding space at most elementary schools. The Board of Education has decided not…

  • Students set free their ‘pet’ butterflies

    Insects studied, money raised to restore habitat BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Sixth-grader Harrison Wieder enjoys one of the monarch butterflies before they migrated to Mexico. MONROE — As students watched their "pet" monarch butterflies begin their arduous flight to Mexico, they knew they had done their part.…

  • Sen. talks prescriptions at luncheon in Monroe

    Fed. program may Sen. talks prescriptions at luncheon in Monroe Sen. Jon Corzine talks with a resident of the Castle senior home in Monroe. be no good to N.J. without amendment BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MONROE — Residents at the Castle senior home were recently paid a visit by U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine, who…

  • Board, teachers agree to three-year contract

    BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Board, teachers agree to three-year contract BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MONROE — Several months of negotiations have resulted in a newly approved contract for the Monroe Township Education Association. The Board of Education voted at its Oct. 8 meeting to approve the three-year contract with the MTEA. Though teachers and…

  • Town eyes Sam’s Club site for redevelopment

    East Brunswick mayor says now is the time to maximize tract BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Town eyes Sam’s Club site for redevelopment BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Saying the property is underutilized, Mayor William Neary has made a pitch to declare the land that is home to Sam’s Club in need of…

  • Squad saved life during ‘storm of the century’

    BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Squad saved life during ‘storm of the century’ BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Snowstorms may often be thought of by kids as fun and by adults as a hassle, but they can also have dire consequences. That’s something the East Brunswick Rescue Squad is keenly aware of, and…

  • Commercial plan for Main Street approved

    BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Commercial plan for Main Street approved BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The second of its kind to be approved in a month’s time, a commercial development is headed for a parcel on Main Street near DeVoe Avenue. The Planning Board voted 4-0 at its meeting Tuesday night to grant…