Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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JERRY WOLKOWITZ Carmine Vitale of Old Bridge shows his surprised son, 15-month-old Joseph, what a live goat looks like during the Monroe Country Fair.
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Rallying in the rain for Hasan’s family
BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer DAWNMARIE SANNWALDT Members of Waqar Hasan’s family, Nida, 19, Iqra, 13, their mother, Durreshahwar, and Asna, 18, reflect on their loss at a candlelight vigil Monday. Will the family of a slain Milltown man be allowed to remain in America? That question was being asked during…
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Candidates want probe into issuance of badge
Fake credentials issued to formerofficial is the reason BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Fake credentials issued to former official is the reason BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Two candidates for the Middlesex County Board of Freeholders are calling for a federal investigation into a warden who issued a bogus badge. During a press conference at the…
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Weekend brings rash of car thefts, break-ins
Weekend brings rash of car thefts, break-ins EAST BRUNSWICK — Police are investigating a series of motor vehicle thefts and break-ins that took place over the weekend at five Route 18 shopping center parking lots. Between Friday and Sunday, two cars were stolen, a third was nearly stolen, and four other vehicles were burglarized. The…
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‘Unsinkable’ woman reflects on 100 years
Mary Goodine says secret is to accept what life has to offer BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer ‘Unsinkable’ woman reflects on 100 years BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer Monroe MONROE — Not many people can say they remember the Titanic sinking. Mary Goodine can. "I remember when they built it and launched it," said Goodine, who…
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Local services mark 9/11 anniversary
Milltown • The borough will hold a candlelight memorial service at 7:30 tonight in Borough Park, located off Violet Terrace. Monroe • A candlelight vigil service will take place at 7:30 tonight at the Monroe Township Memorial Tree Park, off Prospect Plains Road and Half Acre Road. Old Bridge • The township will unveil a…
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South River resident included in memorial
By jennifer domeStaff Writer By jennifer dome Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — A memorial dedicated to the uniformed services and those who died on Sept. 11, 2001 — including borough resident Christopher M. Dincuff — was completed this week. Borough officials will dedicate the borough’s 9/11 Memorial, built in Daley’s Pond Park, during a ceremony…
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East Brunswick officials seek funds to buy farm
County will be askedto help with purchase of Heavenly Farms site By vincent todaroStaff Writer County will be asked to help with purchase of Heavenly Farms site By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township is working to secure county funding for the proposed purchase of the 147-acre Heavenly Farms site. At Monday…
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Anniversary of man’s slaying to be recognized with vigil
Anniversary of man’s slaying to be recognized with vigil MILLTOWN — Waqar Hasan, a Pakistani man who lived and worked in New Jersey for nearly 10 years, lost his life for no other reason than he was a Muslim with a "Middle Eastern" face. An angry young man walked into his convenience store in Dallas,…
