Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Family says no to builders, yes to preserving farm

    By jamie dougherStaff Writer By jamie dougher Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT John Gasko Jr. (l) fertilizes cabbage plants at his farm on Federal Road in Monroe. At right, a field of corn reaches higher under the summer sun on the Gasko farm. MONROE — More local farmland will remain intact thanks to its…

  • Advisory board helps lower E.B. parking fee increase

    Monthly fees will rise but not as much as was initially proposed By vincent todaroStaff Writer Advisory board helps lower E.B. parking fee increase Monthly fees will rise but not as much as was initially proposed By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Bowing to pressure from the Commuter Parking Advisory Committee, township officials…

  • Woman, 32, dies after accident

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A two-car collision on Cranbury Road Friday afternoon resulted in the death of a 32-year-old Englishtown woman. Lois R. Mitchell was taken off life support early Sunday morning at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, where she had been taken after suffering a severe head injury in the accident on Friday,…

  • Giving back runs in family, heritage for local woman

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer Giving back runs in family, heritage for local woman By jennifer dome Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY South River resident Dorothy Sowchuk was part of a movement recently to secure medical supplies for a needy hospital in Legnica, Poland. Determination has gone a long way in Dorothy Sowchuk’s life. She credits that…

  • Main attractions

    Main attractions Main attractions Above, Raleigh Kane, 10, of Monroe, takes part in the circus side show at the Middlesex County Fair in East Brunswick Friday. At right, a coachwagon hot air balloon flies above the fair. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT

  • School polling still OK,

    Monroe officials say By tara petersenStaff Writer By tara petersen Staff Writer MONROE — The township has joined the fight against a proposed state ban on using schools as polling places. The Township Council passed a resolution at its Aug. 4 meeting opposing a state Senate bill currently under consideration. If passed, schools would no…

  • Food sales now allowed at Rte. 18 gas stations

    Ordinance is response Food sales now allowed at Rte. 18 gas stations Ordinance is response to lawsuit filed by Amerada Hess Corp. By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — With many gas stations now doubling as convenience stores, the township has taken action to regulate the business and protect nearby neighborhoods. At its meeting…

  • Rebates in place for conservation

    By tara petersen MILLTOWN — Residents can now earn rebate dollars by choosing higher efficiency appliances. The borough is accepting applications from residents whose appliances qualify as higher efficiency models. Residents can receive monetary rebates that are directly proportional to the Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER) of a given heat pump, air conditioner, refrigerator or…

  • Vote will enable E.B. to proceed toward sale

    Council gets earfulon idea to sell land,build new facility By vincent todaroStaff Writer Vote will enable E.B. to proceed toward sale Council gets earful on idea to sell land, build new facility By vincent todaro Staff Writer A proposal to sell East Brunswick property and build a multiuse facility and theater has met with opposition…