Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • East Brunswick retiree named area AARP leader

    She helps senior citizens stay on top of issues important to them By dick metzgarStaff Writer East Brunswick retiree named area AARP leader By dick metzgar Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Sy and Lee Larson, both AARP volunteers, at home in East Brunswick. EAST BRUNSWICK — Retirement isn’t always easy. The end of a regular paycheck…

  • Aid to tune of $300,000 will defray tax increase

    By jamie dougherStaff Writer By jamie dougher Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Residents can sleep easier, now that the borough has received enough state aid to defray a municipal tax increase for 2003. Milltown will receive $300,000 in discretionary aid from the state to appropriate in this year’s budget, which was initially prepared in the spring…

  • Debate surrounds use of $500K in rent money

    By vincent todaroStaff Writer By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Whether $500,000 in annual revenue should continue to benefit the township’s parking utility is only one of many questions regarding the utility’s future. Councilman David Stahl and Councilwoman Catherine Diem, both Democrats, met with township Finance Director L. Mason Neely and Mayor William…

  • Six recognized for success as Monroe school teachers

    By tara petersenStaff Writer Six recognized for success as Monroe school teachers By tara petersen Staff Writer Monroe’s Teachers of the Year (l-r, front) Maria Naumik, Pamela Tortoriello, Robin Silverman, Laura Schreuders and Janet Bluefield; and Ronald Bilcik (back). MONROE — There is now a Teacher of the Year for 2002-03 at each of the…

  • Board to look at plan for snuff mill redevelopment

    Proposal provides forwide variety of usesin five separate parcels By tara petersenStaff Writer Board to look at plan for snuff mill redevelopment Proposal provides for wide variety of uses in five separate parcels By tara petersen Staff Writer TARA PETERSEN Developers will soon submit proposals for the redevelopment of the old Helme Tobacco Co. site…

  • Local gallery plays host to student art exhibition

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer Local gallery plays host to student art exhibition By jennifer dome Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Michael Chan, owner of the River Mill Art Gallery in South River, in front of Debora Dias’ “La Femme,” part of the student art exhibition. SOUTH RIVER — Framing artwork makes all the difference, according to…

  • King ends 37 years

    Charles King of service with E.B. Current board member, former teacher and principal moving to Fla. By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The school community will say goodbye to one of its most well-known figures tonight when Charles King is expected to resign from the Board of Education. King, a longtime school district…

  • Thousands brave the heat for Milltown celebration

    By tara petersenStaff Writer By tara petersen Staff Writer STEVEN M. BARON Members of East Brunswick Cub Scout Pack 61 were among the many local organizations marching in the annual Fourth of July Parade in Milltown Friday. Beginning in the morning and lasting until well after dark, Milltown’s annual Fourth of July celebration brought thousands…

  • E.B. police officers credited with resuscitating resident

    By vincent todaroStaff Writer E.B. police officers credited with resuscitating resident By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Township police officers were able to save a 45-year-old township man who had stopped breathing after collapsing on Saturday morning. Police said a resident of Farms Road Circle woke up Saturday morning not feeling well and…