Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Ford Ave. site may be used

    to meet COAH requirement By tara petersenCorrespondent Ford Ave. site may be used to meet COAH requirement By tara petersen Correspondent MILLTOWN — What is the "realistic development potential" of Milltown? That is what Borough Planner Raymond Liotta has attempted to determine through a recent vacant land study allowed by the state Council on Affordable…

  • Baseball cards see unlikely competitor: Milltown police

    Baseball cards see unlikely competitor: Milltown police MILLTOWN — Children in the borough can now collect and trade more than just baseball cards. Borough police recently had cards made that are similar to baseball cards — with the officers’ picture on the front and a short biography and personal message on the flip side. Designed…

  • Cop injured in accident

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer By jennifer dome Staff Writer STEVEN M. BARON South River Patrolman Kevin Nielsen suffered injuries after a Honda (l) collided with the officer’s patrol vehicle at Main Street and Old Bridge Turnpike around 8:30 a.m. last Thursday. SOUTH RIVER — A borough police officer was injured last week when his patrol…

  • Commission would view efficiency of county gov’t

    Freeholders react to ideaof state panel takinga look at their operations By dick metzgarStaff Writer Freeholders react to idea of state panel taking a look at their operations By dick metzgar Staff Writer Contrary to popular belief, state Sen. Thomas J. Kean Jr. (R-Union) said he is not proposing that county government in New Jersey…

  • Woman, 44, injured in crash

    SPOTSWOOD — A borough woman was injured last week when her car struck a utility pole on East Main Street. Police said Kathleen M. Drude, 44, was driving in the westbound lane at 2:44 p.m., May 28, when her vehicle went off the road and crashed head-on into a utility pole. The accident caused the…

  • Borough native appointed next superintendent

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer By jennifer dome Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Born and bred in the borough, Ron Grygo will take his post as the next superintendent of the school district in September. Grygo, currently the district’s assistant superintendent and director of curriculum and instruction, was promoted last Thursday by the Board of Education…

  • Cops spend night waiting tables for Special Olympics

    By nida khanStaff Writer By nida khan Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Patrol officers Chris Johnson and Melissa Michalak hand out their police baseball cards to local children at Applebee’s in Milltown during a fund-raising event to benefit the Special Olympics last Thursday. MILLTOWN — Local police were out serving the people — food and drinks,…

  • County grants to provide variety of improvements

    MONROE — County officials have dished out $500,000 to be split among several communities for downtown improvement work. Monroe, Sayreville, Jamesburg, South River and Spotswood are among the eight municipalities to receive a share of the funding from the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders’ Downtown and District Improvement Fund. The grants are issued by…

  • New system will save town drinking water and money

    Monroe is the only town in N.J. with water system for nondrinking uses By vincent todaroStaff Writer Monroe is the only town in N.J. with water system for nondrinking uses By vincent todaro Staff Writer MONROE — Why waste perfectly good drinking water on your lawn? Though it’s a simple point, only now are some…