Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • St. Paddy’s means time to make 7,000 soda breads

    By nida khanStaff Writer St. Paddy’s means time to make 7,000 soda breads By nida khan Staff Writer Above, Kathleen Shanahan fills the shelves with trays of fresh Irish soda bread on the afternoon of St. Patrick’s Day Monday at S&S Bake Shop, Milltown. At right, John Shanahan started working Sunday morning to bake 7,000…

  • J’burg man charged with assault, reckless driving

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A 35-year-old Jamesburg man has been charged with assault after colliding with another vehicle on Route 535 near Davidson Mill Road at 10:15 p.m. March 14. According to police, Jamesburg resi­dent Patrick Andrae was driving a 1993 Saturn north on Route 535 behind a 2003 Monte Carlo, driven by Marco Conyers, 30,…

  • Three escape Helmetta fire

    HELMETTA — A fire erupted on Rail­road Avenue late Sunday evening at an old mill factory house. Gary and Sharon Patrick and their teenage daughter were at home when flames ignited in their home, which dates to the 19th century and was built in the early days of the Helme Snuff Co. It was around…

  • Municipal tax bill up $88

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer By jennifer dome Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — A municipal bud­get for 2003 was introduced last week by the Borough Council, which cited in­creases in salaries for employees and rising insurance costs as two reasons for a proposed 10.8-cent increase in the municipal tax rate. "We’re not thrilled about it," Mayor…

  • Board debates further cuts to 2003-04 school budget

    Member says auditorcould help board findadditional ways to save By vincent todaroStaff Writer Member says auditor could help board find additional ways to save By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — While the Board of Education continues to trim the school budget for 2003-04, its members are involved in something of a tug of…

  • No contest for three seats on Monroe school board

    By nida khanStaff Writer By nida khan Staff Writer MONROE — Three residents of the township’s retirement communities are running uncontested for three seats on the Board of Education. Harold Pollack, 77, and John Leary, 65, are both seeking to fill the seats of board members Jay Ellis Brown and Susan Co­hen, who have both…

  • $3.8M cap. budget includes funds for bikeway, open space

    By vincent todaroStaff Writer $3.8M cap. budget includes funds for bikeway, open space By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Because of the state’s poor economic climate, the town­ship has introduced its capital budget sepa­rately from the operating budget this year. At its March 10 meeting, the Township Council voted 4-0 to introduce the…

  • Greater Media Newspapers wins 33 NJPA awards for ’02

    Greater Media Newspapers wins 33 NJPA awards for ’02 “High Sticking” by Chris Kelly First Place, Sports Feature Greater Media Newspapers has won a total of 33 editorial, photography and advertising awards in the weekly division of the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2002. The tally included a record 19 awards in…

  • Borough Council will look at merits of reverse 911

    By nida khanStaff Writer Borough Council will look at merits of reverse 911 By nida khan Staff Writer MILLTOWN — As the nation prepares for a potential war, Milltown officials will consider implementing a safety measure commonly referred to as "reverse 911." Though not designed solely as a tool to be used in the event…