Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Tax-hike changes drastic due to tuition refiguring

    Tuition conflict resultsin savings for Helmetta with By brian donahueStaff Writer Tax-hike changes drastic due to tuition refiguring Tuition conflict results in savings for Helmetta with ’03-04 school tab By brian donahue Staff Writer After a two-year period in which Helmetta’s school tax rate rose by $1.61, or 37 percent, it may actually come as…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Manny Grossman, a retiree who recently moved to the Residence at Forsgate in Monroe, prepares his paints in a studio at the residence. See page 11.

  • So. River voters say yes to new school

    Construction likely to begin in late fall; school to open in 2005 By dick metzgarStaff Writer Construction likely to begin in late fall; school to open in 2005 By dick metzgar Staff Writer South River homeowners came through with flying colors Tuesday in a referendum concerning the construction of a proposed new elementary school. By…

  • Police say two parlors involved in prostitution

    Police say two parlors involved in prostitution EAST BRUNSWICK — Police raided two massage parlors in the township Tuesday morning and arrested several workers there on charges related to prostitution. The arrests were made at 11:45 a.m. at Harmony Spa on West Prospect Street and at European Spa on Summerhill Road. Police said the raids…

  • Retired businessman finds the artist within himself

    By Nida KhanStaff Writer Retired businessman finds the artist within himself By Nida Khan Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Manny Grossman at work on a still-life oil painting. MONROE — When Manny Grossman sits in his studio to create, he is surrounded by his colorful paintings, the fruits of a talent he finally has time to…

  • More costs, less state help drive taxes up in Jamesburg

    By brian donahueStaff Writer By brian donahue Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Property taxes would increase sharply for borough residents as a result of budgets that have been introduced by the Board of Education and the Borough Council. The two budgets collectively would increase taxes by 52 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, as school taxes…

  • Property will be appraised as council debates purchase

    By vincent todaroStaff Writer Property will be appraised as council debates purchase By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township Council has voted to authorize Mayor William Neary to have appraisals done on a 3.68-acre Cranbury Road property the mayor wants the township to purchase and preserve. The council voted unanimously to have…

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    Greg BeanRestaurateur Greg Bean Restaurateur’s move a sad waste of good wine Say what you want about the prospect of war with Iraq — and as the father of a U.S. Army paratrooper, I could probably say plenty — but it has brought out the wacky behavior in otherwise normal people coast to coast. And…

  • 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…