Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Season of giving on minds of South River residents 20 families, 79 kids to benefit this year from Adopt-a-Family

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer Season of giving on minds of South River residents 20 families, 79 kids to benefit this year from Adopt-a-Family By jennifer dome Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — The community is once again lending a hand to spread the holiday spirit among underprivileged borough children through the school PTA’s Adopt-a-Family program. One…

  • From goats and pigs to an emu named Big Bird

    Some 200 animals cared for inside Haven By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ Two-year-old Julia Corbisiero of Monroe (above) feeds a deer through a fence at the zoo in Thompson Park. At left, Eugene Tonkery feeds one of the approximately 60 deer residing in the Game Haven at…

  • Development proposals due from builders in February

    Up to nine parties have expressed interest inFord Ave. redevelopment By jennifer domeStaff Writer Up to nine parties have expressed interest in Ford Ave. redevelopment By jennifer dome Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Builders interested in redeveloping Ford Avenue’s factory buildings for commercial and residential purposes have met with borough officials on several occasions recently to…

  • S.R. business administrator gives notice of resignation

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer S.R. business administrator gives notice of resignation By jennifer dome Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Borough Business Administrator Brian Valentino has asked the Borough Council not to renew his contract for the coming year. "I’m looking for a bigger challenge," Valentino told the Sentinel on Tuesday. Though he said he is…

  • Scouting out town meetings

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer JAMESBURG — With some fidgeting and others more attentive, the members of Boy Scout Troop No. 54 received a crash course in the local government process last week. Clad in uniform, more than half of the troop’s 40 members, all boys age 11 to 17 from…

  • Jamesburg man shot during hunting trip

    Victim is still in N.Y. hospitalin serious condition By jennifer domeStaff Writer Victim is still in N.Y. hospital in serious condition By jennifer dome Staff Writer A 74-year-old Jamesburg man was accidentally shot by a South River resident when the two were part of a hunting trip in New York Nov. 20, according to police.…

  • Bombs and hunger marked education leader’s childhood

    Monroe board president tells of his By sandi carpelloStaff Writer Bombs and hunger marked education leader’s childhood By sandi carpello Staff Writer Joseph Homoki On a sunny afternoon in April 1944, in the Hungarian city of Debrecen, 7-year-old Joseph Homoki was sitting inside a dilapidated basement with his family when he heard the whining of…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI South River’s Tara Takac heads the ball upfield during the Rams’ 4-2 loss to Shore Regional High School in the Central Jersey Group I final at East Brunswick on Friday.

  • Municipal offices’ expansion ready for phase 2

    With police soon to be out of trailers, other departments can move in By jennifer domeStaff Writer By jennifer dome Staff Writer The long-planned renovations of the South River municipal offices on Gordon Street are finally expected to begin. By the end of January, the borough’s police force is expected to move back into the…