Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Skate park ready to roll with $52,000 contract

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer Skate park ready to roll with $52,000 contract By jennifer dome Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Borough children will soon have a safe haven to ride skateboards, bicycles and in-line skates without fear of getting kicked off someone else’s property. The Borough Council voted unanimously Monday to award a $52,000 contract…

  • GOP candidates tee off on county land deal

    Freeholders By sue m. morganStaff Writer GOP candidates tee off on county land deal Freeholders’ purchase of watershed land called into question By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Spending $11 million to buy already protected lands under the guise of preserving open space is how the Democratic-controlled Middlesex County Board of Chosen…

  • Boro seeks more grants

    By Sandi carpelloStaff Writer By Sandi carpello Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Regardless of a recent unexpected reduction of $100,000 in state aid for the municipal budget, the borough’s financial situation may be looking brighter. Mayor Anthony LaMantia, along with state Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein and Assemblyman Gary Guear (both D-14), met with members of the…

  • Cameras enable prisoners, judge to meet

    By vincent todaroStaff Writer By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township’s municipal court has begun using teleconferencing as a way for judges to communicate with prisoners without them having to be picked up and physically brought to court in East Brunswick. The video system, which the court began using less than two…

  • Seniors’ reasons vary in denying school plan

    A false rumor may have been among factors in referendum By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer MONROE — Seniors living in the township’s retirement communities had a variety of reasons for rejecting a $113 million school expansion plan last week that would have included the construction of a new high school. The…

  • Law requires all meetings open for public comment

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer By jennifer dome Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Will residents still want to speak to the governing body when there are no cameras rolling? Maybe not, say some officials. Still, they took note at a recent Borough Council meeting of new state legislation approved by Gov. James E. McGreevey. The law…

  • Kids: No place to play

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Brent Evans, 14, jumps over a skateboard on a Helmetta street Monday. HELMETTA — A group of borough youths say they are frustrated with the lack of space for athletics and skateboarding in the borough, and have asked officials to provide them with some…

  • Youth Council thankful for a place to call their own

    By vincent todaroStaff Writer Youth Council thankful for a place to call their own By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The local Youth Council has gotten the home its members have been pining for since the group’s inception last year. The council, which was founded in May 2001, will use the nature center…

  • Board majority says air all meetings in entirety

    After buying equipment, labor could be at least $125 per 3-hour meeting By vincent todaroStaff Writer By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A week after voting to televise their meetings to some extent, a majority of Board of Education members indicated on Sept. 26 that they wish to air all of their public…