Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • South River board seeks new school

    Referendum next year will ask votersfor primary school By jennifer domeStaff Writer Referendum next year will ask voters for primary school By jennifer dome Staff Writer As students hit the books for a new school year, the South River Board of Education is busy preparing for the possible construction of a new primary school and…

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    DAWNMARIE SANNWALDT Brothers Ryan and Mark O’Leary are all set for the first day of school Wednesday morning as they head for the Lawrence Brook School in East Brunswick.

  • Milltown residents tell planners that they want Wendy’s to go

    Testimony on Ryders Lane application to continue at Oct. 1 meeting By sandi carpelloStaff Writer Testimony on Ryders Lane application to continue at Oct. 1 meeting By sandi carpello Staff Writer Nearly 60 Milltown residents packed Borough Hall Tuesday for the first hearing on an application to build a Wendy’s restaurant on the site of…

  • E.B. to commemorate 9/11

    By vincent todaroStaff Writer By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Township officials will mark the one-year anniversary of Sept. 11 with the unveiling of a new memorial monument at 7:30 p.m., followed by a candlelight vigil at 8 p.m. The hour-long ceremony will culminate with the performance of "American Pride," a song co-written…

  • 22-acre town center would mix retail, housing

    Crossings at Old Bridge designed like Palmer Square, Peddler By sue m. morganStaff Writer By sue m. morgan Staff Writer An artist’s rendering of the proposed Crossings at Old Bridge. OLD BRIDGE — With some fearing strangers will be able to peer inside their bedroom windows, opponents of a proposed retail-residential town center on Route…

  • Board still weighing whether to air meetings on EBTV

    By vincent todaroStaff Writer Board still weighing whether to air meetings on EBTV By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — If the Board of Education decides to televise its meetings live, it is going to take at least nine months to get the broadcasting system up and running. That was the message from Superintendent…

  • Ceremony to honor victims

    of Sept. 11 in Spotswood By vincent todaroStaff Writer of Sept. 11 in Spotswood By vincent todaro Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Though no borough residents died in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, local officials want to make sure relatives of residents and all those whose lives were sacrificed that day are not forgotten. On…

  • Rounding up opposition to snuff mill proposal

    Borough man collects hundreds of signaturesto keep zoning as is By Sandi carpelloStaff Writer Rounding up opposition to snuff mill proposal Borough man collects hundreds of signatures to keep zoning as is By Sandi carpello Staff Writer HELMETTA — Although it will not be posted as a referendum on the November ballot, a borough resident…

  • Residents told levy plan will block flooding

    Having held publicmeetings, Army Corps can enter design phase By jennifer domeStaff Writer Having held public meetings, Army Corps can enter design phase By jennifer dome Staff Writer Although many residents are pleased to see a plan that will help prevent the flooding of the South River, some are wondering why it has taken so…