Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Renaissance at Monroe
gets the OK for Rt. 33 By vincent todaroStaff Writer gets the OK for Rt. 33 By vincent todaro Staff Writer MONROE — The Planning Board has given approval for a 348-unit adult community to be built off Route 33. The board voted at its Aug. 22 meeting to allow Calton Homes, Manalapan, to build…
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Candidate says council should speak up on education issues
By vincent todaroStaff Writer By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township’s governing body is being asked to urge for more federal aid and school funding reform by a Republican running for the Township Council in the Nov. 5 election, but council members say they will not act hastily. Former Republican Councilman and…
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Hearings on VFW application set to continue next week
By vincent todaroStaff Writer Hearings on VFW application set to continue next week By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Both supporters and opponents of a plan to build a medical facility and new Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) building on Cranbury Road are expected to be present when the Zoning Board of Adjustment…
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Board denies Wawa plan
Members: No need for more parking spaceson Ryders Lane site By vincent todaroStaff Writer Members: No need for more parking spaces on Ryders Lane site By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The concerns of many outspoken residents were appeased last week as an application by Wawa, Ryders Lane and Milltown Road, to increase…
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Board talks of more adult communities
Two areas in Monroe may be looked at forage-restricted housing By vincent todaroStaff Writer Board talks of more adult communities Two areas in Monroe may be looked at for age-restricted housing By vincent todaro Staff Writer The Monroe Planning Board will consider making a recommendation that the township’s master plan be amended to allow for…
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DAWNMARIE SANNWALDT
Construction is continuing at Churchill Junior High School, East Brunswick, where a new walkway (pictured above) is part of the new facility being built in between the two existing buildings. One of those buildings, the Smith annex (bottom), is being renovated and is expected to be ready for students next week. See story, page 13.
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Spotswood police nab accused dealer, two others in drug bust
Police: Borough manhad children in car, was smoking crack during bust By brian donahueStaff Writer Police: Borough man had children in car, was smoking crack during bust By brian donahue Staff Writer After a six-week investigation, Spotswood police cornered a borough man they say was dealing heroin and arrested him during an alleged drug deal…
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South River postal site tests negative for anthrax
By jennifer domeStaff Writer South River postal site tests negative for anthrax By jennifer dome Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Anthrax tests taken last week at five area U.S. Postal Service sites, including one in South River, have all turned out negative, Postal Service spokeswoman Diane Todd said Tuesday. The testing was conducted after a…
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Three charged in string of August car burglaries
By Sandi carpelloStaff Writer By Sandi carpello Staff Writer MONROE — Police arrested three local men last week and charged them in the Aug. 8 burglaries of 23 automobiles parked in the Heritage Chase housing development off Buckelew Avenue. Anthony Barbieri, 19, of Monmouth Road in Monroe, and Joseph Szymczak, 18, and Michael Smith, 18,…
