Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Butterfly park improved with volunteers’ efforts

    By vincent todaroStaff Writer By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A 16-year-old township boy has helped to make the township’s new butterfly park exactly what it’s supposed to be. Benjamin Yunger, a student at East Brunswick High School, and about 20 members of his Boy Scout troop, as well as some of their…

  • Opposition to Wendy’s plan anticipated at Sept. meeting

    Concerns deal withtraffic, noise, other issues at Ryders Lane location By Sandi carpelloStaff Writer Opposition to Wendy’s plan anticipated at Sept. meeting Concerns deal with traffic, noise, other issues at Ryders Lane location By Sandi carpello Staff Writer MILLTOWN — A recent proposal to use the site of the Ryders Lane Farmers Market for a…

  • Donor-funded memorial

    to be unveiled Sept. 11Three local businesses expected to fund East Bruns. to be unveiled Sept. 11 Three local businesses expected to fund East Bruns.’s memorial East Brunswick is expected to receive about $40,000 in donations to pay for a Sept. 11 memorial that will be built alongside the pond in the municipal complex. Mayor…

  • Waterfront park unveiled with food, entertainment $1.5M more in funding received to extend park to county border

    By sue m. morganStaff Writer Waterfront park unveiled with food, entertainment $1.5M more in funding received to extend park to county border By sue m. morgan Staff Writer David Crabiel OLD BRIDGE — Celebrating with a Dixieland band, assorted children’s activities and typical boardwalk foods, the new Old Bridge Waterfront Park was officially dedicated Saturday…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Jamesburg’s second annual Tonkery Boulevard Street Festival was a big hit Saturday, as thousands enjoyed a variety of entertainment. Here, Casey Kies does the Texas skip for the crowd.

  • Boro betters local roads, downtown

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer By jennifer dome Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Residents may have noticed that some of the roads they are riding on are a little smoother, and the sidewalks they stroll are a little nicer. According to Mayor Robert Szegeti, nearly $1 million in infrastructure improvement projects are being completed in the…

  • Family expresses horror after cross-burning

    Several law enforcement agencies investigating early morning incident By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ Robert Love of Monroe shows a charred area on his property where a cross had been burned hours earlier. At right, Todd O’Malley, an arson investigator with Middlesex County, examines the site on Buckelew…

  • Request to air more boards’ meetings lacking support

    By vincent todaroStaff Writer By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — While the Board of Education mulls the prospect of televising its meetings, a discussion has ensued about whether all township bodies, including the Planning and Zoning Boards, should also consider the idea. Speaking to the Township Council Monday night, Republican Council candidate Robert…

  • Wave of car burglaries strikes area

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer By jennifer dome Staff Writer MONROE — Some 27 vehicles were burglarized in front of 18 residences in a township neighborhood last Thursday night, police reported this week. The burglaries occurred late Thursday night and early the next morning in the Heritage Chase development, police said. The majority of the vehicles…