Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Boro may fund projects at garage, tennis courts, etc.

    Boro may fund projects at garage, tennis courts, etc. By vincent todaro Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The Borough Council has introduced an ordinance, authorizing $248,000 to be spent on capital expenditures this year. The ordinance, introduced March 4, includes funds to improve the parking lot at the borough’s Senior Center and the tennis courts at…

  • Borough Council seeks to keep taxes stable in ’02

    Staff Writer By lynn k. barra MILLTOWN — Municipal taxes will remain at last year’s rate under a proposed $6.1 million budget for 2002, according to Borough Business Administrator Richard Rydstrom. The resident who owns property assessed at the borough average of $164,000 will continue to pay $1,131 per year on the municipal portion of…

  • Council will allow planners to study snuff mill zoning

    Staff Writer By lynn K. Barra Council will allow planners to study snuff mill zoning HELMETTA — The Planning Board will soon undertake a study to review a local developer’s request to turn the former Helme snuff factory into a redevelopment zone. Last week, the Borough Council unanimously voted to adopt a resolution authorizing the…

  • Council to review proposal to allow senior community Many residents dispute board’s recommendation to change master plan

    Staff Writer By lynn K. Barra Council to review proposal to allow senior community Many residents dispute board’s recommendation to change master plan MONROE — The Planning Board voted last week to recommend that the Township Council amend the township’s master plan to allow for an eighth planned retirement community (PRC) to be built on…

  • Municipal tax rate to see increase of 3 to 5 cents

    Staff Writer By lynn K. Barra Municipal tax rate to see increase of 3 to 5 cents JAMESBURG — The average residence could face up to a $63 increase in municipal taxes depending upon how much state aid is secured for the 2002 budget, according to Borough Chief Financial Officer Denise Jawidzik. Anticipated state funding,…

  • Cops and Lobsters nights will benefit Special Olympics

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro Cops and Lobsters nights will benefit Special Olympics EAST BRUNSWICK — Everyone knew that police officers gave out speeding tickets, but tasty lobsters? That’s right, and not just for courteous drivers either. Anyone who turns up at the Red Lobster restaurant on Route 18 tonight can have seafood and other…

  • SPOTSWOOD — The Jets and the Sharks are bringing their gang war to Spotswood this weekend.

    SPOTSWOOD — The Jets and the Sharks are bringing their gang war to Spotswood this weekend. DAWNMARIE SANNWALDT Carl Allen and Susan Shaughnessy, seniors at Spotswood High School, play Tony and Maria in the school’s production of West Side Story this weekend. Shows run tonight through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.…

  • Electric contract awarded despite bidding concerns

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro EAST BRUNSWICK — The township has a new contract for electrical services, but in awarding the contract, some Township Council members scolded their professionals for what they described as sloppy work. At a meeting Feb. 25, the council unanimously voted to award a two-year contract to Danley W&W Electric Inc.,…

  • Work expected to resume on police station project Project has been delayed since boro terminated contract in November

    Staff Writer By jennifer dome Work expected to resume on police station project Project has been delayed since boro terminated contract in November SOUTH RIVER –– The Borough Council has unanimously approved a resolution, allowing a bonding company to hire a contractor and take over the renovations at the borough’s police headquarters, Main Street. The…