Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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A changing of the guard
VERONICA YANKOWSKI A Mercury sedan driven by a Monroe woman became lodged underneath a tractor-trailer after both vehicles made a right turn from Hope Street onto Route 18 south in East Brunswick Tuesday morning. A police report indicated there were no injuries in the accident, which occurred when the sedan, driven by Carol R. Ruboy,…
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Report says training facility took loss of $27K in 2001 Officials confident that new marketing plan could result in turning a profit
Staff Writer By vincent todaro Report says training facility took loss of $27K in 2001 Officials confident that new marketing plan could result in turning a profit EAST BRUNSWICK — The township’s police training facility is not losing as much money as some are saying and is an important facet of the township’s Police Department,…
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Options mulled for site of fatal Christmas Eve crash
Staff Writer By vincent todaro Options mulled for site of fatal Christmas Eve crash EAST BRUNSWICK — Residents are fuming over what some claim is the township’s refusal to make Ryders Lane a safer place to travel. Many residents attended Monday night’s Township Council meeting to voice their concerns on the issue, at times yelling…
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State’s word needed on plans for primary school
Staff Writer By jennifer dome State’s word needed on plans for primary school SOUTH RIVER — Almost a year after submitting plans to the state to build a kindergarten through second-grade primary school, the school district is still awaiting approval, Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Ambrogi said this week. In order to receive state funding…
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Convenience store robbed twice in past three months
Staff Writer By JENNIFER DOME VERONICA YANKOWSKI Tryambakr J. Pandya, the owner of Hillside News, Main Street in South River, has had two robberies at his store in the past three months. SOUTH RIVER — It was only nine months ago that Tryambakr J. Pandya became the owner of Hillside News, Main Street, but the…
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Husband-wife teachers killed in car accident
School district deals with deaths of two longtime elem. school teachers By vincent todaro Staff Writer The East Brunswick school district is mourning the loss of two longtime teachers, Frank and Cathleen Bryn, a husband and wife who were killed Saturday in a car accident on Interstate 95 in North Carolina. The couple left their…
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Nighttime science is a hit for 5th-graders, families
Staff Writer By lynn k. barra PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ Angela Basirico (l) and Samantha Schnorrbusch, fifth-graders at the Joyce Kilmer School in Milltown, marvel at the rocket they helped put together in the school’s science workshop. Joey Bohadel (r), 10, works on a rocket Tuesday night at the Joyce Kilmer School in Milltown. MILLTOWN…
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FARRAH MAFFAI Ethel Furtig looks at chicks that hatched last week at the Chelsea assisted living residence in East Brunswick. Residents adopted and cared for chicken eggs given to them by Quiver Farm Projects, of Pennsburg, Pa.
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Man arrested in South River after pursuit from Jamesburg
Staff Writer By lynn k. barra JAMESBURG — A car chase that began Saturday in the borough and continued into three other municipalities ended in South River with the arrest of Brett D. Zaret, 38, of New Brunswick. A Jamesburg resident called police at about 2 p.m. after observing a vehicle in the area of…
