Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Fleet Bank robbed again in Milltown

    Bank has been hit twice since Nov., but culprit likely is not the same man By lynn K. barra Staff Writer For the second time in three months, the Fleet Bank at 100 Ryders Lane in Milltown was robbed last week by a lone bandit who fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.…

  • $125K pedestrian grant will pay for road and sidewalk work

    Staff Writer By lynn k. barra JAMESBURG — The borough was recently awarded a $125,000 pedestrian safety grant from the state Department of Transportation that will be used for road and sidewalk improvements on Sheridan, Sherman and Stockton streets. The improvements will include building sidewalks, curbs and crosswalks where none currently exist, and repairing roads…

  • Argument leads to death of boro man Goldsborough, 48, is charged in the death of Csordas, 64

    Staff Writer By brian donahue Argument leads to death of boro man Goldsborough, 48, is charged in the death of Csordas, 64 JERRY WOLKOWITZ Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Kapsak (above) speaks during a press conference involving the death of a South River man. An alcohol-fueled argument turned deadly last week for a 64-year-old South…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Kevin Mimiritsky, 5, tries to get a rock to skip on Farrington Lake in East Brunswick Saturday as some feathered friends at Bicentennial Park look on.

  • Purchase in works would get E. Brunswick use of fairgrounds Twp. attorney says easement purchase being discussed

    Staff Writer By vincent Todaro Purchase in works would get E. Brunswick use of fairgrounds Twp. attorney says easement purchase being discussed East Brunswick’s negotiations with the Middlesex County Fair Association may be near an end as an easement agreement is now being discussed. Township Attorney Michael J. Baker said at Monday’s Township Council meeting…