Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Fairgrounds issues closer to resolution Contract used for 22 years no longer working

    Fairgrounds issues closer to resolution Contract used for 22 years no longer working for association and E.B. By vincent todaro Staff Writer East Brunswick officials and the Middlesex County Fair Association may be closer to working out a deal which will allow their decades-long relationship to continue. The two sides, which have been at odds…

  • E.B. rec Turkey Trot planned for Nov. 18

    E.B. rec Turkey Trot planned for Nov. 18 The East Brunswick Division of Recreation will hold its 39th annual Turkey Trot "run for the bird" family races beginning at 1 p.m. on Nov. 18 at the Jay Doyle Memorial Football Stadium at East Brunswick High School, Cranbury Road. Participants will compete to win a Thanksgiving…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Spectators wave the stars and stripes at a Veterans Day service at Veterans Park in East Brunswick on Sunday.

  • Wawa fighting to build convenience store, station

    Staff Writer By lynn K. Barra Wawa fighting to build convenience store, station MONROE — The fight over whether a Wawa convenience store and gas station can be built in an area zoned for future housing, is intensifying. The area at stake is a 530,000-square foot parcel of land located at the corner of Route…

  • Dreams of Mill Pond Park becoming reality Four-phase plan includes foot trails, picnic area, jungle gym and boat launch

    Staff Writer By lynn k. barra Dreams of Mill Pond Park becoming reality Four-phase plan includes foot trails, picnic area, jungle gym and boat launch DAWN MARIE SANNWALDT Eric Steeber, Councilman Gerald Cappella and Bill Buffalino view the Mill Pond Park plans, which were exhibited at Pride in Milltown Day last month. Steeber and Buffalino…

  • Storytelling still thrives in age of instant information

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro FARRAH MAFFAI Retired U.S. Navy Petty Officer Jim Cava leads students at Frost School in East Brunswick in singing the national anthem during a Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday. Cava told students about losing his left arm when his helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War. He also asked the…

  • East Brunswick H.S. hosts MTV-style party

    East Brunswick H.S. hosts MTV-style party Senior wins magazine contest for the chance to meet an MTV star By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Students at East Brunswick High School wanted to meet an MTV star, and they got their chance to do just that recently. DJ Skribble hosted a dance party Nov.…

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. JULIA BATTYANYI, 96, of Milltown died Nov. 11 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Geza Battyanyi, died in 1987, and a daughter, Olga…

  • County looks to locate child care facility in South River

    Staff Writer By jennifer dome County looks to locate child care facility in South River SOUTH RIVER –– The borough could be the site of a new, free Head Start child care facility. According to a press release issued last week by the Middlesex County Economic Opportunities Corp. (MCEOC), the private, nonprofit, community-action agency is…