Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Catch the Mighty Oaks this weekend … if you can

    Catch the Mighty Oaks this weekend … if you can JERRY WOLKOWITZ Mike Keller (l), of New Brunswick, and Peter Stern, of Freehold Township, rehearse for the Mighty Oak Players’ Catch Me If You Can, to be shown at the Performing Arts Center at Monroe High School Nov. 16-18. By mitra malek Correspondent MONROE —…

  • Voters say yes to saving open space, tax increase

    Referendum triples assessment; $14 million for possible purchases By vincent todaro Staff Writer Voters have passed a referendum which raises the amount residents pay into the county Open Space Trust Fund each year. Taxpayers in Middlesex County will now pay 3 cents per $100 of assessed valuation each year for the program. Previously the fund…

  • Funds may be lost from two grants if not spent Only small fractions of both used as council decides how to proceed

    Staff Writer By lynn K. Barra Funds may be lost from two grants if not spent Only small fractions of both used as council decides how to proceed HELMETTA — While the Borough Council is considering its options on how to spend both a $150,000 county grant it obtained in 1999 and a $100,000 state…

  • 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…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Sean Denehy, who returned to the Monroe Township High School football field on Saturday, holds up the Player of the Week red beret as the crowd applauds his return. For the story, see page 12.