Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Voters approve retirement accounts for volunteers

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro By a margin of almost 3 to 1, Spotswood voters approved a referendum Tuesday to establish retirement accounts for active volunteer firefighters and first aid squad members. Residents voted 1,392 to 483 to support the measure, which is known as the Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP). By approving the…

  • Redevelopment agency selections in Milltown were political

    From the first time the Milltown Borough Council discussed plans to form a Ford Avenue Redevelopment Agency, I stated that this agency should be bipartisan and not political — meaning that in order for this agency to be a success, it must be independent and not tied to any political party. Its members should be…

  • Sixth Street site cleanup to be completed by spring Mayor hopes site will be redeveloped with input from area residents

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro Sixth Street site cleanup to be completed by spring Mayor hopes site will be redeveloped with input from area residents EAST BRUNSWICK — The township will receive a $145,000 state grant to help clean up the former site of the Middlesex Bus Company. The grant is being issued by the…

  • Commemorative photo sale yields $20K for Red Cross Greater Media Newspapers, readers join in assisting

    Commemorative photo sale yields $20K for Red Cross Greater Media Newspapers, readers join in assisting Greater Media Newspapers publisher Kevin Wittman (r) presented a check for $20,000 last week to American Red Cross representative James Mazzacco. The money, raised from the sale of commemorative 8-by-10-inch photos of the World Trade Center’s twin towers, will benefit…

  • Monroe incumbents sweep

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro MONROE TOWNSHIP — There were no surprises Tuesday night as the three Democratic incumbents seeking election to the Township Council won easily in the heavily Democratic township. Democratic Council President Henry "Hank" Miller was re-elected to serve another three-year term representing Ward 1. Miller, who is retired, edged out Republican…

  • Crash results in minor injuries

    Staff Writer By lynn K. Barra JAMESBURG — A car flipped onto its side Saturday after hitting another vehicle and surrounding property on Pergola Avenue. Ronald Jensen, 71, of Monroe was traveling on Pergola Avenue in a Toyota pickup truck with his granddaughter at approximately 2 p.m. when the truck rear-ended a Chrysler minivan, according…

  • Gas line rupture causes evacuation of school, homes

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro EAST BRUNSWICK — Students at the Hammerskjold School were evacuated along with local residents after a gas line on Rues Lane was ruptured and fumes leaked throughout the area. The incident occurred at 10 a.m. last Thursday, according to Leslie Cifelli, a spokeswoman for Public Service Electric Gas (PSE&G). The…

  • Township appeals to fair association to use fields

    Township appeals to fair association to use fields Editor’s note: Due to a production mistake in last week’s Sentinel, part of the following story was omitted. The story is now being run in its entirety. By VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — While East Brunswick officials await word from the Middlesex County Fair Association…

  • Former mayor dies at 94

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Charles F. Sullivan, mayor of East Brunswick from 1948-52 and the former state director of purchase and property under two New Jersey governors, died Oct. 24 at the McCarrick Care Center in Somerset. He was 94. He was born in Yonkers, N.Y., and moved to East Brunswick in 1917, when his parents…