Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Mayor unopposed; six seek

    Mayor unopposed; six seek three seats in Jamesburg By lynn k. barra Staff Writer In an electoral race where candidates from both parties agree on the key issues, voters may have a tough time choosing only three among the six who are running for Jamesburg Borough Council, according to Democratic Mayor Tony LaMantia, who is…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Shades of orange and yellow highlight the change of seasons.

  • Well-known host Amy Fisher returns to EBTV

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro EAST BRUNSWICK — Local television viewers who miss Amy Fisher, the former producer of Spotlight on Education, will be glad to know she’s back with a brand-new program. Fisher, who produced and hosted the popular local television show for 19 years, returns today as the star of Amy Fisher at…

  • Shade Tree chairman at odds with boro property decisions

    Staff Writer By jennifer dome Shade Tree chairman at odds with boro property decisions SOUTH RIVER — Claiming that the borough’s parks are not being properly cared for, the borough’s Shade Tree Commission chairman has recently sent a letter to the mayor and the Borough Council addressing the treatment of the environment. "The town’s park…

  • Futures of two properties at issue in Milltown race

    Staff Writer By lynn K. Barra MILLTOWN — Voters will have to decide Tuesday which candidates for Borough Council will promote commercial and business development at the least cost to borough taxpayers. Those issues have come to the forefront in the race for two council seats by Democrats Gerard Cappella and William Deinzer, and Republicans…

  • Meeting scheduled between town, fairgrounds officials Two sides expected to talk for first time

    Meeting scheduled between town, fairgrounds officials Two sides expected to talk for first time regarding future use of fields by E.B. By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A meeting between representatives of the township and the Middlesex County Fair Association to speak about the future use of the association’s fairgrounds should happen soon.…

  • 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…

  • Builder, E.B. restoring old farmhouse amid new homes

    Builder, E.B. restoring old farmhouse amid new homes PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI The 120-year-old Smith farmhouse was officially donated to East Brunswick in a ceremony yesterday. Smith farmhouse, Milltown Road, is spared from the bulldozer By vincent todaro Staff Writer Margaret Tkach and her husband, Chester, look at a rendering of the Smith farmhouse on…