Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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DAWN MARIE SANNWALDT Tim and Leslie McGowan sing “God Bless America” with their daughters, Breanna, 7, and Sarah, 9, at a candlelight vigil in Milltown Tuesday.
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Residents continue pleas to stop group home operation Pine Ridge area residents question safety measures presented by agency
Staff Writer By vincent todaro Residents continue pleas to stop group home operation Pine Ridge area residents question safety measures presented by agency EAST BRUNSWICK — Residents from the Pine Ridge neighborhood say they still do not believe the argument that a proposed group home for adults with mental illnesses will not pose a threat…
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Scout cleans historic park
Staff Writer By vincent todaro FARRAH MAFFAI Andrew Drozdowski, 16, of East Brunswick, works on a project to attain the rank of Eagle Scout at the historic village of the Appleby-DeVoe Library, East Brunswick. His fellow Scouts from Troop 223 are assisting. EAST BRUNSWICK — A forgotten area of town, which used to be home…
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Some will get tax credits for water discoloration Spotswood council seeks solutions for residents’ problems with water
Staff Writer By vincent Todaro Some will get tax credits for water discoloration Spotswood council seeks solutions for residents’ problems with water SPOTSWOOD — Residents who have complained of discolored water damaging their clothing will be eligible for a credit on their water bill. At a Sept. 5 meeting, the Borough Council authorized Business Administrator…
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Dazed commuters share personal horror stories Some injured in twin towers attack brought to county for medical care
Dazed commuters share personal horror stories Some injured in twin towers attack brought to county for medical care PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ A New York Fast Ferry approaches the pier in the Highlands loaded with passengers escaping the chaos and destruction in New York City on Tuesday after a terrorist attack on the World Trade…
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Towns deal with terror’s shock wave
SARAH McCOLGAN The lower Manhattan skyline turned surreal after the first World Trade Center twin tower was struck by a hijacked plane shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday. Middlesex Co. sends emergency services, opens hospitals after tragedy By jennifer dome Staff Writer The second tower disappears from view, collapsing into a deadly pile of debris following…
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DAWN MARIE SANNWALDT Volunteer Brian Stipelman takes information from Catherine and Peter Liapes, who were put on a waiting list to donate blood at a later date. The only blood type that the New Jersey blood services needed as of Tuesday evening were O negative and O positive.
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Academy contract expected to start Oct. 1
Academy contract expected to start Oct. 1 Suburban Transit is told: ‘If you lose, you’re out’ By vincent todaro Staff Writer Academy buses are one step closer to providing service to New York for East Brunswick’s commuters. A state Superior Court judge Monday denied Suburban Transit Corp., of New Brunswick, an injunction which would have…
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Redevelopment project set in motion for Ford Avenue
Staff Writer By lynn k. barra Redevelopment project set in motion for Ford Avenue DAWN MARIE SANNWALDT The former site of the Michelin tire company on Ford Avenue in Milltown. MILLTOWN — The Borough Council took its first steps this week toward redeveloping an 18-acre stretch of land on Ford Avenue that, in 1843, was…
