Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 2nd Bobfest is a boon for children’s organization

    Staff Writer By Jennifer Dome 2nd Bobfest is a boon for children’s organization EAST BRUNSWICK –– The second annual Bobfest, held last weekend at Playhouse 22, Dunhams Corner Road, raised more than $2,500 for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. The foundation is a nonprofit organization that helps seriously and chronically ill children feel better about being…

  • Board questioned on effects of 14 teachers’ resignations Officials are filling the vacancies, allegedly caused due to salary issues

    Correspondent By lynn K. barra Board questioned on effects of 14 teachers’ resignations Officials are filling the vacancies, allegedly caused due to salary issues Concerns about a possible faculty shortage at Monroe High School, resulting from several teachers’ recent resignations, prompted teachers, students and residents to speak out at an Aug. 8 Board of Education…

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    DAWN MARIE SANNWALDT Lawrence Brook Day Camp counselors Jennifer Baccigalupi and Gerald Oliveto hold on their shoulders campers Brandon Guido and Sergei Zozula, both of East Brunswick, at the Crystal Springs Aquatic Center in East Brunswick last Thursday.

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    Wrath of Bob members are (left to right) Rob Cogliandro on bass, Adam Sadowsky on drums, Rich Curtis on vocals and Scott Kuchinsky on rhythm guitar. Wrath of Bob will be one of four bands performing during Bobfest at Playhouse 22, East Brunswick, this weekend to benefit the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

  • Laurence Harbor may be the next stop on train line

    NJ Transit will spend $1.3M to design train station over next 2 years By natalie m. vena Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The tracks are there, the land is there; the only thing missing is an actual train station. The idea of building a train station in the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, on…

  • Injuries avoided in house fire in Spotswood Saturday night

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro RYAN D. FENSTERMAKER Flames shoot from the windows of a Spotswood home destroyed in a fire Saturday night. The occupants of the house were not home at the time. SPOTSWOOD — A fire at a Szymanski Drive home Saturday afternoon destroyed the house and nearly injured several firefighters. The fire…

  • Helme snuff mill may be sold to Matrix Development, Cranbury

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro HELMETTA — After years of abandonment, the former Helme snuff mill may be sold. Matrix Development, of Cranbury, has signed a contract to purchase the 14-acre Main Street property where the plant’s buildings stand, but the sale is contingent upon numerous factors, according to Stephen Patron, executive vice president of…

  • Zone changes would allow clustering, adult housing

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro Zone changes would allow clustering, adult housing EAST BRUNSWICK — A proposed ordinance the Township Council hopes to use in its defense against a lawsuit would allow for higher-density uses in a new rural preservation zone. The council introduced the amended ordinance at its meeting Monday. It proposes a new…

  • County has completed

    County has completed appraisals, environmental study of HawthorneTwo land purchases will add about 1,000 acres to park Acres By brian DONAHUE Staff Writer MONROE — Funding has been secured for the purchase of approximately 150 acres of land on Route 522 adjacent to Thompson Park, Township Engineer Ernest W. Feist said last week. The land,…