Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Vendors are sought for St. Thomas flea market

    Vendors are sought for St. Thomas flea market Vendors are sought for the St. Thomas Rosary Society’s 11th annual "Giant Flea Market" set for 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 18 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church parking lot, Route 18 south, Old Bridge. Rain date is Aug. 25. Spaces cost $15 for one,…

  • Man arrested, woman sought in suspected shoplifting spree

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro EAST BRUNSWICK — Police arrested one man and are looking for the woman who accompanied him during an alleged shoplifting spree at two area malls. Police arrested Morris Sholer, 26, of Pembroke Pines, Fla., and charged him with possession of stolen property, burglary tools and being a fugitive from justice…

  • Lawsuits follow South River man’s guilty plea in bus crash Driver, bus company, township and officer are named in suits

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin Lawsuits follow South River man’s guilty plea in bus crash Driver, bus company, township and officer are named in suits Manalapan Township and one of its police officers have been named as third party defendants in a civil suit stemming from a May 2000 motor vehicle accident that claimed the…

  • Number of infected crows reaches 11 in Middlesex

    Staff Writer By natalie m. vena Number of infected crows reaches 11 in Middlesex EDISON — With summer in full swing, the number of crows infected with the West Nile virus in Middlesex County has swelled from five reported cases in May to a total of 11 cases, according to the Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination…

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    RYAN D. FENSTERMAKER The basement of this house on Rosemary Drive caught fire Sunday evening. No injuries were reported during the blaze, which took firefighters about 25 minutes to extinguish. LORI NOAH A tree that was struck by lightning (l) Sunday evening lies across Stonaker Drive, blocking the entrance to the Colonial Oaks Village development,…

  • Local woman walking to fight breast cancer

    Staff Writer By lauren kushner Ruth Abraham (l) of Edison and Joan Bonick of Milltown train for the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day walk from Bear Mountain, N.Y., to Manhattan. MILLTOWN — On Sept. 21-23, borough resident Joan Bonick will be walking 60 miles to raise money for the fight against breast cancer. Bonick, with her…

  • Six police officers sworn in

    Staff Writer By lauren kushner MONROE — Six new police officers were sworn in as members of the township’s police department at Monday’s Township Council meeting. Officers Keith Saloom, Leigh Ann Palo, Jabazz Spence, Stephen Salerno, Anthony Pratola and Thomas Martinez took their oaths of office in a ceremony presided over by Mayor Richard Pucci.…

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    DAWN MARIE SANNWALDT Rachel Pfister, 6, gets a little push from her bathing buddies Jill Ferguson, 5, and Adrianna Oliva, 6, at the Milltown Borough Pool on June 25. Sandra Hernandez, 11, does a “cannonball” jump off of the diving board.

  • Council continues discussions on waterfront development

    Staff Writer By jennifer dome SOUTH RIVER –– The South River Borough Council continued discussing plans last week to develop the borough’s waterfront area. "We’re in the planning stage," Mayor Robert Szegeti said. The council hopes to bring in more businesses to the waterfront area that officials believe would be beneficial for the community. They…