Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • L.J. Smith Farm to become Apple Ridge 81 single-family homes to be sold starting at $400,000

    Staff Writer By nicole c. vaccaro L.J. Smith Farm to become Apple Ridge 81 single-family homes to be sold starting at $400,000 JEFF HUNTLEY This East Brunswick farm house is one of two structures that will remain on the old L.J. Smith farm property after it’s converted into Apple Ridge, an 81-home housing development on…

  • Monroe Twp. Planning Board

    Monroe Twp. Planning Board proposes master plan changes New zones would allow more retirement communities By brian piech Staff Writer MONROE — The Planning Board voted to adopt two changes to the master plan and rejected two others at a special meeting on Jan. 17. In order for the changes to be effective, the council…

  • Monroe coping with bus driver shortage

    Drivers negotiating new contract with the Board of Ed. By brian piech Staff Writer A shortage of bus drivers is causing additional problems in the Monroe school district. According to Michael Kane, director of transportation, he has been forced to drive a bus because of the lack of drivers. "There is a nationwide shortage of…

  • East Brunswick nearing town’s open space goals

    Staff Writer By nicole c. vaccaro EAST BRUNSWICK — The topic of open space prevailed during Monday night’s Township Council meeting as officials announced they are very close to spending the remainder of the township’s open space funds. Once the purchase of the 39-acre Lapinski farm on Cranbury Road is secured, the township will be…

  • Teachers, board reach settlement East Brunswick starting salaries to increase

    Staff Writer By nicole c. vaccaro Teachers, board reach settlement East Brunswick starting salaries to increase MARIE ORTIZ Milltown crossing guard Patty Bailey stops traffic outside Parkview School yesterday morning so that students could cross safely. A higher starting salary is just one of the benefits included in the East Brunswick teacher contract that was…

  • Helmetta councilman resigns Cites wife’s illness, long recovery period as reason

    Helmetta councilman resigns Cites wife’s illness, long recovery period as reason Helmetta Borough Councilman Roy McNally tendered his resignation at the Jan. 10 meeting. "Due to my wife’s serious illness and a lengthy recuperating period, I must give her 100 percent of my time. It is not fair to the people of Helmetta that I…

  • Spotswood First Aid celebrates 60 years Borough Council adopts resolution honoring organization

    Spotswood First Aid celebrates 60 years Borough Council adopts resolution honoring organization SPOTSWOOD — The First Aid Squad is celebrating 60 years of volunteer service to the community. The Borough Council on Jan. 8 recognized the squad by adopting a resolution. The resolution stated, "Whereas an expression of deep appreciation from a grateful community to…

  • Erin Shamy appointed prosecutor

    SPOTSWOOD — Mayor Barry Zagnit appointed Erin Shamy municipal prosecutor at the Borough Council meeting Jan. 8. The resolution names John Rizzo and David Lonski as alternate municipal prosecutors. Shamy holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Douglass College of Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She studied law at Rutgers Law School, Camden, and was admitted…

  • Greater Media Newspapers purchases Tri-Town News

    Greater Media Newspapers purchases Tri-Town News Wittman Greater Media Newspapers has announced its purchase of the Tri-Town News from Rockfleet Media Inc. Terms of the sale, which was to be finalized Jan. 18, were not disclosed. The Tri-Town News, established in 1987 and owned by Rockfleet Media, is a 35,000-circulation weekly newspaper that covers Howell,…