Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Bike tour held

    Mike and Anne Kruimer ride a tandem bike in the Middlesex County Habitat for Humanity Bike Tour in Jamesburg last weekend. JEFF HUNTLEY

  • Two charged in warehouse thefts

    SOUTH RIVER — Two borough men were arrested Friday for stealing merchandise from a local business. South River residents, Eugene Smith and James Coon, both 19, were arrested and charged with theft, burglary and criminal trespass of the Ecko Unlimited warehouse, Martin Avenue, the night before the arrest. According to police, the two men allegedly…

  • Summer of 2000 better

    on So. River electric costs Borough on projected pace with cooler summer By takesha pettus Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Electric consumption for the summer of 2000 was back to the borough’s expectation this year. Borough Business Administrator Charles Kolakowski said the borough spent a total of $2,119,000 for bulk electricity so far this year,…

  • East Brunswick police receives $12K grant

    By nicole c. vaccaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township police force will receive $12,148 in federal grant money to help reduce crime. The grant comes from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance Local Law Enforcement block grants program, created in May 1996 to reduce crime and improve public safety throughout…

  • Eib sentenced to 12 years; free on bond

    Staff Writer By takesha pettus Eib sentenced to 12 years; free on bond SOUTH RIVER — Christopher Eib, the son of a former borough police chief, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. On Monday, Judge Barnett Hoffman sitting in state Superior Court, New Brunswick, sentenced the 33-year-old truck driver to 12 years in…

  • Council looks at air conditioning

    Staff Writer By takesha pettus Council looks at air conditioning SAYREVILLE — Residents who complain about the noise level in council chambers may soon be able to hear little clearer. The Borough Council will be looking into getting central air conditioning in that portion of borough hall. At the council agenda meeting Monday night, council…

  • State official addresses radium in Helmetta wells State may provide low-cost loans to place water softeners in homes

    State official addresses radium in Helmetta wells State may provide low-cost loans to place water softeners in homes By nicole c. vaccaro Staff Writer HELMETTA — Radium-free drinking water is only a step away for the borough’s 16 well owners, according to one state official. At a recent Borough Council meeting, Gerald Nicholls, director of…

  • Development wait list has 1,000 names Developer seeks permission for additional 756 units

    Development wait list has 1,000 names Developer seeks permission for additional 756 units JEFF HUNTLEY Construction crews broke ground for the first phase of the Regency at Monroe this spring. An application for an 857-unit senior housing development was submitted by Toll Brothers Inc. and approved by the township Planning Board in May. A second…

  • Police hold fishing derby

    Contestants in the South River Policemen’s Benevolent Association annual fishing derby cast their lines into Daley’s Pond Park Saturday. JEFF HUNTLEY