Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Twp. receives state funds for road project MONROE — Earlier this month Gov. Christine Whitman announced that $727,000 will be awarded to four Middlesex County municipalities. Thanks to a second round of funding through the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s Fiscal Year 2000 Local Aid Program, money will be distributed among Monroe, neighboring Cranbury, Metuchen,…
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Democrats announce re-election bid in E.B. EAST BRUNSWICK — Mayor Bill Neary and township councilmen Don Klemp and Ed Brautman will run for re-election this year, local Democrats announced last week. The East Brunswick Democratic Organization unanimously gave Neary the nod to run again with Klemp and Brautman, and Neary announced his intention to run…
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Activists oppose sale of property SOUTH RIVER — Several East Brunswick environmentalists took their fight against Matzel & Mumford to the borough, only to find it was too late. Earlier this month, environmental activists Tim Reagan, Peter Liebik and others brought their passion to a Borough Council meeting over a parcel known as the former…
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Jones questions acting police chief’s salary SOUTH RIVER — That Capt. Wesley Bomba will assume the position of acting police chief comes as no surprise to borough officials. However, his raise has caused consternation for at least one councilman. At a meeting earlier this month, the Borough Council accepted Chief Francis X. Eib’s recommendation for…
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S.R. landlords may keep information on tenants SOUTH RIVER — Borough renters will leave a little bit of themselves behind after they move, at least for a year. At its last meeting, the Borough Council approved the first reading of an ordinance that mandates tenant registration for area landlords. If passed, the ordinance would require…
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against East Brunswick Plaintiffs alleged conspiracy to limit development A state Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit that claimed East Brunswick, county and state governments conspired over a 22-year period to fraudulently designate township properties as environmentally sensitive in order to limit development. The suit, which was filed by the Middlesex…
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Democrats to face off in June primary in S.R. SOUTH RIVER — Expiring in November, the seats of two Democratic Borough Councilmen will be up for grabs in this year’s election. However, borough Democrats have not put their confidence in these officials, nominating two others instead. The seats in question belong to Councilmen Jim Jones…
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East Brunswick High School East Brunswick High School Interact Club members Bhumika Sompura, 16, a junior, and Sana Shaikh, 15, a sophomore, fill an Easter basket which will be given to needy children through Elijah’s Promise in New Brunswick.
