Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 3 residents indicted for drug possession Three Middlesex County residents were among several people indicted on charges of possessing or possessing with the intent to distribute the popular club drug Ecstasy. The indictments were announced by state Attorney General John J. Farmer last Wednesday. According to Farmer, the defendants were named in seven separate indictments,…

  • Jamesburg, Monroe see ZIP code problems Postal service representative urges people to be patient S ince the opening of the new Monroe Township post office in October, residents of the town, along with their neighbors in Jamesburg, have been forced to share a ZIP code. Until the split, Jamesburg claimed the ZIP code 08831, while…

  • Earth Day event honors late environmentalist SAYREVILLE — For Earth Day, the borough will honor a man who made the earth his first priority. On Saturday, the borough’s Environmental Commission is holding its celebration of Earth Day, first held 30 years ago, to draw awareness to environmental issues. And in doing so they will honor…

  • E.B. zoning board hears training facility testimony EAST BRUNSWICK — The Zoning Board of Adjustment heard testimony from proponents of a proposed heavy equipment union training facility on Thursday and will continue to hear testimony in the coming months. About 70 residents attended this second hearing on the facility, which, if approved, would be constructed…

  • Milltown Police Dept. to form Explorer post The Milltown Police Department is forming its own Law Enforcement Explorer post for young men and women ages 14-20. Interested individuals may attend a meeting at 7 p.m. on May 2 at the Milltown Municipal Building, Washington Avenue. The Explorer post offers experiential learning with hands-on activities that…

  • Sayreville teen dies from injuries sustained in accident SAYREVILLE — This week, local students are mourning one of their own after a Thursday morning car accident claimed the life of a 15-year-old girl. At 7:12 a.m. on April 13, Jolene Devlin of Main Street was crossing the road near Stacey Avenue in order to get…

  • Roadway debris causes 2-car accident in E.B. EAST BRUNSWICK — Errant plastic foam littering the roadway caused a two-car accident on Summerhill Road on Friday. Stacy Schneider, 17, of Old Stage Road, was driving her Honda Paseo north on Summerhill Road when she began slowing her vehicle down to avoid the debris in the roadway.…

  • Specialist asks users to choose green energy MONROE — Now that deregulation of energy has arrived in New Jersey, will electricity actually cost less for residential consumers? What kind of choices will the township actually have? What are the hidden costs of this so-called "cheap energy?" These and many other questions were the topic of…

  • S.R. rescue squad hopes for donations SOUTH RIVER — Since 1936, volunteers at the South River Rescue Squad have brought many borough residents needed care. Now, the squad hopes the residents will reciprocate in kind. The squad’s annual fund drive is coming and, with the squad in financial straits, it’s more important than ever. The…