Category: Sentinel-EBS News

WA Elite Pro Wrestling continued its yearlong 15th anniversary celebration by marking its first time teaming up with Make-A-Wish-New Jersey during their first ever 50-man “Royal Rumble Style” Battle Royal! At Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in South River on Oct. 24. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

TOP PICK Lindsay Andreanszky In Rutgers Theater Company’s presentation of An Oresteia, “bloodline” takes on a whole new meaning in this trilogy of revenge and justice-seeking at the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater. The House of Atreus, headed by Agamemnon, king of Argos and a Greek army commander, has a long and sordid ancestry of murderers…

Election 2015 By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — It was billed as a debate, but there were plenty of barbs hurled by both sides. At the Oct. 16 candidates’ debate, organized by the Luso-American Political Action Committee, mayoral and council candidates exchanged views before the general election on Nov. 3. The mayoral candidates…

The Struggle is real but the solutions are many By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer The power of the Internet recently played a critical part in domestic violence awareness. A surveillance video that exposed an altercation turned physical between a professional football player and his then-fiancee was widely circulated in the media and caught the attention…

Jaclyn F. Mayer and Ryan M. Jones Donna M. Jones and Frank E. Jones of South River are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Ryan M. Jones, to Jaclyn F. Mayer, daughter of Dr. Marc Mayer and Wendy A. Mayer of Edison. Ms. Mayer is a graduate of Penn State University, State College,…

By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer HELMETTA — Mayor Nancy Martin is facing a challenge in her bid for another four-year mayoral term from Councilman Christopher Slavicek on Nov. 3. Slavicek said last week one of his reasons for running for mayor is to help rebuild the town’s image following the widely reported problems that resulted…

Elaine M. Flynn Middlesex County Clerk Elaine M. Flynn has been sworn in as the vice president of the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey (COANJ). The COANJ includes all registers, surrogates, sheriffs and county clerks in the state. The officials work together to promote the best practices in each county office and also submit…

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH AMBOY — City officials are hopeful construction on the ferry terminal building and parking lot will start in the spring, which is the final phase of the longawaited commuter ferry service. Business Administrator Camille Tooker said at a City Council meeting on Oct. 21 that face-to-face meetings with state…

SAYREVILLE — Local, county and state officials put shovels to the ground to mark the beginning of improvements to the intersection of Main Street and White Oaks Drive. Members of the Sayreville Borough Council, Middlesex County Freeholder Director Ronald G. Rios and state Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) took part in the Oct. 20 groundbreaking…