Category: Sentinel-EBS News

By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer Officials are taking steps to ensure that there is an emergency water supply to the western side of East Brunswick, but residents of Henry Street are opposing the plans. Financial Director Lou Neely told the Township Council that, in the event of an emergency, there is a risk that part…

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A haunted house (top), Clown Town (left) andmechanical children wait for visitors along the Haunted Woods trail in Old Bridge, which is open on weekends until Oct. 30. The “first screams of October” were heard in the woods off Spring Hill Road on Friday night. This is what Barbara Nyhus…

By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer JAMESBURG — The makeup of the Borough Council is in the balance for this year’s general election. With two council seats and the mayoralty up for grabs on Nov. 3, Jamesburg could see a new party take power in borough hall. For this year’s mayoral race, incumbent Democratic Mayor Marlene…

PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Clockwise from top: Patrons stroll the grounds as East Brunswick’s past comes alive during a candlelight tour of the historic Chestnut Hill Cemetery on Old Bridge Turnpike on Oct. 17. Ken Roginski shows a tile from Old Bridge Enameled Brick and Tile Company, which was around in the early 1900s. Katie…

Greater Media’s Deana Poole and Marc Mustachio were among those honored at the 2015 Radio Ink Radio Wayne Awards. The ceremony took place on Oct. 1 during the annual Radio Show Advertiser Breakfast held at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Ga. Greater Media Philadelphia’s Deana Poole was named “Digital Sales Specialist of the Year.” Greater…

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Eric A. Steeber MILLTOWN — Voters will have a choice when they head to the polls on Nov. 3 to either re-elect Democratic Mayor Eric A. Steeber or opt for change by voting for Republican Councilman Ronald “Ron” Dixon. Steeber served as a councilman for seven years from 1994 to…

Middlesex County residents can learn about the many services, programs and opportunities available to them during the first county Services Fair. The event, sponsored by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, will take place 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Student Center at Middlesex County College, 2600 Woodbridge Ave. in…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer October marks domestic violence awareness month. In New Jersey, the call to action to combat domestic violence was marked in part by the renaming of the New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women to the New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence. On Oct. 1 at the steps of the New…

PHOTO COURTESY OF TOM KRANZ Chelsea Senior Living raised $25,000 to benefit volunteer first responders in the New Jersey municipalities where it has residences during its annual golf outing, held at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club in Bedminster on Sept. 28. Belvidere, Brick, Bridgewater, East Brunswick, Fanwood, Manalapan (Englishtown), Marlboro, Monroe, Montville, Tinton Falls, Toms River,…