Category: Sentinel-EBS News

By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer Taxpayers will decide whether or not they want to help fund $9.3 million in multiple improvements at the district’s four schools in Spotswood. According to Superintendent Scott Rocco, the referendum would allow Spotswood’s school district to immediately address critical security, safety, facility and classroom heating/ventilation needs. If approved, the local…

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer State and federal officials are asking that homeowners be given more time to request a review of their superstorm Sandy insurance payouts by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The FEMA flood insurance reviews were established earlier this year after allegations of fraud and low insurance payouts plagued the…

A piece of purple bunting is placed over steel from the World Trade Center in New York City. Monroe Township Firefighter Stuart Blundell respectfully places purple bunting around a piece of steel from the World Trade Center in New York City during the Sept. 11 Memorial Service, held at the Monroe Senior Center on Sept.…

TOP PICK The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, in association with the Rutgers University Program In Cinema Studies, present the New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015. Showcasing new international films, American independent features, experimental and short subjects, classic revivals, and cutting-edge documentaries, the festival will feature more than 30 film screenings. The 25…

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer SANDY HOOK – Hardcore scientists and armchair biologists alike will flock to Sandy Hook at the Gateway National Recreation Area for the second “BioBlitz” to identify and learn about scores of wildlife species in the coastal habitat. For a full 24 hours, starting at 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept.…

Beth Moss and her twin daughters Chloe, left, and Ashlee, of East Brunswick, get their hands dirty during the Jewish Women of East Brunswick’s annual pre-High Holiday Challah Baking event at Eagle’s Landing Day Camp in North Brunswick on Sept. 8. PHOTOS BY FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Joanna Seidler makes challah with her niece Amanda Seidler, left,…

By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — For the past year, East Brunswick residents have been in the limelight. Whether it’s Jax on “American Idol” or Heather O’Reilly, who was part of the U.S. soccer team that won the Women’s World Cup, the township has a lot to savor. Township pride will shine through…

Milltown Ice Cream Depot, 87 Washington Ave., will donate 10 percent of sales 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Sept. 20 to treatmentrelated expenses for Josephine (“Piney”) Schneider, a 2-year-old Milltown resident who is battling leukemia. Piney’s Posse fundraising bracelets are on sale at the icecream store. For more information, log on to www.facebook.com/pineysposse.

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — The borough park has been renamed “Gloria Bradford Park” in honor of the borough’s first female mayor and longest serving mayor. “I am overwhelmed and honored,” said Bradford. “Milltown has always been a special place for me.” The Borough Council voted in favor of a resolution renaming the…