Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • E.B. skate park remains closed due to disrepair

    Officials may consider allocating funds for the facility in 2013 BY ADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Several young residents and their parents attended the July 30 Township Council meeting to urge officials to reopen the skate park at Community Park, Dunhams Corner Road, after it was recently closed due to safety concerns.…

  • Dance to the music

    Four-year-old Melissa Gomez of North Brunswick dances to the music of children’s performer Mark Rust at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center on July 25. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Council commits funds for new radio system

    Officials have yet to chose specific system or vendor BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer MILLTOWN — The Milltown Borough Council has unanimously adopted an ordinance appropriating funds for a new radio system for emergency personnel. Officials said they have to make a decision soon to comply with a Federal Communications Commission narrow-banding mandate that will…

  • South River officials mull options for Lincoln School

    Proposal to reduce electric rate struck down amid debate BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — Borough officials are taking a hard look at the former Lincoln School property to see if there is any way to mitigate its flood-zone status. At the July 9 Borough Council meeting, Borough Engineer Bruce Koch said he was…

  • School districts split anti-bullying funds

    Old Bridge interim supt. sees some positive effects of reporting requirements BY ADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — New Jersey’s landmark Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights may no longer be an unfunded mandate, but for many school districts it is a thoroughly under-funded one. In April, the state Legislature passed a law allocating $1…

  • Photo

    Middlesex County cheerleaders practice a cheer prior to the start of the 19th Annual Snapple Bowl held at East Brunswick High School in East Brunswick on July 19. Snapple Bowl XIX pitted the top recently graduated high school seniors from Middlesex County against a team of counterparts from Union County. The Middlesex County squad went…

  • Artwork finds a place on bodies in Spotswood

    Modern Times Tattoos nearing first anniversary BY ADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Tattoo artist Mark Costa touches up the design on Joe Hafner at his newly opened tattoo parlor, Modern Times Tattoos, located at 12 Snowhill St. in Spotswood, on July 20. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff SPOTSWOOD — On first glance, Modern Times Tattoos…

  • ‘Katy Perry: Part of Me’ — the rock version of ‘A Star Is Born’

    BY MICHAEL S. GOLDBERGER A point of disclosure before reviewing Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz’s rock tour documentary, “Katy Perry: Part of Me”: While I’m old enough to be her father, the subject, born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, is my latest fantasy heartthrob. Oh, it’s OK. As always, I’ve cleared it with my wife. You see,…

  • Residents will make feelings known about new firehouse

    Milltown Borough Council approves non-binding referendum question BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Residents will finally get their say as to whether Milltown should build a new firehouse. The Milltown Borough Council unanimously adopted an ordinance on July 23 to put a non-binding referendum question on the Nov. 6 ballot. The referendum question is expected to…