Category: Sentinel-EBS News

By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer The Pathmark on Route 18 in East Brunswick is slated to close. MICHAEL NUNES/STAFF EAST BRUNSWICK — The East Brunswick Pathmark will soon be ringing up its last customer — a move many said they would regret, as they would miss the market and its staff. “I think it stinks…

TOP PICK For 77 years, the Middlesex County Fair has been a tradition that brings together thousands of residents for a week of summer fun. Some 85,000 visitors annually explore the county’s rich agricultural heritage, learn a new craft, try a new food, or go on a ride – all in a day’s visit at…

By GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer A report detailing levels of childhood poverty nationally and statewide found more children are growing up impoverished than were following the 2008 financial crisis. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the private charitable organization that released the annual Kids Count Data Book on July 21, concludes that while childhood poverty rose…

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer HELMETTA — The Borough Council briefly discussed a letter of intent that had expressed interest in purchasing the closed Helmetta Regional Animal Shelter facility. During a discussion about borough liquor licenses, Councilman Joe Perez mentioned a letter of intent sent to the borough to utilize the building for an…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer In the wake of two years of attacks on South Asians in the area, the universal message among community members is “zero tolerance.” North Brunswick and Middlesex County officials met with concerned residents at North Brunswick’s municipal building on July 13 to discuss the aftermath of assaults men of Indian…

MONROE – The Monroe Township police department will be hosting a National Night Out Against Crime event on Aug. 4, starting at 6 p.m. at the lake in Thompson Park. According to Jay Brown, program supervisor for the Recreation Department, National Night Out is all about connecting the community and bringing people together. “It just…

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer LINCROFT – State officials hosted a public hearing on a plan to provide more funding for a superstorm Sandy recovery program that was launched last year. Representatives of the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and the Governor’s Office of Recovery and Rebuilding took questions at Brookdale Community College…

By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER – South River police will be holding the fifth annual National Night Out event on Aug. 4. The event will be held at Seven Acres Park on Whitehead Avenue, with festivities slated to begin at 6 p.m. and last until 10 p.m. The event, sponsored by the South…

PITTSBURGH — VFW Commander in-Chief John W. Stroud was presented with a Henry Repeating Arms Military Service Tribute Rifle during the joint opening session of the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ 116th National Convention held in Pittsburgh. Anthony Imperato, president of Henry Repeating Arms, Bayonne, presented the rifle on July 20 to thank Stroud for his…