Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Czarneski fills vacancy on Jamesburg school board

    Two open seats to be decided by write-ins in November BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Laura Czarneski has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the Jamesburg School District Board of Education . Czarneski, who is the sister of the board’s vice president, Robert Czarneski, was unanimously supported by the board and is…

  • Zoning changes in works for Monroe master plan

    Council also moves forward with plan for veterans’ housing BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer The Monroe Township Council has voted to amend the township’s master plan with several changes, including one zoning change prompted by a hotly contested Planning Board application. The council voted July 2 for the changes, sending them to the Planning Board…

  • Stars and pipes

    Bagpipers from the Old Bridge Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh march in the Milltown Fourth of July parade on July 4. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • E.B. zoning board OKs Hatikvah building plan

    Charter school to locate in converted warehouse space off Cranbury Road BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer The East Brunswick Township Zoning Board of Adjustment voted unanimously July 5 to approve the conversion of an existing warehouse into a permanent home for the Hatikvah International Academy Charter School. Located at 7 Lexington Ave., just off Cranbury…

  • ‘Big box’ moves lower retail vacancy rate in central NJ

    Rt. 18 in East Brunswick has 12.9% vacancy rate, down from record-high 22% in 2011 The retail vacancy rate along central New Jersey’s major shopping corridors fell to 9.1 percent in April from a 10-yearhigh of 10.5 percent a year ago. A series of so-called “big box” store absorptions is largely responsible for the improvement,…

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    East Brunswick residents Madeline Sauvigne (l-r), 4, Caitlin Kienle, 2, and Kate Sauvigne, 2, donned patriotic colors for the Milltown Fourth of July parade and kept an eye out for flying candy. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Summer starts on a high note for Spotswood teen

    Grammy Camp immerses students into music business BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Jason Lorenzon SPOTSWOOD — There are basketball camps, cheer camps and even fitness camps. However, Jason Lorenzon had a different type of camp in mind for this summer: Grammy Camp. Lorenzon, 17, a borough resident who will be a senior at Bishop Ahr High…

  • Homes ruined by flooding are demolished in Monroe

    Municipal officials reached agreement with owners to purchase 12 houses BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer A demolition crew breaks through the roof of a house on Daniel Road in Monroe on Monday. Monroe Township purchased the home and about a dozen others that were severely damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. PHOTOS BY JAMES…

  • Zumba event will raise money for Autism Speaks

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Every 11 minutes, a child is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. This startling statistic has propelled Devon Hippeli, of East Brunswick, to hold a Zumba fundraiser on July 14 to benefit Autism Speaks. Hippeli, a graduate of Ramapo College’s class of 2011, has been licensed as a Zumba instructor…