Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Spotswood to hold public hearing on snuff mill offer

    BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The Borough Council and Board of Education will hold a joint “town hall” meeting Thursday to hear public opinions on a settlement offer from the builder of the Helmetta snuff mill redevelopment project. The two bodies were to first hold a closed session on Wednesday to talk about…

  • Wild ride

    Above: It was a night full of bright lights and big smiles at the Immaculate Conception Church Carnival in Spotswood on June 14. Below: Youngsters take a spin on the Roulette Wheel ride.

  • Class of ‘12

    Above: Members of the East Brunswick High School class of 2012 proceed to their seats for the start of commencement exercises June 21 at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton. Below: Graduates mingle before the ceremony.

  • New organization raises funds for pediatric cancer research

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Significant events of childhood often have a way of following people throughout their lives. For William McGowan of Helmetta, the experience has resulted in seeking a worthy cause inspired by personal tragedy. When McGowan was 12, his best friend, Tommy, who was also 12, lost his battle with osteosarcoma, a…

  • Local piano teacher knows the keys to success

    Lillian Sakowski holds annual awards recital BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Lillian Sakowski did not always like playing the piano. Receiving her first lesson at 7 years old, it was a full decade later that she began to appreciate the instrument and her own musical potential. Sakowski, of South Brunswick, fell in love with piano around…

  • Fatal vision

    Above: While wearing alcohol-impairment goggles, Spotswood High School student Chris Evans drives a golf cart with Spotswood police Sgt. Joe Seylaz as his passenger during a driving-while-intoxicated simulation program at the school June 5. Police coordinated the activity to show students the dangers of drinking and driving. Below: Spotswood High School student Brett Kline, accompanied…

  • Life lessons

    Spotswood Police Detective Ed Schapley talks to students about the consequences of driving while intoxicated during an event at Spotswood High School June 5. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Daughter gives back to her beloved father, with a kidney

    South River man supported family by working two full-time jobs for 35 years Francis Anderson and daughter Sharon Feniello share a moment after recovering from transplant surgery. SOUTH RIVER — Francis Anderson worked two full-time jobs for 35 years as a history and religious education teacher by day at Marist High School in Bayonne, and…

  • State officials focus on library’s role in helping job seekers

    BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The New Jersey Assembly Education and Labor committees met June 19 at the East Brunswick Public Library to hear about local and statewide initiatives to help job seekers and employers. Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex), who chairs the Education Committee, said holding the off-campus meeting at the library…