Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Veterans to be honored at events Sunday, Monday

    Parades, services abound in Middlesex County E ast Brunswick’s annual Memorial Day observance will be held on Sunday in Veterans Park on the grounds of the East Brunswick Municipal Complex, Jean Walling Civic Center Drive. The event, open to the public and honoring the men and women who lost their lives defending the country, will…

  • Police in area towns step up enforcement of seatbelt laws

    Law enforcement officers in 12 Middlesex County towns are cracking down on unbuckled motorists and their passengers as part of the national “Click it or Ticket” campaign. Starting this week and running through June 3, the annual initiative includes highvisibility law enforcement seatbelt checkpoints and saturation patrols, as well as local and national publicity designed…

  • Local towns sign on to use manned surveillance tower

    Officials say mobile unit will provide a unique vantage point for police at major events BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Local residents may find an unfamiliar pair of eyes watching over them this summer. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office recently acquired a SkyWatch surveillance platform and has entered into agreements with a number of local…

  • Monroe votes to adopt $51.8 million budget

    Tax appeals, decreased surplus, new positions lead to tax hike BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer MONROE — The Township Council voted unanimously Monday night to adopt a 2012 municipal budget that includes a $393 tax increase on the average home. The vote for the $51.8 million package followed a public hearing on several budget amendments…

  • Jamesburg woman named Labor Leader of the Year

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Resident Franceline Ehret began her career with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority as a toll collector. That career, which included nearly 30 years of toll collecting and later involvement with the union representing the authority’s workers, culminated in Ehret’s being named Labor Leader of the Year at the…

  • Doing right by what’s left

    East Brunswick man’s Special E business rescues items leftover from special events BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Robert Kalt makes a delivery to Sunrise Senior Living in East Brunswick. EAST BRUNSWICK — A large plastic bin full of orchids sat on the patio table in Robert Kalt’s backyard. The flowers, salvaged from centerpieces at a…

  • Church seeks to save ‘soles’

    JAMESBURG — Monroe Community Church wants people to do some ‘sole’ searching for their second shoe collection benefiting CUMAC ECHO of Paterson. The church, located at the Jamesburg Senior Center, 139 Stevens Ave., Jamesburg, will be a weekend collection site throughout May. Collection hours on Saturdays are 3-5 p.m., and Sunday hours are 9 a.m.…

  • County residents encouraged to practice ‘grasscycling’

    A s the height of the mowing season approaches in May and June, the Middlesex County Improvement Authority’s (MCIA) Recycling Division has launched its annual campaign to inform residents about the benefits of “grasscycling.” Grasscycling is the practice of leaving short grass clippings on the lawn rather than bagging and dragging them to the curb.…

  • Foundation commits funds to enhance pediatric cancer research

    Sherrie and Michael Wells offer $100,000 to CINJ in honor of their late son, Brady BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Sherrie and Michael Wells fully understand the need to support pediatric cancer research. Their son, Brady Michael, died in July 2010, just three weeks shy of his second birthday, from acute undifferentiated leukemia.…