Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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The East meets the West in a Spotswood classroom
Students at Immaculate Conception School chat with Malaysian students via Skype. SPOTSWOOD — While most pen pals write each other for years before ever meeting face to face, third-grade students at Immaculate Conception School are going about that process in reverse. During last week’s open house, 28 students from Nancy Sarnak’s class chatted with Malaysian students via…
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N.Y. woman tells story of surviving Holocaust
Message to O.B. students: Do the right thing BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Sally Frishberg, now 78 and a resident of Brooklyn, tells students at Old Bridge’s Memorial Elementary School her family’s story of hiding in Poland during the Holocaust. PHOTOS BY CLAIRE SHEPROW OLD BRIDGE — Nearly 70 fifth-graders at Memorial Elementary School crowded…
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Police investigating two recent bank robberies in Old Bridge
Old Bridge police distributed these photos from surveillance cameras at the Chase Bank on Bushnell Road (top), which was robbed on April 12, and the TD Bank on Route 516, which was held up on May 9. OLD BRIDGE — A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information relating to the two…
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Area musicians team up for Tuesday night jams
BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Bill Hunt (l) of Old Bridge and Deborah Grosso-Proulx of North Brunswick take part in an acoustic jam session at the To Be Continued… bookstore in Metuchen May 8. Local musician Ron Victoria started the Tuesday night jams several months ago. Local musicians have found an audience, and each other, thanks…
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E.B. officials alert residents to solicitation campaign
Administrator: Those who don’t want someone coming to the door should put up a sign BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer The East Brunswick Township Council wants to give taxpayers a heads up in advance of a solicitation campaign that will be visiting residences over the next three weeks. In a joint effort with Environment New…
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Monroe seeks support for anti-flooding measure
Cedar Brook remediation proposal comes in response to flooding in Rossmoor BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer MONROE — Efforts to minimize future flooding in the Rossmoor adult community will continue through a proposed agreement between the township and Middlesex County to remediate the Cedar Brook and Cedar Brook Pond. During the major rain events of…
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E.B. Museum to celebrate building’s 150-yr. history
BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer The Simpson Methodist Church is pictured in a circa-1915 photograph. The building was later transformed into the East Brunswick Museum. EAST BRUNSWICK — The East Brunswick Museum will be celebrating the 150th birthday of its home with a new exhibit opening this weekend. The exhibit, “A Firm Foundation: From Church…
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Monroe commits $16.5M for affordable-housing uses
Also establishes trust fund in hopes of protecting money at risk of being forfeited BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Monroe Township officials are gearing up for a potential battle with the state over the municipality’s potential loss of $9.7 million in affordablehousing funds. On Monday the Township Council committed funds to a variety of affordablehousing…
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Milltown expected to move on much-debated parking spot
BY JASON COHEN Correspondent MILLTOWN — After about six weeks of debate between officials and residents, the issue of putting a handicap parking space in front of the borough’s public library is nearing a resolution. The Borough Council is expected to vote on the matter at its next meeting, scheduled for May 14. Since this…
