Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Area mayors encourage organ donation

    Hospital CEO: A few donors can touch hundreds of lives BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer The family of Christian Peters, whose organs were donated after he died in 2007, attends a ceremony at JFK Medical Center on April 18 to promote organ donation. New Jersey was cited as having comparatively low donor-registration statistics. JEFF GRANIT staff…

  • So. River’s Relay for Life teams hope to raise $50K

    Businesses, schools plan to ‘paint the town purple’ in support of cancer fundraiser BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent South River will play host next month to an event designed to fight cancer and provide support to those affected. Jennifer Lane will be co-chairing the May 19 Relay for Life. She said she got involved in 2009…

  • Walmart approved for Golden Triangle

    Construction may begin by end of this year BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer The long wait to find out what major retailer will call the redeveloped Golden Triangle site home is finally over. The East Brunswick Planning Board voted unanimously April 18 to approve a site plan by developer Toll Brothers that will bring a…

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    Members of the Appleby School Drama Club participate in a dress rehearsal April 17 for last week’s production of “Beauty and the Beast, Jr.” at Spotswood High School. More photos on page 49. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Brothers honored as Eagle Scouts in East Brunswick

    Jacob Cotov (l-r), past Scoutmaster Anthony Buccigrossi, Matthew Cotov, and current Scoutmaster Jim Berzok take part in the Eagle Scout Court of Honor. EAST BRUNSWICK — Boy Scout Troop No. 223 honored identical twins Matthew Joseph Cotov and Jacob Paul Cotov, 18, at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor on March 25 at the East…

  • E.B. veteran proud to serve in Legion’s highest position

    BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Fang Wong EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township Council has honored a local resident who is currently serving as the national commander of the American Legion. Fang Wong, who has lived in East Brunswick for over 30 years, was elected to theAmerican Legion’s highest position last September and is currently serving…

  • Monroe fights potential loss of affordable housing funds

    With $9.7M in a trust fund, township is second among N.J. towns with most to lose BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Monroe officials have until July 17 to spend nearly $10 million set aside for affordable housing, or it may have to surrender the funds to the state. The funds, derived from development fees over…

  • Fire commissioner shows artistic side

    Maurice Mahler shares his love of the arts as course instructor in Monroe BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Maurice Mahler, a Monroe Township fire commissioner, instructs Sheila Kaplan during a recent life drawing session offered by the township’s Cultural Arts Commission. JAMES McEVOY MONROE — Most township residents know Maurice Mahler as a fire commissioner.…

  • Milltown officials eager for progress on Ford Ave.

    Boro will seek to comply with judge’s order on long-stalled redevelopment effort BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Following a judge’s ruling in January, Milltown officials are looking to get the ball rolling on the long-delayed Ford Avenue redevelopment project. The effort to redevelop the 22.4-acre former home of the Michelin Tire Co., adjacent to Mill…