Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Community Programs pumps revenue into school budget

    Department has contributed $1M to budget over 4 years BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Eight years ago, the township’s Adult and Community Education Program was losing money, and only the Board of Education’s support was keeping it afloat. Today, as East Brunswick Public Schools Community Programs, the same operation provides morning and…

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    East Brunswick resident Don Bloom, a painter, cartoonist and educator, presented a program on artists from the Great Depression era on Feb. 26 at the East Brunswick Historical Society, Milltown Road. The program was the second installment of four in the historical panel’s series on the Depression. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • County debuts new traffic safety website

    Information includes road information, safety data, links to county and state offices Middlesex County is now operating a comprehensive traffic safety website for traffic safety concerns and road information, including tips for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. The website, http://mctrafficsafety.com, also enables users to report road repair issues and provides a list of all traffic safety…

  • Stahl presents $1.9M plan for building repairs, roads

    Council delays vote on package, termed by mayor as ‘extremely fiscally conservative’ BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Mayor David Stahl presented his proposed $1.9 million capital budget at Monday night’s East Brunswick Township Council meeting, the lowest dollar amount for capital projects in 15 years. Council members opted to postpone their vote on the $1.4…

  • Monroe plans high school room for autistic pupils

    Renovations would cost $40K; district expects eventual savings of $600K per year BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer The Monroe Township Board of Education has voted to convert a classroom at Monroe Township High School to provide a specialized learning environment for the district’s autistic students. The room will be equipped to emulate an apartment setting…

  • Holocaust survivor shares story of capture, freedom

    Sol Lurie urges parental respect, love for all people BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Sol Lurie, 81, of Monroe, mesmerizes audiences with stories about his imprisonment in six concentration camps during his teenage years. On his 15th birthday, Gen George Patton’s Third Army liberated Buchenwald (below), where Lurie was imprisoned. Lurie spoke recently to history…

  • Controlled burn sought for park in East Brunswick

    Fire used to protect public from larger blazes and restore forest to natural state BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Fire burns native vegetation and some illegally dumped garbage in an area of the Runyon Watershed in Old Bridge on Feb. 26. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service conducted the controlled burn, also known as a…

  • Capturing moments

    South River family exhibits photos at Monroe library BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer The Callahan family vacation is unique in that frequent stops along the road have nothing to do with meal breaks, vehicle maintenance or other common traveling inconveniences. This family stops to get a chance at taking the perfect shot. South River residents…

  • Milltown man charged with trying to escape custody while in hospital

    A Milltown man who was in custody awaiting a hearing for allegedly violating conditions of his federal supervised release made his first appearance in federal court lastweek on charges of attempting to flee from a hospital. Joseph Vitale, 59, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lois H. Goodman in federal court in Trenton on a complaint…