Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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DeVoe Ave. conditions described as hazardous
County expected to resolve issue that residents say forces pedestrians to enter roadway BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — When Jon Langevin moved to Lettau Drive six years ago, he would ride his bike up DeVoeAvenue to the American Legion. His route took him down the macadam path that wove between the Middlesex County-owned…
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Boy, 7, gets to ‘make a wish,’ and chooses to help others
MONROE — Bringing renewed meaning to the adage “It is better to give than to receive,” one New Jersey boy wishes to give to children receiving care at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Paterson whose families cannot afford their necessary treatments. The wish child’s parents have requested he remain anonymous, hoping their son learns another…
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Milltown board, council vote to move election
Members of the two bodies were divided over switch to November election BY JASON COHEN Correspondent MILLTOWN — At separate meetings held on the same night, the Board of Education and the Borough Council both voted to move the borough’s annual school election to November. The school district thus joined more than 400 others in…
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Program to address salamander migration
The Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission will sponsor a presentation titled “Save Our Salamanders! The Story of East Brunswick’s Vernal Pools” 7-9 p.m. March 1 at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Vernal pools, also called vernal ponds or ephemeral pools, are temporary pools of water. They are usually devoid…
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Inaugural Winter Market a ‘buy local’ opportunity
Numerous vendors to set up shop, selling everything from the organic to the exotic BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Community Arts Center will play host to the township’s first Winter Farmers Market on March 10. By last week, local vendors and groups had already reserved 31 spaces for the Friends of…
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Resident works to honor fellow Korean War veterans
Charles Koppelman also seeks to educate youth about this ‘Forgotten War’ BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer MONROE — Nearly 60 years after being drafted into the medical corps of the United States Army, Monroe resident Charles Koppelman has again been asked to serve his country— this time as a local ambassador for the Korean War…
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Musicians with the New Jersey Youth Symphony perform at Hammarskjold Middle School in East Brunswick on Feb. 16. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Driver cited after vehicle rollover on Route 18 in East Brunswick
EAST BRUNSWICK — Police said a South River woman suffered injuries that were not considered life threatening when her vehicle rolled over on Route 18. The accident occurred around 3:45 p.m. on Feb. 15 at Route 18 south and Naricon Place. According to police, Orly Tamayo, 33, was traveling south on Route 18 in the…
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The Friends of the Jamesburg Public Library brought “President Abraham Lincoln,” played by Robert Costello, and his entourage to the library on Gatzmer Avenue on Feb. 16. JEFF GRANIT staff
