Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Auxiliary to host Boardwalk Party
The LadiesAuxiliary ofAmerican Legion Post No. 25 will sponsor an Over-the-Humpto Summer Boardwalk Party 6-10 p.m. Feb. 18 at the post home, 4 JFK Blvd., Milltown, Donation is $15 per person and includes food, soda and water. A $5 wristband will be available for beer and wine. Live entertainment will be provided by The Brue…
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Buddyball game set for Feb. 25 in E.B.
The annual East Brunswick Fastbreak Buddyball Basketball Game Day will take place Feb. 25 at Churchill Junior High School, 18 Norton Road, East Brunswick. The event will begin at 2 p.m. All are welcome to attend; there is no charge for admission. For more information, call 908-812-8129 or visit www.fastbreakbasketball.org and click on the link…
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SRHS upgrades moving forward amid concerns
Asbestos work to be performed as windows are replaced BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — In response to a demonstration held at South River High School on Feb. 3, Superintendent of Schools Michael J. Pfister stressed last week that asbestos abatement would not occur while classes are in session. The abatement is part…
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EBPD: Residents can sign up for messages via texts, emails
EAST BRUNSWICK — The township’s police department has begun using a new communications service to send community information directly to residents. The Nixle Community Information Service allows police to create and publish messages to be delivered to subscribed residents instantly via cell phone text message and/or email. Notifications can also be accessed online at Nixle’s…
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Police charge student in bomb threat that led to evacuation
EAST BRUNSWICK — A 14-year-old student at the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High School, Rues Lane, has been arrested in connection with a bomb threat that resulted in the school’s evacuation on Feb. 7. The male student reportedly told police that he made the bomb threat as a joke, not realizing the consequences of…
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E.B. man charged with eluding, DWI
EAST BRUNSWICK — Police arrested a township man after he allegedly led police on a brief pursuit on Feb. 6. According to police, Patrolman Anthony DeSantis observed a vehicle run a red light at the intersection of Route 18 and Racetrack Road at approximately 11:44 p.m. As DeSantis attempted to conduct a motor vehicle stop,…
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Spotswood BOE moves elections to November
Budget will only be on ballot if it exceeds 2% tax levy cap BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Following the lead of nearly half of New Jersey’s elected school boards, the borough Board of Education voted 4-1 last week to move its elections to November. With the shift from April to the general…
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Author to discuss self-publishing during writers’ group meeting
JAMESBURG — Novelist Uta Burke, of East Brunswick, will present a discussion on successful self-publishing during the Feb. 25 meeting of Sisters in Crime of Central Jersey. Burke’s program will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Jamesburg Senior Center, 139 Stevens Ave. “I’ll talk about how to go about self-publishing, how you know when your…
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George Yuhasz recalled as man of service, compassion
Served as teacher, administrator at Vo-Tech H.S. in E.B. BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer George Yuhasz WOODBRIDGE— Longtime educator George Yuhasz was a man who was irreplaceable. That is what Woodbridge High School Principal Arthur Lee Warren said about his friend, who passed away on Jan. 16 at his home in Woodbridge. He was 57…
