Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Student arrested in bomb threat that led to school 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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    Jack Andrulewich eagerly waits to eat a cracker as part of an experiment involving saliva and taste buds during a Feb. 2 session of “Science Made Fun,” one of several events held during Catholic Schools Week at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Milltown. JEFF GRANIT staff

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    Former NFL player Alan Veingrad autographs a football during a Torah Links of Middlesex County event at Young Israel of East Brunswick on Jan. 29. Veingrad, who was an offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys, spoke to the audience and met with attendees to sign autographs.

  • State council strikes down controversial bullying law

    Council deems law an unfunded mandate; will be revisited by Legislature BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer I f the state Legislature wants to keep the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights on the books, it’s going to need to pony up some money to help school districts implement it, according to a ruling from a state council.…

  • Principals appointed for two Monroe schools

    Oak Tree principal to take over at Applegarth when it reopens BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer The Monroe Township Board of Education has named Dennis Ventrello and Erinn Mahoney as principals of the Applegarth and Barclay Brook elementary schools, respectively. Ventrello currently serves as principal of Oak Tree Elementary School, and will begin serving as…

  • Goodbye, winter. Hello, spring

    Crowds come out early as Milltown Mel ‘predicts’ an early spring BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Jerry Guthlein introduces Milltown Mel to the waiting crowd during the fourth annual Groundhog Day festivities in Milltown Feb. 2. Mel predicted an early spring during the event, held at the American Legion. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN The crowds…

  • Attorney honored for nearly five decades of serving Monroe

    Meyertons attended more than 600 zoning board meetings BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer MONROE — Karl R. Meyertons has seen a lot in his nearly half-century as the attorney for the township’s Zoning Board of Adjustment. Upon his retirement after 49 years in that position, the Township Council hon- ored Meyertons at its Feb. 6…

  • Sweet taste of success

    2 Chicks expands 2-year-old operation with new retail shop on Main Street, South River BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Elyissia Wassung, co-owner of 2 Chicks with Chocolate, helps a patron at the shop on Main Street in South River on Feb. 3. Wassung left her telecom job to immerse herself in the world of chocolate, partnering…

  • 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…