Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Golden Triangle project takes a step forward
E.B. Planning Board OKs subdivision that developer says will pave way for site plans BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Golden Triangle redevelopment project took a small step forward on Jan. 11 when the township Planning Board unanimously approved a subdivision of the Route 18 property. The action splits the approximately 23-…
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Tickets on sale for Valentine’s Dance
AValentine’s Day Big-Band Dance, featuring music by the Imperial Dance Band, is set for 7:30-11 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Imperial Music Center, 48 Appleby Ave., South River, across from the South River Public Library and the firehouse. Light refreshments will be served. Cost is $20 per person in advance, $25 per person at the…
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Tinitigan named acting police chief in South River
Police veteran of 16 years sits in for Bouthillette, who is retiring BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — The borough has a new man in charge of the police force. Mark Tinitigan, fresh off his December graduation from the FBI National Academy, has been appointed to serve as acting police chief. John Bouthillette, who…
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Spaces available at 4-H Craft Fair
4-H of Middlesex County is looking for crafters and vendors of new items to take part in a Craft Fair set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. March 3 at the 4-H Center, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Registration fee is $30 per space; price includes an 8-foot table and two chairs. To reserve or for more information,…
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U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) looks on as students Brian Kokal (l) Justin Sotomayor check in returned books with the assistance of librarian Carol Lange at the Oak Tree Elementary School library in Monroe on Jan. 12. Holt and and Susan Hildreth, director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, visited Oak Tree to…
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PSE&G warns customers about payment scam
Hispanic neighborhoods are being targeted PSE&G is alerting its customers about a scam in which individuals misrepresenting themselves as PSE&G employees threaten to turn off electric and gas service if payment is not made to them that day. The scam involves payments using Green Dot MoneyPaks and seems to be targeting Hispanic neighborhoods in PSE&G’s…
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Impact of mill housing plan disputed at hearing
Helmetta board rehears application in light of lawsuit from Spotswood BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer The battle over redevelopment of the former Helme Snuff Mill property raged on Jan. 11 during a contentious meeting of the Helmetta Planning Board. Before a crowd of residents and officials including state Sen. Linda Greenstein that spilled out into…
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Christine D’Agostino, a registered nurse at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, checks the blood pressure of Ciel and Ted Yasson of Spotswood during the Spotswood PTA’s Health & Wellness Open House at Memorial Middle School on Jan. 7. The event included several exhibitors and demonstrations. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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E.B. board takes charter school case to state Supreme Court
President says board wants to ensure tax dollars are being spent ‘appropriately’ BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer The East Brunswick Board of Education is taking its case against the Hatikvah International Academy Charter School to the state’s highest court. The Board of Education filed a notice of petition of certification with the New Jersey Supreme…
