Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Panel nearing decision on fire district consolidation

    Advisory committee looking at options such as merging Monroe’s three districts BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer A committee charged with reviewing and acting on a fire district consolidation study is making progress toward a final recommendation, Monroe officials said last week. The Fire Study Advisory Committee was formed last year in an effort to ensure…

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    East Brunswick High School cheerleaders perform for the crowd during the Bears’ victorious Dec. 20 basketball game against Piscataway. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Monroe bids farewell to Nalitt as councilman

    Retiring after 24 years, he expresses optimism town will ‘continue to prosper’ BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Irwin Nalitt The last Monroe Township Council meeting of 2011 also served as a final send-off for a longtime councilman. Irwin Nalitt, who was has served six consecutive terms since first being elected as councilman at-large in 1988,…

  • Students gauge future finances at reality fair

    Spotswood teens learn about challenges of life after college BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — It was all going so well. And then the muffler on his Toyota Prius blew, resulting in a $500 repair job he certainly wasn’t planning on. Fortunately, with a lucrative career choice and good financial planning, Spotswood High School…

  • Parent of alleged bully cites lack of transparency

    Takes issue with inability to obtain evidence after child is disciplined BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Steve knows his daughter isn’t perfect. She had been involved in an incident of bullying earlier in the year in her East Brunswick school, sending a few inappropriate text messages back and forth with a few…

  • Photographers pick best of 2011

    Members of the Old Bridge Township Raceway Park at the 36th annual Night of Thrills. JEFF GRANIT staff A rescue in Helmetta after Hurricane Irene flooded the street on Aug. 28. JEFF GRANIT staff Monroe Township celebrates a win against Old Bridge. ERIC SUCAR staff Jennifer Bookbinder crawls her way through the mud-drenched course during…

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    East Brunswick High School’s Amir Bell pushes the ball ahead as he breaks away from an opponent during a Dec. 20 game against Piscataway. The Bears won, 76-49. See Sports. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Gov. takes on sick-day payouts during Spotswood town hall

    Towns in NJ face $825M liability for unused sick, vacation days BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Surya Makkar of Springfield asks Gov. Chris Christie a question during his Dec. 21 town hall meeting in Spotswood. A lot of issues in government are complicated, but this one, Gov. Chris Christie said, is simple: Sick days should…

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    Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe addresses the crowd during the Dec. 21 lighting of the grand menorah at State Park, Perrineville Road. JEFF GRANIT staff