Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Holiday classics

    The Spotswood Senior Center Chorus sings holiday songs for residents of the Reformed Church Home during a Dec. 15 visit to the facility on Route 18 in Old Bridge. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Winifred Pierson enjoys the holiday songs.

  • Festival of lights

    Memdel Zaklikovsky of Monroe awaits the start of the Dec. 21 grand menorah lighting at State Park on Perrineville Road, Monroe. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Jordan Batista of East Windsor shields herself from the rain as she awaits the lighting of the grand menorah. The Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe presented the event on…

  • Sheriff’s Office arrests 44 in child support sweep

    The Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office arrested 44 allegedly delinquent parents during a recent three-day biannual child support warrant sweep. The goal of the sweep, conducted in cooperation with the New Jersey Office of Child Support Services and the Sheriffs’Association of New Jersey, was to apprehend non-custodial parents who have failed to pay their court-ordered child…

  • Monroe OKs Taser program

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer MONROE — The Township Council has unanimously approved a resolution to participate in a Taser gun purchasing grant with the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Wayne Hamilton, township business administrator, said Monroe’s participation was based on the suggestion of Police Chief John J. Kraivec. “This is a grant program that the…

  • Friends set up fund for Trapp children of O.B.

    BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — When he heard the news, he knew he had to help. Growing up in Brooklyn’s Canarsie neighborhood, Philip Simon goes way back with the Newman family, having been friends for years with his hometown buddy Danny Newman and his wife Fran. When Danny passed away, Simon remained…

  • Charity seeks year-end appeal for funds

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth & Middlesex Counties (BBBSMMC) is in the midst of its year-end appeal for funds so the agency can continue to provide children with academic, social or economic challenges with caring volunteer Big Brothers and Sisters. “Every donation whether large or small helps” said William Salcedo, Executive Director of BBBSMMC.…

  • Snuffmill project returns to Helmetta Planning Board

    Developer resubmits application for 200 apartment units in response to lawsuit BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Five months after it was first approved, the contentious plan to redevelop the former Helme Snuff Mill is back before the Helmetta Planning Board. The board began a hearing Dec. 14 on Kaplan Companies’ resubmitted application to transform the…

  • College opens veterans center on Edison campus

    Set up to ease transition to college life, assist with educational benefits BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Middlesex County College President Joann LaPerla-Morales (l-r) discusses the new veterans center with Dave Brimmer, center coordinator; Paul Lazaro, assistant coordinator; and George Lisicki, former national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Middlesex County College now has…

  • Mayor breaks tie to appoint councilwoman in So. River

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — The Borough Council appointed a new member during a special meeting that was held Dec. 15 for that sole purpose. Republican Donna Farren, who lost in her bid for a council seat this fall, will fill the vacancy left by John Krenzel, who resigned in November after being…