Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • $40M secured for military suicide prevention efforts

    E. Brunswick’s Linda Bean says services must be immediately accessible, 24 hours a day BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer The figure, Rep. Rush Holt said, is stunning: Eighteen veterans commit suicide each day. “That’s a daily average that is intolerable,” he said. “We can’t let that continue.” And now, after years of advocacy and the…

  • N.J. managers’ association honors Greater Media reporter

    Chris Zawistowski Just six months into his career as a reporter with Greater Media Newspapers, Chris Zawistowski is already an award-winning journalist. Zawistowski, a resident of Spotswood, was recently presented with the prestigious Press Award from the New Jersey Municipal Management Association, an organization of professional local government administrators and assistants whose goal is to…

  • All aboard for holiday cheer in South Amboy

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Joseph Szaro conducts the trolley tour. SOUTH AMBOY — The shouts could be heard all around City Hall. “The trolley is coming! The trolley is coming!” Excited youngsters and adults waited anxiously on an unseasonably warm evening Dec. 15 to take a ride on the inaugural city holiday trolley tour. As…

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    Vincent Trent of the Presbyterian Church of Jamesburg Bell Choir gets help from Paul Bouzane as the choir sings for those gathered at Jamesburg’s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, held Dec. 14 at Veterans Park. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • E.B. approves 30-year lease of former McGinnis School

    Chabad of East Brunswick will transform building into community education center BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Chabad of East Brunswick has a new home. The East Brunswick Township Council unanimously approved a 30-year lease agreement with the organization to transform the old McGinnis School on Hardenburg Lane into a community education center. Under the agreement,…

  • 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…

  • SHS seniors make holiday special for local family

    Students adopt family for holidays, raise hundreds to buy toys and clothes BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Spotswood High School seniors Mallory Kolar (l) and Kristy Bachman led a project that helped raise hundreds of dollars to help bring Christmas cheer to a local family in need. SPOTSWOOD — When they saw the family’s holiday…

  • 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…