Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Seniors share memories, opinions over weekly meals
Breakfast Club provides opportunity for socialization at Monroe office of JFVS BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Left: Hy Silverstein speaks about his experiences during World War II and the current state of affairs for veterans during a recent meeting of the Monroe Breakfast Club. Above: Members of the Monroe Breakfast Club, which meets Mondays and…
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St. Mary’s to present Handel’s ‘Messiah’
Dec. 17 candlelight concert will spotlight four soloists BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — A Christmas tradition will return to the city this year with the annual Handel’s “Messiah” performance at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. The performance, to be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, is part of the “Music at St. Mary’s”…
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Holiday cheer
Santa delivers presents to Helmetta youngsters during a children’s holiday party on Dec. 10. The party was held at Holy Trinity Church hall. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Santa gets ready to hand out the next gift.
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Monroe moving forward on flooded-home purchases
BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer MONROE— As attorneys for the township continue to negotiate prices to purchase homes badly damaged during Hurricane Irene, the Township Council last week approved funds to cover closing costs. The resolution, unanimously approved at the council’s Dec. 5 meeting, authorizes the township to pay the law firm of Shain, Schaffer…
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Fundraiser collecting change for YMCA after-school programs
EAST BRUNSWICK — Shoppers at the J.C. Penney store in the Brunswick Square Mall are invited to turn small change into “pennies from heaven” by rounding up their holiday purchases and donating the difference to Raritan Valley YMCA through Dec. 12. The local YMCA is one of 1,100 afterschool organizations across the country matched with…
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Black ice causes accidents in E.B.
EAST BRUNSWICK — Black ice on Ryders Lane was the cause of two accidents, including one involving a police officer, on Dec. 9, police said. The first accident occurred at 7:52 a.m. Stacy Coates, of Milltown, was driving a 1997 Lexus southbound on Ryders Lane near Montclair Court when her vehicle hit black ice, causing…
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East Brunswick volunteers deliver baby in ambulance
EAST BRUNSWICK — Most times, their role is to prevent people from leaving this world. But on Dec. 5, the crew of an East Brunswick Rescue Squad ambulance helped bring a new life into it. The squad dispatched an ambulance to a local hotel in response to a 911 call about a woman in labor…
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Organ transplant transforms strangers into good friends
BY PATRICIAYOCZIS Correspondent Tom Carr Tom Carr and Toby Kash were strangers until a life-altering transplant operation forged their new friendship. In October 2010 at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York, Carr, 61, donated one of his kidneys to Kash, who had been on dialysis and was on the National Kidney Registry waiting for…
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Monument honors Civil War vets from Milltown
Borough officials recognize efforts of Girl Scout who saw project from start to finish BY JASON COHEN Correspondent A new monument honors the 10 men from Milltown who fought in the Civil War. MILLTOWN — Four years ago, Rebecca Petry set out to honor Henry Kuhlthau, an ancestor of hers who along with nine other…
