Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Sign language could fill graduation requirement

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Parlin Gressitt (left) practices signing with Phoebe Gartside during an American Sign Language program at the Middletown Township Public Library on June 27. Gartside, a senior at Middletown High School South, founded the program along with classmate Sarah Maggipinto to teach the basics of signing, which could become a…

  • Coalition demands new direction for NJ energy policy

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer A newly formed coalition of more than three dozen environmental, religious and labor organizations took to the State House to champion renewable energy as a must for New Jersey. After a day of lobbying members of the state Legislature, the Clean Energy Coalition hosted a rally June 25 on…

  • Players of vintage baseball seek to revive Middlesex County club

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The Elizabeth Resolutes take on the Brooklyn Atlantics in old-fashioned garb. The vintage baseball teams play by the 19th-century rules of the teams they are emulating. The game has changed a lot since those days, when players didn’t wear mitts and the diamond was set up in a grass…

  • East Brunswick library gives glimpse of global languages

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer An East Brunswick Public Library patron works with the Pronunciator program, part of the library’s Global Connection program, which offers members the chance to learn up to 80 foreign languages. MICHAEL NUNES/STAFF EAST BRUNSWICK — The East Brunswick Public Library is taking steps to bridge the gap in the township’s…

  • Critics: Flood zone rule changes would do harm

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Critics of revised rules governing projects in flood-prone areas say the changes proposed by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) would weaken flood protections throughout the state. “My understanding is that changes will include removing environmental protections, allow property owners to build in vulnerable areas and…

  • Prized possession

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Jason Eiger of East Brunswick decides which prize he wants at the annual St. Stan’s Carnival at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Sayreville on June 26.

  • New Jersey Broadcasters Hall of Fame inducts Greater Media’s Dan Finn

    Dan Finn, center, is congratulated by Greater Media Chairman and CEO Peter Smyth, left, and New Jersey Broadcasters Association (NJBA) Executive Director Paul Rotella for his induction into the NJBA Hall of Fame on June 18. Dan Finn, senior vice president and regional general manager with Greater Media New Jersey, was among the inductees named…

  • Small changes add up to big savings

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer With Americans spending 14 percent of their household budgets on groceries, “couponing” has gained in popularity. More than 660 million coupons were redeemed in the first quarter of 2015. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Saving money never goes out of style. For the wealthy and the not-sowealthy, pennywise practices can go…

  • Old Bridge police officer cleared in shooting death

    A state grand jury took no action regarding the death of Andrew Murnieks, 28, of South Brunswick, who was fatally shot by a member of the Middlesex County Emergency Response Team during an armed standoff in November 2013. The shooting was investigated by the state Attorney General’s Shooting Response Team, made up of investigators from…