Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Milltown welcomes two new police officers

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Milltown’s newest officers Armando Rosario Jr. (l) and Luis Maldonado Jr. MILLTOWN — What is the city of Trenton’s loss is Milltown’s gain. That is how Police Chief Raymond Geipel said he sees it. The department swore in two new officers who were laid off from the Trenton Police Department…

  • Spotswood family offers Halloween extravaganza

    The Ryan family’s home is once again decorated for Halloween, continuing an October tradition that helps raise money for charity. SPOTSWOOD — Halloween mania has returned to the Ryan home on Eaton Avenue. The family’s October tradition has only gained momentum, with hundreds visiting every year to see the tombstones, coffins, lights, animatronics, mannequins, spooky…

  • Spotswood EMS will likely get new home

    Building on Devoe Ave. suffers severe damage at hands of Hurricane Irene BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Leo Servis was across the street, working with police and other Spotswood Emergency Medical Services members to move a trash bin that had become lodged against a bridge in the midst of Hurricane Irene. “Next thing…

  • E.B. Chabad, Acme team up for Sukkah celebration

    MILLTOWN — As the cold days start coming in, hundreds of East Brunswick residents, children and their families, came out Oct. 16 to grab one of their last opportunities for great outdoor weather activities in the parking lot of Acme, Ryders Lane, for “Sushi in the Sukkah.” Acme hosted the event with the East Brunswick…

  • East Brunswick Elks’ goal is improving community

    Lodge approaching 45th year of public service, camaraderie BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Their lodge is a bit off the beaten path, tucked away behind a township side street on a historic, tree-lined property abutting Farrington Lake. But that doesn’t stop the East Brunswick Elks Lodge 2370 from working to make a…

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    Mackenzie Muscarella, Haley Carlton and Hailey Deinzer, all 13, wait to scare their next victims at the Haunted River Walk in Milltown on Saturday. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Monroe firefighters accept artifact fromground zero

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Monroe Fire Commissioner Maurice Mahler traveled with other fire personnel to a hangar at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Oct. 12 to collect a beam from ground zero, which will be incorporated into a memorial at the District 2 Fire Station. Assemblyman Dan Benson (D-Hamilton) (l-r); James Carbin, District…

  • E. Brunswick will offer free rabies clinic Nov. 5

    The township of East Brunswick will hold a free rabies clinic for dogs and cats 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Public Works Garage, 4 Harts Lane, East Brunswick. Cats only will be vaccinated 11 a.m.-noon. Cats and dogs will be vaccinated noon-3 p.m. All cats must be in carriers; all dogs must be…

  • Milltown residents continue help to flood-stricken neighbors

    BY PATRICIAYOCZIS Correspondent “Guest chef” David Oryniak and sons admire the cake Oryniak made in the shape of The Mill. MILLTOWN — Hurricane Irene may have damaged homes and property, but not the continued spirit of neighbor helping neighbor in the community of Milltown. A complex of 45 loft condos, locally known as The Mill,…