Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Monroe residents seek relief from flooding

    Rossmoor, Mill Lake Manor homeowners raise concerns BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Monroe officials are meeting with Middlesex County representatives to pursue long-term solutions to flooding in certain areas of town. Township Engineer Ernest Feist said he has also been meeting with officials from the Rossmoor adult community, which experienced severe flooding during Hurricane Irene.…

  • Jamesburg approves limit on political contributions

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer JAMESBURG— In accordancewith state mandates, the Borough Council has adopted an ordinance limiting political contributions from business entities that contract directly with the borough. The ordinance restricts contributions to municipal candidates as well as municipal and county political parties. The contribution thresholds are $300 per candidate and $500 per joint…

  • Milltown officials seek electric utility remedies

    Council authorizes several studies, seeks FEMA grant for substation relocation BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Milltown officials are moving forward with several initiatives aimed at ensuring that the events that followed Hurricane Irene are not repeated. The Borough Council voted Monday for several actions related to the electric utility and the power substation that flooded…

  • JCP&L vows to improve on Hurricane Irene effort

    JCP&L president acknowledges communications with towns ‘failed’ in wake of storm BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer JamesWhite said that as a child, his mother told himif he didn’t have anything good to say, he shouldn’t say anything at all. But when it came to Jersey Central Power & Light Co.’s efforts during Hurricane Irene, the…

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    South River High School’s Sebastian Garzon (l) and Rolando Martinez battle with Metuchen’s Sean Haugh for the ball during the first half of a Sept. 21 game in Metuchen. The Rams lost the match by a score of 2-1. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Monroe aims to help displaced residents

    Township may purchase homes destroyed by Hurricane Irene BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer For Monroe residents hit hardest by Hurricane Irene, including some who have been displaced from their homes for upward of 30 days, Mayor Richard Pucci announced multiple programs to complement federal assistance. Speaking at Monday’s Township Council meeting, Pucci said the programs…

  • Christie hears from flooding victims at town hall meeting

    Governor visits Sayreville to discuss ethics reform BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie holds a town hall meeting in Sayreville Sept. 21 to discuss his ethics reform initiatives and take questions from New Jersey residents. NEW JERSEY OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The Sayreville Senior Center auditorium, usually the location of bingo and card games,…

  • Park becomes the ‘greatest little park in the land’

    Twenty-five acres on the border of N.B. and Milltown named after David B. Crabiel BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Paulette Crabiel Wahler (l), her husband Piscataway Mayor Brian Wahler (r) and their children attended the dedication ceremony of David B. Crabiel Park on Sept. 22 in honor of Crabiel Wahler’s father, the former Middlesex County…

  • Grand Country Fair Idol

    Sofia Khorosh, 16, of East Brunswick, belts out Adele’s “Someone Like You” in an effort to become the Grand Country Fair Idol champion at the Monroe Township Country Fair and Car Show Sept. 18 in Thompson Park. SCOTT FRIEDMAN