Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Irene’s wallop delivers heavy flooding, outages
Widespread damage, but few injuries reported after storm BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Emergency personnel rescue Jessie Talnagi and her mother Linda from their home on Grabowski Court in Helmetta on Sunday after Hurricane Irene flooded the street. For more photos, see page 28. Additional photos of the storm’s effects on area towns are available…
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Irene’s aftermath
Jamesburg police Sgt. Louis Hornberger (clockwise from top left) stands amid floodwaters rushing from Lake Manalapan onto Buckelew Avenue in Jamesburg on Sunday. A large tree uprooted part of a sidewalk and took down utility lines while falling across Pearl Road in East Brunswick during the hurricane. Floodwaters on Devoe Avenue in Spotswood reached record…
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Surging waters flood downtown Jamesburg
Mayor: Community’s efforts staved off injury, loss of life during Hurricane Irene BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Severe flooding from Hurricane Irene has caused major damage to about 60 homes and businesses in Jamesburg. Mayor Anthony LaMantia said that although the water had subsided early this week, many families still cannot return to their homes…
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Zimmerli to exhibit works of two Venetian masters
Above: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo’s “Old Man with Turban” is among the etchings included in the “Two Venetian Masters” exhibition at the Zimmerli Art Museum. Below: “View of a Town on a River Bank,” from 1744. New Brunswick — The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers will evoke the brio at the heart of 18th-century Venetian art…
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Floodwaters wreak havoc in Monroe during Irene
Numerous residents evacuated, placed in emergency shelters BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Members of Monroe Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 help a woman out of a boat after an evacuation on Grabowski Court in Helmetta on Aug. 28. JEFF GRANIT staff Floodwaters resulting from Hurricane Irene were so severe that officials said the township…
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Power out in Milltown due to flooded substation
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Hurricane Irene’s fierce winds and severe flooding has left the borough in the dark. Power remained out since about 4:15 a.m. Sunday, when officials made the decision to shut down the electric substation on Washington Avenue before it flooded, Police Chief Raymond Geipel said. “We have our officials…
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Flag flown over Iraq presented to students at Monroe school
Big Apple Day School Director Geri Stern holds an encased American flag that was flown over Iraq. The flag was presented by school parent Angela Andre, sister of U.S. Army Sgt. Sandra Seixeiro of Monroe. MONROE — Students at Big Apple Day School, Spotswood Englishtown Road, received a special reward for their efforts to aid…
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Board keeps controversial parcel zoned for housing
Pucci: Residential more compatible with surroundings BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer The longstanding dispute over a vacant parcel at Route 522 and School House Road has ended with the Monroe Township Planning Board’s decision to keep the land zoned for residential housing. The 6-acre parcel is owned by Renaissance Properties, which asked that it be…
