Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Horse rescue facility OK’d

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Officials in South Brunswick have unanimously agreed to allow a Monmouth Junction resident to open a horse rescue facility. Mary Derwin will have to comply with minor conditions before starting work on the operation. Derwin sat before the Zoning Board of Adjustment Aug. 4 with her lawyer, Kevin Morse, to apply…

  • Green Muslims promote environmentally friendly Ramadan

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Green Muslims of New Jersey (GMNJ) held their kickoff event July 24 to promote an environmentally conscious Ramadan this year. The Green Ramadan Initiative (GRI) was held at the Islamic Society of Central Jersey and focused on teaching concerned Muslims the importance of “going green.” Ramadan requires…

  • Gone fishin’

    Top: Mark Tepedino, 9, of Monroe, casts his line during the Monroe Township Recration Department’s annual Fishing Derby at Molders Fish Farm in Old Bridge Aug. 9. Middle: Molly Keaveney, 15, of Monroe, waits patiently for a fish to take the bait. Above: Chris Lehr (l) and Tico Estevez prepare to throw in their lines.…

  • Organic cleaning products available

    The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership is conducting an Organic (Chemical Free) Fertilizer and Home-Cleaning Product Sale 10 a.m.-noon on Saturdays at the group’s headquarters building, 85 Washington Ave., Milltown. The nonprofit organization, dedicated to the protection of the Lawrence Brook Watershed, seeks to encourage area residents to avoid the use of toxic lawn and garden…

  • Fish Fry on menu at Milltown VFW post

    Clark-Moetz Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2319 will host its next Fish Fry 5- 8 p.m. Aug. 19 at the post home, 45 Broad St., Milltown. The menu will include fresh scrod, salad, rolls, fries, a vegetable, dessert parfait and a choice of coffee or tea. An alternative children’s dinner also will be available.…

  • Monroe’s new high school heralded

    Facility approved in 2003 and 2007 referendums will open to students on Sept. 7 BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Monroe Township High School Principal Robert Goodall discusses the architectural design in a common area of the new building on Aug. 9. JEFF GRANIT staff Students returning to Monroe Township High School will feel like they’re…

  • Meeting to feature attorney/professor

    Falk Engel will be the speaker at the next meeting of the Coalition for Peace Action of Monroe Township planned for 10 a.m. Sept. 21 in the courtroom of the Monroe Township Municipal Building, Perrineville Road. Engel is an attorney and adjunct professor at Rutgers University. His topic will be “Our Constitution — At Risk!”…

  • E.B. wins legal challenge on age restrictions issue

    Builder sought to remove restrictions on 81 proposed housing units on Main St. BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer A senior community proposed on Main Street in East Brunswick will remain age-restricted. State Superior Court Judge James P. Hurley ruled in favor of the township Planning Board’s decision to deny Arisa Realty Inc.’s plan to drop…

  • Artists’ reception slated for Aug. 21 at Fiddleheads

    JAMESBURG — Three New Jersey artistswill hold a free receptionAug. 21 at Fiddleheads Restaurant, East Railroad Avenue. Indrani Choudhury of Edison, and Fran and Maxwell Nimeck, both of North Brunswick, will host the fall 2011 gallery show from 2:30 to 4 p.m. The show includes complex watercolors, acrylics, oils, encaustics and lithographs, framed and ready…