Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Spotswood board banks extra aid
SPOTSWOOD — The Board of Education has decided to bank its recent allotment of extra state aid for next year’s budget. School officials learned in July that the district would receive an additional $285,279 this school year, bringing its total state aid to $5.6 million — an overall increase of about $570,000 from last year.…
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Police seek public’s help finding vehicle that struck pedestrian
Sylvestre Tejada SOUTH AMBOY — Police are searching for a 2000 to 2003 Jeep Wrangler or Jeep Liberty to determine whether it was involved in the death of an 18- year-old Perth Amboy man who was struck and killed as he walked along the shoulder of Route 35 north two weeks ago. Middlesex County Prosecutor…
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Message in a bottle leads to unlikely friendship
Middlesex County couple’s note turns up in France after 3,000-mile, 9-month journey BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Amalia Claffey and Phil Baumann show a letter they received from the French couple that found their message in a bottle while vacationing on the island of Groix. HELMETTA — Phil Baumann and Amalia Claffey were somewhere in…
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Sheriff’s officers arrest 94 in child support sweep
During a recent three-day biannual Child Support Warrant Sweep, the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office arrested 94 parents on child support delinquency charges. The sweep was conducted in cooperation with the New Jersey Office of Child Support Services and the Sheriffs’Association of New Jersey. The goal of the three-day intensive sweep was to apprehend non-custodial parents…
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A member of the Hester Street Troupe entertains the audience on a warm summer night in Thompson Park, Monroe, on July 28. FRANK GALIPO
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Rock Solid Mud Run
Above: Jennifer Bookbinder, of Howell, crawls through the slop during the Rock Solid Mud Run at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park Aug. 6. Rock Solid Sports donated a portion of the event’s profits to the Semper Fi Fund, which provides financial aid to injured service members and their families. Below: An athlete makes her way…
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A challenge on land, water … and mud
Inaugural Rock Solid Mud Run set for Aug. 6 at Raceway Park OLD BRIDGE — Grant Wiley, a New York-based actor and former Minnesota Vikings linebacker, has no real inhibitions and easily embraced the challenge. Adrienne Smith and Beth Trigani come from wildly different backgrounds, but they, too, have tested the 5- and 10-mile courses…
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Senior residents get a taste of pickleball
Game makes its debut at Senior Olympics BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Residents from various adult communities compete in a pickleball match. ERIC SUCAR staff MONROE — It might have looked like they were playing miniature tennis. Maybe jumbo pingpong, or perhaps badminton. Nope. The game being played for the first time at the Senior…
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Middlesex Cty. offering cash rewards for Crime Stoppers information
Cash rewards are being offered for information that leads to arrests in a series of incidents in New Brunswick, North Brunswick and Franklin Township. Members of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, the New Brunswick Police Department, the North Brunswick Police Department and the Franklin Township Police Department are actively investigating 10 incidents that occurred between…
