Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Milltown considers animal control deal with Helmetta

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer — Kathy Chang MILLTOWN — The borough could be next on a growing list of area towns to contract with the borough of Helmetta for animal control services. The Borough Council is considering a shared services agreement that would have Helmetta provide Milltown with animal impoundment services and full-time kennel…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Restoration work on tap at Monroe’s Dey Farm

    Project involves restoring barn, farmhouse and school building BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer MONROE — The historic Dey Farm site located on Federal Road will be undergoing renovations and construction with the help of grant money secured by the township. “We are very proud of what is going to happen down at Dey Farm,” Township…

  • E.B.’s Route 18 to see new businesses in near future

    BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Several Route 18 businesses may be getting new neighbors . Mayor David Stahl and Economic Development Coordinator Ed Cohen said some major retailers and restaurants, including Pier One Imports and Muscle Maker Grill, could soon be coming to the township, helping to reducing Route 18’s double-digit vacancy…

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    Seniors play pickleball Saturday morning at the Rossmoor adult community in Monroe. The event made its debut as part of the Senior Condo Olympics. See story, page 12. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Toll Brothers to present plans for Golden Triangle

    Officials from both parties tout benefits of project BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer The developer of the Golden Triangle property in East Brunswick will speak about the proposed settlement agreement and the planned retail and residential project at the Township Council’s meeting on Aug. 8. After years of negotiations and months of discussions in closed…

  • J’burg board: No money to bring back programs

    Officials say rising costs, inability to restore cuts show need to pull out of Monroe BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer The Jamesburg Board of Education will use some newly arrived state aid to pay unforeseen costs for the coming school year. However, parents are pressing the board to find ways to bring back programs such…