Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Bird show

    Birds were judged and in some cases purchased during the Tri-State Budgerigar Society’s 21st Annual Show and Exhibition at the 4-H Youth Center log cabin on Cranbury Road in East Brunswick on July 23. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

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    Stewart Sacks of Maryland looks over the competition during the Tri-State Budgerigar Society’s 21st Annual Show and Exhibition at the 4-H Youth Center log cabin on Cranbury Road in East Brunswick July 23. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Fair all about tradition, and fun for the family

    Attendance has increased in recent years, with 75,000 attending last year BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Thousands of area residents will find their way to the Middlesex County Fairgrounds in East Brunswick next week for their yearly dose of live music, shows and attractions. From Aug. 1 through Aug. 7, the Middlesex County Fair will host…

  • Monroe board to restore early busing, sci program

    Members debate whether extra aid should have been used entirely for tax relief BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer The Monroe Township Board of Education will use some newly arrived state aid on amix of programs and tax relief. School officials learned earlier this month that the district would be receiving an additional $887,122 for the…

  • New friendships grow at E. Brunswick garden

    Local gardeners plan cookbook with those in Brunswick East, Australia BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Donna McEvoy looks over her garden, which is designed to attract insects such as bees and butterflies that are beneficial to the growing ecosystem at the East Brunswick Community Garden, on July 13.|There’s a reason it’s called a “community garden.”…

  • Woman, 30, dies in Monroe crash

    MONROE — A 30-year-old Iselin woman died July 25 after sustaining injuries in a three-car accident on Spotswood-Englishtown Road. Christina H. Bettinger was pronounced dead after being transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick following the 4:40 p.m. accident, according to Monroe police. The accident initially involved two other vehicles, police said.…

  • E.B. board to use funds for tax relief, upgrades

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Township residents will see a reduced school tax hike this year . The Board of Educationwill reduce its tax levy for the coming school year by $652,600, amovemade possible by the recent arrival of $1.3 million in additional state aid. Gov. Chris Christie announced earlier this month…

  • Hospital goes tobacco- and smoke-free

    NEW BRUNSWICK — Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) has gone 100 percent smoke-free and tobaccofree on all surrounding grounds and facilities owned, leased or operated by the hospital. The smoke-free zone, expanded earlier this month, covers all RWJUH locations, including its various New Brunswick facilities and sites, the Old Bridge Health and Fitness Center,…

  • Spending down, taxes up in new E. Bruns. budget

    Officials address residents’ complaints regarding spike in latest tax bill BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township Council has adopted a nearly $56 million budget that cuts spending but raises taxes by 6 percent. The 2011 municipal budget adopted July 25 reduces spending by about $750,000 or about 1.2 percent from last…