Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Singers follow Rundgren tour by forming new trio

    Heartsville to perform at E.B.’s Unitarian Society BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer The members of Heartsville are Dee Dee Miles (l-r), Matt Holley and Kimberly Andersen. EAST BRUNSWICK — Music and religion are a big part of Kimberly Andersen’s life, so perhaps it’s only appropriate that her band make its official debut at a house…

  • Monroe’s Mattos takes over as U.S. marshal for New Jersey

    MONROE — Township resident Juan Mattos Jr. has been sworn in as the U.S. marshal for New Jersey. U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez (both D-N.J.) issued a statement congratulating Juan Mattos Jr. With New Jersey’s U.S. Marshal Office under the leadership of an acting marshal since August 2010, Mattos, they said, will…

  • Speakers series offers support for those affected by Sept. 11

    NEW BRUNSWICK — Voices of September 11th, which provides support and information to family members affected by the terrorist attacks, is continuing with its 10th anniversary speaker series this summer. Most recently, the series featured Nicci Spinazzola, a marriage and family therapist, professional counselor and expert in trauma stress. Two additional speakers are scheduled for…

  • Alleged conmen charged in elaborate shipping scam

    Two local men are among three suspects indicted on first-degree conspiracy and money-laundering charges for allegedly defrauding five freight brokers out of $2.6 million through an elaborate shipping scam. Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced the indictment against Kulwinder Dhaliwal Singh, 43, of Monroe, Fazal Din, 49, of…

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    Audience members Eileen Jennings of Edison and Kathy Malinconico join singer Glenn Stuart and the rest of the B Street Band on stage during a June 29 performance at East Brunswick Community Arts Center, Cranbury Road, as part of the township’s summer concert series. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • House OKs funds to help prevent veterans’ suicide

    E.B. family says strides are being made to fill gap in services for veterans BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Millions of dollars to help prevent suicide among U.S. soldiers and reservists is one step closer to being put in place. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) successfully offered an amendment in Congress to…

  • Ex-sheriff’s investigator latest to be charged in bribery scheme

    Spicuzzo and a sheriff’s officer were arrested in March A former Middlesex County sheriff’s investigator was arrested July 7 on charges that he assisted former Sheriff Joseph C. Spicuzzo in collecting a bribe from a person seeking a job in the sheriff’s office. Darrin P. DiBiasi, 43, of Monmouth Junction, surrendered to detectives of the…

  • Lightning downs power lines at East Brunswick aquatic center

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Visitors to the township’s Crystal Springs Aquatic Center had to be sheltered last week after a lightning strike brought electrical wires down on the property. The lightning strike at 2:33 p.m. July 6 caused two electrical wires to fall onto the property, with one landing on the aquatic center’s fence. This caused…

  • Helmetta OKs snuff mill deal despite objections

    Spotswood officials against plan to create 200 rental units with no age restrictions BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer The Helmetta Borough Council approved a settlement Monday to redevelop the former Helme snuff mill site with non-age-restricted housing, despite strong objections from Spotswood officials. The settlement ends more than a year of litigation between the developer,…