Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Helmetta opens regional animal shelter at mill site
Borough offers animal control services to several towns in Middlesex, Monmouth BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Above: Faith Nandor, 11, of Helmetta, makes friends with a kitten during the grand-opening celebration of the Helmetta Regional Shelter on June 26. Below: Visitors check out the cats at the shelter in a renovated building on the old…
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Milltown budget keeps taxes stable in 2011
MILLTOWN — The Borough Council has voted in favor of a 2011 municipal budget that will keep municipal taxes stable. Mayor Gloria Bradford said at the June 27 council meeting that the zero tax increase was made possible in part through the hard work of the council’s finance committee, led by Councilman Robert Owens, and…
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Dylan Shrine goes on tour
Next stop for exhibit is East Brunswick Public Library in July BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Mel Prussack of Old Bridge set up an exhibit of his personal Bob Dylan memorabilia in recognition of the rock icon’s 70th birthday. The display now will travel to libraries in East Brunswick and Manalapan. JEFF GRANIT staff Since…
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EBPD fills positions of superior officers
EAST BRUNSWICK — With the recent retirements of superior officers, the township’s Department of Public Safety has promoted three police officers to higher ranks. During a recent ceremony at Town Hall, Russell MacArthur was sworn in as a captain, Mark Csizmar as a lieutenant, and Christopher Soke as a sergeant. MacArthur is a 20-year veteran…
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Chili cook-off spices up church’s fifth annual carnival
BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Above: Volunteers and local residents sample chili at the inaugural Immaculate Conception Chili Cook-Off held at the parish carnival in Spotswood on June 17. Right: Veteran chili cook John Walsh Jr. of Monroe Township samples his chili made with several “secret” ingredients. PHOTOS BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI SPOTSWOOD — Pat Esposito…
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Organizers betting Monroe concert series is sure to please
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer MONROE — Music lovers are invited to sit back and enjoy everything from swing music to Jimmy Buffett tunes at this summer’s Music in the Park. Thursday evenings, from July 7 to Aug. 18, Thompson Park will be the scene of the annual free music series, with patrons enjoying the…
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South River celebrates start of library project
Project has been scaled back to 5,000-square-foot addition BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Tears of joy streamed down Irene Cacowski-Goldberg’s face as borough officials broke ground on the new library expansion project. The borough’s library director from 1972-88, and now the library director for Monroe, Cacowski-Goldberg feels a unique closeness to the…
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Hats off to Monroe Township High School class of 2011
Clockwise from top left: Jessie Powell receives a kiss from retiring teacher Delores McClaing during Monroe Township High School’s commencement exercises June 23 at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton. Valedictorian Alexandra Deitche delivers her address. The class of 2011 listens to a speaker. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff
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Monroe’s Lloyd first officer to graduate from FBI academy
MONROE — Township Police Capt. Michael E. Lloyd has graduated from the 245th session of the FBI National Academy. Lloyd, the first officer from the township police department to attend the academy, underwent an intensive background and medical screening process prior to being accepted into the academy, located in Quantico, Va. Acceptance is by invitation…
