Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Yusko ‘will be missed’ as service club adviser

    Wraps up 20 years of guiding students through numerous community projects BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Frank Yusko is joined by Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (l) of Guns N’ Roses and Martin Dempsey (r), co-adviser of Octagon Community Service Club, during the recent volleyball game fundraiser. Over the past two decades, the Spotswood High School Octagon…

  • South River fire official disputes criticism about firehouse location

    Flier warns residents of parties, traffic, noise and lower property values BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Fire Chief Matthew Magaw challenged recent rumors and innuendoes regarding the proposed location of a firehouse on Main Street at this week’s Borough Council meeting. Magaw attended Monday’s meeting with several former fire chiefs to voice…

  • Jamesburg council says no farmers market this year

    Market was proposed for Veterans’ Park BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer I n what would have been its fourth year, the Jamesburg Farmers Market will not take place in 2011. In a 5-1 vote at the June 8 council meeting, Jamesburg council members chose not to have the farmers market take place in the proposed…

  • Teens honored in E. Bruns. for performing good deeds

    EAST BRUNSWICK — When it comes to New Jersey teens and their commitment to helping those in need, it’s anything but a recession. While it may seem that everyone is busy worrying about the economy and their own nest eggs, many caring young people have made the decision to dedicate time to others in need.…

  • Hockey clinic

    Children of varying ages participate in activities during the Street Devils Street Hockey Skills Competition at Edward A. Grekoski Park in South River on June 15. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Robert DiAngelantonio, 11, of Sayreville, listens to former New Jersey Devils hockey players speak at the event.

  • Photo

    Joseph Brooks (c) waves an American flag with classmates during the Appleby Elementary School’s intergenerational Flag Day celebration and sing-along in Spotswood June 14. Senior citizens from Spotswood and Helmetta joined the fifth-grade class for the event, and the Spotswood PTA dedicated a flag in honor of local residents serving in the military. Another photo,…

  • Fire truck show comes to Jamesburg June 26

    JAMESBURG — Fire trucks galore, from hand-drawn antiques to the latest designs, will take center stage June 26 when fire companies from around the state converge on Thompson Park. The Tri-County Chapter of the Society for the Appreciation and Preservation of Antique Motorized Fire Apparatus will present its annual fire truck muster and related festivities,…

  • fundraisers 

    June 23  Beefsteak Dinner, sponsored by the Milltown Republican Organization, 6 p.m., at Joyce Kilmer American Legion Post No. 25, JFK Drive, Milltown. Beefsteak, side dishes, beer, soda. Cost is $30. Call Randi at 732-406- 8196.  Ladies Night of Indulgence, to benefit the Daisy Association, East Brunswick, 6-8 p.m., at Freedman Chiropractic Center,…

  • GOP supportive of ‘Golden’ agreement

    Council considering proposal to settle lawsuit BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Officials on both sides of the political aisle appear to support a new court settlement to revive the Golden Triangle project in East Brunswick. Mayor David Stahl, a Democrat, has expressed his support for the agreement with developer Toll Brothers, and though they might…