Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Two write-ins score wins in Jamesburg primary

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer JAMESBURG — In an unusual outcome during the June primary election, a write-in candidate edged out the Democratic Party’s candidate for mayor. Marlene Lowande, a former councilwoman, received 87 write-in votes, defeating Otto Kostbar, who garnered 57. Kostbar, the current Borough Council president, was the Middlesex County Democratic Organization’s nominee…

  • Event to benefit scholarship fund for teens lost in auto crash

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer The families of East Brunswick teens Jon Mustafa and Lesley Carness, killed in a car accident in 2007, award scholarships yearly in their memory. EAST BRUNSWICK — The families of Lesley Carness and Jon Mustafa are continuing their efforts to keep the memory of the late teens alive through a…

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    Former New Jersey Devil Grant Marshall (r) talks to a group of children during the Street Devils Street Hockey Skills Competition held at Edward A. Grekoski Park in South River on June 15. The competition also included a special appearance by the NJ Devils Mascot and alumni player Jim Dowd. More photos, page 39. ERIC…

  • Milltown native proves she’s no ‘ordinary’ author

    Book signing for latest novel, ‘Ordinary Beauty,’ set for July 1 in East Brunswick BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Laura Wiess MILLTOWN — Growing up in Milltown, Laura Wiess loved books. But she never dreamed of actually writing one. “An author seemed like something in nirvana, high up in the mountains,” Wiess said . But…

  • Milltown looks to save on future electric costs

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — In a move designed to save money in the long run, the borough will begin purchasing blocks of electric power from a Pennsylvania-based regional transmission organization. “This moves how we purchase our power now from a fixed purchase to a more managed purchase,” said Denise Biancamano, the borough’s…

  • E.B. thanks eight retirees for ‘hard work, loyalty’

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township Council has formally honored eight employees who recently retired. Resolutions were approved May 23 for Leslie McGowan, director of planning and engineering; Paul Sarnak, field operations organizer; Leigh Gerhart, recreation supervisor; Marilyn Korba, benefits coordinator; Barbara Bearer, technical assistant in the construction office; Joanne Zavecz, office…

  • Milltown celebrates fire department’s centennial

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A pipe and drum corps marches along Main Street. MILLTOWN — Hundreds of people lined Main Street on June 4 to celebrate the borough fire department’s first century of service. The Milltown Fire Department was not alone in the march: some 40 fire depart- ments and emergency medical service groups…

  • Boy Scout initiates E.B.’s first fishing line recycling program

    Samuel Berzok stands with a recycling receptacle at the Hardenburg Lane bridge. EAST BRUNSWICK — A local Eagle Scout candidate has recently installed monofilament fishing line recycling receptacles throughout the township. Sam Berzok, a Life Scout with Troop 223, noted the importance of the receptacles, considering that monofilament fishing line is particularly hazardous to the…

  • Photo contest to capture five decades of open space preservation

    A picture may be worth a thousand words, but how many pictures would it take to capture the beauty of preserving 650,000 acres of open space and parks in New Jersey over the past 50 years? That’s the challenge the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is putting into the shutter-happy hands of residents and…