Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Activities on tap at senior center
A variety of programs are offered at the Monroe Township Senior Center, 1 Municipal Plaza, in the Monroe Municipal Building, Perrineville Road. For more information and to register for events, call the center at 732-521-6111, unless otherwise indicated. Regular activities at the center include: line dancing — 10 a.m. on Mondays; “Yarn It!/NeedleWorks”…
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Local playwrights ‘choose to laugh.’ You will, too
Play looks at highs and lows of life in adult communities BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Brandon Allentoff (l-r) of Howell, and Milt Keiles and Arnold Brown, both of Monroe, rehearse a scene from “Fade Out at Clo-Achers.” The play, written by Monroe residents Myra Danon and Meryl Berness, steps beyond the security gates of…
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fundraisers
June 16 & 17 Book Sale, sponsored by the Friends of the Old Bridge Public Library, 9:30 a.m.- 8:30 p.m., at the library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Books, videos, phonograph records, maps, DVDs, CDs. Proceeds support library programming and equipment. All sales final. Call 732-721- 5600, ext. 5033; log on to…
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Lessons learned
Above: Spotswood High School students watch as borough police conduct a mock DUI crash scene in front of the school May 25 to show the reality of a drinking-and-driving situation. Student Peter Ogrodnik plays the role of a victim on the stretcher. Top right: Michael Kuebler and Amanda Vacca, students in the high school’s drama…
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Spotswood youth spreads message of Golden Rule
Eighth-grader teaches younger students skills to handle bullying situations BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer For one of her anti-bullying initiatives, Sierra Wells worked with younger students to create quilts with the theme “Kindness Counts.” SPOTSWOOD — Sierra Wells was bullied. Many of her friends and family were, too. And now she is working to end…
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Police: E.B. woman confronted robbers leaving with jewelry, cash
EAST BRUNSWICK — A township resident returned home last Friday to find a burglary in progress at her house. At 2:20 p.m. June 10, a resident of Addington Court, off River Road, arrived home to find a silver van parked in her driveway with the motor running. The victim also noticed that the front door…
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E.B. recognizes MLB draft pick
EAST BRUNSWICK — Township officials honored Major League Baseball draftee Carl Thomore with a proclamation during Monday’s Township Council meeting. Thomore, a senior outfielder at East Brunswick High School, was drafted by the Colorado Rockies with the 77th overall pick in the 2011 MLB Draft. He is the first East Brunswick High School baseball player…
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Concert to aid young woman’s RSD fight
Abenefit rock concert to help raise money for Brittany Fields of West Windsor, a young woman fighting reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), a debilitating and progressive disease of the autonomic nervous system, is set for 8 p.m. July 7 in the Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. RSD is…
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Prodigy on the links finds unique way to give back
Monroe youngster has been competing in golf tournaments since the age of 5 BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Timothy Colanta of Monroe takes a swing during a tournament at the Atlantic City Country Club in April. Timothy took the lead with an even par 71 in the first round. MONROE — Timothy Colanta has spent…
