Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Helmetta set to adopt 2011 spending plan

    BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer HELMETTA — Borough officials have introduced a 2011 municipal budget that carries a 1.9-cent increase in the tax rate. If adopted, the budget will have the owner of the average-assessed home paying about $46 more on the municipal portion of the property tax bill. The spending plan totals $1,997,619, up…

  • Spotswood community volleys for MS research

    Event, which has raised $85K to date, returns on April 28 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — String up the nets and practice those serves and spikes. Spotswood High School’s annual charity volleyball tournament is just a week away. Teams of students and community members will gather in the school gymnasium April 28 for…

  • J’burg race includes two incumbents, one newcomer

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer JAMESBURG — There will be no contest in this year’s Board of Education election, since only three residents filed to seek the three available three-year terms. The candidates will be on the ballot April 27 along with the $6.7 million tax levy to support the board’s $11.5 million budget for…

  • fundraisers 

    April 22  Lenten Fish-Fry Dinner, sponsored by American Legion Post No. 25, 5-8 p.m., at the post home, 4 JFK Blvd., Milltown. Donation is $9 for adults, $5 for children under age 12; includes fish, fries or macaroni and cheese, salad, coleslaw, dessert; add 50 cents takeouts. Sandwiches available. Free parking across the street…

  • Vas to serve 6½ years on corruption charges

    Former state Assemblyman and Perth Amboy Mayor Joseph Vas and his longtime aide Melvin Ramos were sentenced April 15 to serve 78 and 37 months in prison, respectively. The two were convicted of corruptly misusing Vas’ position as mayor to steal affordable housing funds, following a threeweek trial before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton…

  • Board of Education candidates 2011 Field of six seek seats on Milltown board

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Six people are vying for three seats available on the Board of Education next week. The candidates on the April 27 ballot include incumbents Vincent Marano and Patricia Payne, former board member Frank Amato and newcomers John Cunningham, JoAnne Demetrio and Felipe Zambrana Jr. Each is seeking a…

  • Developer lays out plans for The Point

    Builder in talks to bring minor league ballpark to riverfront BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Renderings provided by O’Neill Properties’ Sayreville Seaport Associates show a variety of residential and commercial districts and the potential businesses that they may include. The overall plan for The Point at Sayreville includes 2,000 residential units and nearly 3 million…

  • New Jersey 9/11 memorial fundraiser set for May 9

    The New Jersey 9/11 Memorial Foundation will hold its “Empty Sky” Memorial Benefit Dinner on May 9 at the Short Hills Hilton. The event will be hosted by NJ 101.5-FM’s Dennis Malloy and feature the musical entertainment of Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and J. Robert Spencer — The Midtown Men — four stars…

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    Portraying Abraham Lincoln, Robert Costello of Piscataway discusses issues surrounding the start of the Civil War during an April 10 event at the Jamesburg Presbyterian Church. The Jamesburg Historical Society held the event to mark the 150th anniversary of the beginning of hostilities with the siege of Fort Sumter. SCOTT FRIEDMAN