Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Riccardelli–Kohler

    Michael Kohler, Christine Riccardelli Carmela and Tony Riccardelli of East Brunswick announce the engagement of their daughter, Christine Riccardelli, to Michael Kohler, son of Judy Kohler of Toms River. The future bride is a graduate of East Brunswick High School and Katharine Gibbs School, Piscataway. Her fiancé is a graduate of Jackson Memorial High School.…

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    Boy Scout Troop 132 members (l-r) Scott Fitzgerald, 7, his brother Ryan, 4, and Tyler Eckert, 7, race Pinewood Derby cars at the Brunswick Square Mall on March 6 during the 22nd annual East Brunswick Community Day. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Leibowitz–Fernandez

    Stacey Rose Leibowitz, Justin Charles Fernandez Ronnie and Sheldon Leibowitz of Manalapan announce the engagement of their daughter, Stacey Rose Leibowitz, to Justin Charles Fernandez, son of Caren Finkelstein of Manalapan and Caeser Fernandez of Old Bridge. The future bride is a graduate of Manalapan High School and Fairleigh Dickenson University, Madison, where she earned…

  • E.B. school tab calls for layoffs, tax hike

    Sacrifices needed to plug shortfall of $2.8M in tentative budget for 2011-12 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Though the shortfall for their 2011-12 school budget is less than projected, East Brunswick school officials are still forced to make a number of difficult cuts . On March 3, the Board of Education unanimously adopted a tentative…

  • stork club 

    Lori Gomber and Michael Del Buono of Pine Beach announce the birth of their son, Michael Presley Del Buono, May 20, 2010, in Community Medical Center, Toms River. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and joins his sister, Amanda, 11. Grandparents are Penny and Allan Kornblum of Old Bridge and Catherine Del Buono of…

  • Former sheriff is charged with taking bribes for jobs

    Spicuzzo arrested Monday on charges of misconduct, bribery Former Middlesex County Sheriff Joseph C. Spicuzzo was arrested Monday on charges that he demanded bribes of up to $25,000 from people seeking employment or promotions in the Sheriff’s Office. Spicuzzo, 65, of Helmetta, also the longtime Middlesex County Democratic Party chairman, surrendered to state police detectives…

  • ‘Beastly’ is a teen’s fairy tale, but with some flaws

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer A classic fairy tale meets teen romance in “Beastly,” a modernization of “Beauty and the Beast.” The scene is set at a posh NewYork City high school where Kyle (Alex Pettyfer) rules the school and is obsessed with image. His ego gets himinto trouble when he crosses Kendra (Mary- Kate Olsen),…

  • Red light camera system in place at Rt. 18, Tices

    Those who cross intersection against red or turn right on red will receive ticket in mail EAST BRUNSWICK — Motorists who run a red light at Route 18 and Tices Lane may not get stopped by police, but that doesn’t mean they won’t have to pay a fine. The township has installed cameras at the…

  • Police say two suspects tried to used stolen credit cards

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Police charged two New York men with credit card fraud after they reportedly tried to purchase a game system at GameStop in the Mid-State Mall, Route 18. Billy R. Merizalde, 27, of Brooklyn, and Geovanny A. Ortega, 30, of Queens, were picked up by police on Feb. 17 after being observed walking…