Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Educators, students air frustrations on aid cuts

    Democratic legislators host public meeting to get firsthand accounts on impact of cuts BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Sen. Barbara Buono Hundreds of teachers, administrators, students and parents filled the Edison High School auditorium recently, eager to discuss the impact of last year’s reductions in public education funding. More than two and a half hours…

  • Crothers, Natalicchio retire from EBPD

    EAST BRUNSWICK — The township’s police force will lose two of its veteran supervisors on Jan. 31. Capt. Tom Crothers will retire after 27 years on the police force, and Sgt. Paul Natalicchio will retire after 25 years. Crothers started with the police department in 1984. He served in both the Patrol Section and the…

  • White winter

    Left: Residents of Front Street, Jamesburg, dig out of the latest layer of snow Jan. 27. Right: A resident of Gatzmer Avenue, Jamesburg, gets a push after becoming stuck on the snowy street Jan. 27. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Greater Media Newspapers pleased to be part of green partnership

    North Jersey Media Group to add 20,400-panel solar unit to Rockaway printing plant North Jersey Media Group (NJMG), the owner of the printing facility used by Greater Media Newspapers’ 10 weekly publications, has announced a heightened commitment to green energy with the installation this year of a 20,400-panel solar facility at its printing and packaging…

  • E.B. residents encouraged to apply for grants, loans

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The deadline for the Community Development Block Grant program is rapidly approaching, and township officials are asking residents for their help. East Brunswick Community Housing Corp. Executive Director Linda Rubenstein presented the annual CDBG program at the Jan. 24 Township Council meeting, encouraging residents to suggest projects…

  • Sites selected for Scouts’ Cookie Booths

    Milltown Junior Girl Scout Troop No. 80037 will hold several Cookie Booths in the coming weeks. The schedule is as follows:  Feb. 12, 8 a.m.-noon — Dunkin’Donuts, 23 N. Main St. (Henry Plaza), Milltown;  Feb. 12, noon-4 p.m. — Drive-Thru Cookie Sale, United Methodist Church parking lot, 47 N. Main St., Milltown; …

  • Photo

    Barbara Reinhardt talks about the history behind her business, Barbara’s Unique Antique Boutique, and its location on Railroad Avenue in Jamesburg. For story, see page 18. For more photos, see page 18 and gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Construction worker dies after fall from mall roof in East Brunswick

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A construction worker who fell from the roof of a building at the Summerhill Square shopping center on Route 18 on Jan. 11 died hours later, according to police. Michael Testa, 40, of Brick, fell about 30 feet to the ground from the roof of a building under construction around 1:08 p.m.…

  • E.B. switches law firm on Golden Triangle issue

    Mayor questions council members’ objectivity BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer With East Brunswick on the brink of reaching a conclusive settlement with Toll Brothers, the Township Council has officially switched legal representation. The council on Monday approved a slew of contracts for legal and professional services on the condition that the law firm of DiFrancesco,…