Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Rec sets snowman, snow-sculpture event
The Monroe Township Recreation Department is holding its annual Snowman and Snow-Sculpture Contest. The competition, open to township residents, will run through March 31. There will be two categories: original snowman and most original snow sculpture. Entries may be solo, team or family projects. Awards will be presented at the April meeting of the township…
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Milltown council gets busy on 2011 with new members
Harto appointed to serve as borough’s first historian BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN— The Borough Council is now split evenly between the two political parties, but its members said they look forward to working together in the difficult year ahead. “Last year was challenging and this year will be equally as challenging,” said Lawrence…
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Foursquare and seven friends ago
Teens warned of the dangers of Internet, cell phone technology BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Just because an email or text message is deleted does not mean it is gone forever. During “Teens, Tech and Sex: Keeping It Real in the Digital World,” Judith Brown discussed the dangers of a cyber world with 190 teenage…
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Blizzard cleanup costly, effective in local towns
Officials commend public works crews, emergency personnel BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer A rea towns facing drastic budget cuts and shrinking work forces had to put those issues aside and dig their communities out after a couple feet of snow was dropped on the region Dec. 26-27. “I heard that residents in some towns weren’t…
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Youth helpline seeking Middlesex Cty. volunteers
2ndFloor fielded 16,000 calls from local youths over 10 months in 2010 BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Reports of bullying have taken the headlines of newspapers and television programs in recent months. But many young students who are victim to these and other circumstances — whether sad, overwhelmed, stressed or confused — may not realize…
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Snow day
Left: Evan Pron, 12, of Monroe, catches some air while sledding down the hill at Thompson Park, Jamesburg, on Dec. 30. Right: Ryan Koerner (l), 10, and Connor Mamone, 8, of East Windsor, fly down the hill. More photos at gmnews.com. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff
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Nonprofit day care facility trying to make ends meet
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HELMETTA— Funding cuts have presented difficult times for the nonprofit South County Day Care Center. The facility, which currently has about 50 children enrolled, has provided educational programs for kids ages 2 to 5 from low- and moderate-income families for the past 36 years. Its tuition fees are based on…
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The hill at Thompson Park, Jamesburg, made for some winter fun for many last week in the wake of one of the region’s largest snowstorms in recent memory. More photos at gmnews.com. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Republican-led council takes over in E.B.
Ferraro, in 2nd year of service, elected council president BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer The advent of 2011 has brought new faces — and for the first time in this century, a new majority— to the East Brunswick Township Council. Republicans Camille Ferraro, Michael Hughes and Jim Wendell took the oath of office to begin…
