Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Greek’s Playland owners say its future is at stake

    Seeking approval for banquet facility on site BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Spiro “The Greek” Drake made a promise years ago to the woman who raised him that he would help those in need, particularly the disabled. And he has done so for decades through Greek’s Playland, a nonprofit amusement park that offers free services…

  • Snow cleanup

    Above: Residents of Vine Street, Jamesburg, were busy behind their snowblowers Monday morning after a post-Christmas blizzard finally let up. Left: A pedestrian bundles up on a snowy, windy Monday morning on Railroad Avenue in Jamesburg. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • South River surges ahead on electric rate changes

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer South River officials are continuing to study potential changes to the electric utility cost structure, in hopes that it will benefit ratepayers. Mark Beauchamp, president of Utility Financial Solutions, based in Holland, Mich., gave his second presentation of the year to the Borough Council on Dec. 15, discussing rate designs…

  • Jamesburg’s Lester is ‘Citizen of the Year’

    Funeral home owner a longtime volunteer at local and state level BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Evelyn Lester of Jamesburg was named “Citizen of the Year” by the Jamesburg Civic Association last month, recognizing her for a half-century of volunteering. JEFF GRANIT staff JAMESBURG — From implementing reading programs to coordinating high teas, volunteer work…

  • Stride for Scouting

    Louis Pron, 15, of Monroe, makes his way through the course during the recent Stride for Scouting 5K at East Brunswick High School. The Central New Jersey Council Boy Scouts of America holds the event annually to promote scouting as a start to a life of physical fitness. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Police: Monroe bank robbed

    MONROE — A gun-toting suspect held up a township bank last week and made off with an unknown amount of cash. The robbery took place just before 11 a.m. Dec. 23 at the Wachovia Bank located in the Concordia Shopping Center, Perrineville Road. According to police, male subject wearing a mask entered the bank and…

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    Heavy gusts blow snow across Railroad Avenue in Jamesburg Monday morning as local residents started digging out from more than 2 feet of snow that began falling Sunday. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • E. Bruns. expects savings from restructuring plan

    Departmental changes mean positions will be eliminated, merged BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer East Brunswick government will see major operational changes in the new year. The Township Council gave the green light to a departmental restructuring plan at its Dec. 20 meeting. The ordinance, adopted unanimously, combines the Parks Department and the Recreation Division, as…

  • Regional animal shelter being built in Helmetta

    Borough handles animal control for four towns, seeks to expand services BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Construction is under way at Helmetta’s future animal shelter, where it is expected to lodge and adopt out animals for several area towns. The Helmetta Regional Animal Shelter, expected to open by April 1, will be located in a…