Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Yuhas recalled for dedication to preserving local history

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Alberta Yuhas greeted visitors to her Kossman Street home during a May 2004 garden tour. FILE PHOTO EAST BRUNSWICK — Alberta Yuhas was no ordinary resident. The founding member of both the East Brunswick Museum and the Historic Village of Old Bridge Community Group bore an inscrutable regal presence that…

  • DWI checkpoints established around county over holidays

    Police have been setting up sobriety checkpoints around the county as part of an effort to keep motorists safe from drunken drivers during the holiday season, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced. As of last week, the latest round of checks, which began on Nov. 12, has resulted in 159 summonses issued for a…

  • Lewis to say goodbye as Helmetta police chief

    Plans to relocate, fly plane in retirement BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Helmetta Police Chief Cully Lewis will be retiring after 25 years on the force. HELMETTA — Cully Lewis has served most of the past decade as police chief, but his role has been far different than most of his peers in Middlesex County.…

  • Monroe’s Brown family helps brighten the holidays

    Nightly lights and music show raises money for charity BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH BY CHRISTINA Staff Writer It all began with a single inflatable snowman perched on the front lawn. But today, there are nearly 100,000 computer-animated lights, all set to music, in what has become a popular show for visitors to see during the holiday…

  • South River voters give thumbs up to $7M bond referendum

    64% approved renovations to borough high school; state grant to pick up 51% of tab BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Voters came out Dec. 14 and overwhelmingly passed a $7 million bond referendum that will bring 21stcentury improvements to South River High School. “We are extremely happy and grateful to the residents for saying yes…

  • Family seeks to sell off set of 31 vintage guitars

    Late resident had collected hand-crafted guitars made by New Jersey’s Sam Koontz BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer It’s a story that might make William Shakespeare proud. “We’ve got passion, we’ve got love, we have beauty, we have death and we have suicide … it’s everything that Shakespeare would have written about,” said Christopher Wylde, who…

  • Spotswood H.S. math teacher gets child endangerment charge

    SPOTSWOOD — A math teacher at Spotswood High School was arrested Friday on allegations he sent inappropriate text messages to a student. Thomas Ivan, 58, a resident of the Somerset section of Franklin Township, is accused of sending sexually explicit text messages to a 17-year-old female student, according to a statement from Middlesex County Prosecutor…

  • Omission of Bean bill described as baffling

    East Brunswick family, Holt vow to continue fight for improved veterans’ services BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A bill named for a local veteran and intended to strengthen treatment resources for returning soldiers will not be funded this year. Its sudden removal from the federal DefenseAuthorizationAct of 2011 has angered a local…

  • Fire leaves Monroe home uninhabitable

    MONROE — Residents of a Perrineville Road home were able to safely evacuate during an early-morning fire Dec. 17. The residents called 911 at 1:43 a.m. to report heavy smoke conditions coming from the ceiling. They were already outside the house when police arrived. Officers getting to the scene first observed smoke coming from the…