Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Ice & snow must be cleared from vehicles before driving

    Highway safety and law enforcement officials have reminded New Jersey motorists that an amended law went into effect in October requiring that all ice and snow be removed from a vehicle before it may travel on New Jersey’s roads. Failure to do so can result in a citation and fine. Division of Highway Traffic Safety…

  • Showing you care

    Above: Laura Fricke, 17, is all smiles after donating 6 inches of hair to Locks of Love. The Spotswood High School and friends Jenna Tempera and Carolyn Thompson organized the Nov. 7 “Show You Care, Donate Your Hair,” as a community service project. Twenty-seven donors offered up a total of 47 ponytails. Right: Bags of…

  • Photograph

    U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Poulsen, an Our Lady of Lourdes School alumnus and parent, visited the school for Veterans Day Nov. 11 with Capt. Shari Claros and spoke to the students about their roles in the Army. Pictured with him and daughter Shannon are teachers (l-r) Sr. Leonarda Pyryt, Sr. Theresa Sawica, Jean Duffy and…

  • E.B. council opposes upcoming bear hunt

    Debate centers on means of thinning black bear population in seven N.J. counties BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer There may not be many black bears roaming these parts, but local officials have taken a formal stand against a state-sanctioned bear hunt scheduled for December. The Township Council passed a resolution Nov. 8 encouraging the state…

  • Four hospitalized after two-car crash

    MONROE — A Howell woman remained hospitalized this week after being involved in a two-car collision on Rhode Hall Road. The accident occurred at 2:13 p.m. Nov. 10 when a 1991 Ford CHC dump truck and a 2008 Land Rover Range Rover collided in the westbound lane. The dump truck had been traveling westbound and…

  • Rafano: Board will continue work toward reducing taxes, county work force

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Despite a record number of victories for Republicans nationally and in many local races, the Democrats maintained their hold on Middlesex County, sweeping the races for freeholder, sheriff and county clerk on Nov. 2. Voters re-elected incumbents Christopher Rafano, Stephen J. “Pete” Dalina and Blanquita Valenti to three-year terms on…

  • Helping hands

    Top: Students at the Hatikvah International Academy Charter School in East Brunswick pass along a bag of rice to be shipped to Elijah’s Promise in New Brunswick Oct. 28. Above: Students brought in rice, fruit and clothing to be donated to the needy as part of the school’s Harvest Festival. They also listened to a…

  • South River voters tap one Democrat, one Republican

    Hutchison re-elected; Vaughn to return to council after 13 years away BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer James F. Hutchison SOUTH RIVER — It was a near dead heat, but once again, Republican Councilman Michael E. Trenga came up just short. Trenga, 46, who was seeking his second term on the council, lost by 12 votes…

  • All the right moves

    Former dance retiree teaches local boys the art of break dance, hip-hop dance BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Students look on during a recent Boyz Only! Hip-Hop dance class. SCOTT FRIEDMAN NEW BRUNSWICK — It’s all about selfexpression. That is the focus of Daniel Levi-Sanchez’s new Boyz Only! Hip-Hop dance class, offered at the extension…