Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Monroe man indicted in stabbing death of neighbor

    MONROE — A grand jury has handed up a 10-count indictment against a township man charged with stabbing his 48-year-old neighbor to death. Warren Burkey, 32, of Monroe, was indicted on Nov. 5 in connection with the May 7 murder of 48-year-old Theresa Wysokowski in the Perrineville Road home where she lived with her husband…

  • Dems defeat incumbents for Milltown council

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Richard Ryan MILLTOWN — The Borough Council will be evenly split among political parties come January. Democrats Richard Ryan, 49, and George Murray, 38, defeated two Republican incumbents in a close race for the threeyear terms Nov. Murray, who is a newcomer to politics, received the highest amount of votes…

  • Dems defeat incumbents for Milltown council

    BY KATHY CHANG MILLTOWN — The Borough Council will be evenly split among political parties come January. Democrats Richard Ryan, 49, and George Murray, 38, won a close race for the two seats that were up for grabs in the Nov. 2 election. Murray, who is a newcomer to politics, received the highest amount of…

  • South River voters elect split ticket

    By Kathy Chang SOUTH RIVER — It was a near dead heat, but once again, Republican Councilman Michael E. Trenga fell just short. Trenga, 46, who was seeking his second term on the council, lost by 12 votes to Democrat Matthew Vaughn, 73, who previously served three terms on the council in the 1980s and…

  • Republicans gain majority on E.B. council

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Republican Party swept in Tuesday’s Township Council election, giving the party control of the governing body. Voters elected Republicans to all three available seats on the five-member council. Incumbent Camille Ferraro, along with newcomers Michael Hughes and Jim Wendell, triumphed over a Democratic slate of incumbents…

  • Celebration

    Rebecca Acevedo (center) and members of the East Brunswick High School girls soccer team celebrate after winning the Greater Middlesex Conference championship with a 1-0 victory over South Brunswick on Saturday. More photos, page 48. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Impact of tax appeals will be felt in 2011

    E.B. to bond, use surplus to help fund $1.6M in appeals BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Surplus funds that could have been used to defray a tax hike next year are instead helping to pay for more than $1.6 million in successful tax appeals. East Brunswick officials sought to bond for most of the tax…

  • Wins Ford Fiesta

    Shannon McNally, music teacher at East Brunswick’s Bowne-Munro Elementary School, is all smiles as she takes the keys to a new 2011 Ford Fiesta, presented to her at the PSE&G WorryFree Fabulous Fiesta Ceremony during the Oct. 2 Fall Home Show in Trenton. McNally’s name was drawn from among 29,000 customers who either purchased a…

  • School plans rankle parents in Monroe

    Proposal calls for asbestos removal, improvements at Applegarth school BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Aplan to convert Monroe’s Applegarth Middle School into an elementary school for fourth- and fifth-graders next year is taking heat from some local parents. The plan, which Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Hamilton introduced to the Board of Education at its Oct.…