Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Green fest

    Above left, Kevin McDermott, head custodian at Monroe’s Oak Tree School, explains the energy efficiency of the atrium skylights during the Oct. 9 Green Energy Fair. Above right, Hugh Connolly, the principal architect for Monroe’s Oak Tree School, gets ready to give a presentation. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • 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.…

  • New club pairs teens with special-needs kids

    Kickoff event to be held at E.B. Teen Lounge Nov. 7 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Rabbi Aryeh Goodman noticed that something was missing from the opportunities available to special needs children in town. While the school system has aided in scholastic advancement and the township’s Buddy Ball program has provided an…

  • Student Art Work

    Student artwork adorns a classroom wall at the Oak Tree School in Monroe for the Oct. 9 Green Energy Fair. More than 2,000 people attended the event, which included many exhibits and attractions with an environmental theme. Tours allowed visitors to see the “green” elements built into the design of the school, including solar panels…

  • A chance to dance

    Cancer couldn’t keep Milltown teen off Rutgers Dance Team BY FREDDA SACHAROW Rutgers Today Emily Amador (third from left in front row) with fellow members of the Rutgers Dance TeamOf all the athletes of the Rutgers Dance Team who bounded onto the field for Rutgers’ opening football game with Norfolk State on Sept. 2, it’s…

  • Main St. plan aimed at alleviating backups

    New lanes, upgrades in store for downtown Spotswood BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Officials from Spotswood and Middlesex County have been working for the past year on a plan to improve traffic flow in the center of town, and the work could soon get under way. On Oct. 4, the Borough Council passed a resolution…

  • So. River officials look at Main St. site for firehouse

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Borough officials are looking at the former Elks property on Main Street as the possible site of a firehouse to replace the George Street firehouse. The Borough Council voted unanimously for a resolution authorizing Business AdministratorAndrew Salerno and Borough Attorney Gary Schwartz to formally negotiate with the…