Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Pollo Tropical opens in E.B.

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Pollo Tropical, known for its citrus-marinated grilled chicken and Caribbean flavors, is bringing a taste of the tropics to the township. Its newest location at 641 Route 18 south held a grand opening Oct. 8 and celebrated with three days of games, giveaways, music, and a Robo-Surfing Contest to benefit the Raritan…

  • Council holds off on zone changes amid questions

    Some question why vote is being held with no site plan or schematics shown BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer The East Brunswick Township Council tabled its vote Monday on proposed changes to the Golden Triangle redevelopment plan, but much discussion ensued on the matter between residents and officials. The council last month voted 2-1 to…

  • Residents robbed inside E.B. home

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Four suspects forced their way into a township home Monday night and robbed its residents of cash, according to police. The home invasion occurred at 11:30 p.m. on Jensen Street, East Brunswick police said. Four men forcibly entered the home, retrained its residents and took an undisclosed amount of cash. Police responded…

  • Emergency Apparatus Display

    Five-year-old Nadia Atizol of Sayreville makes a friend in remote-controlled truck Freddie during the Emergency Apparatus Display held Oct. 8 along Main Street in South River. The event included games, food and a large display of fire trucks and other emergency vehicles from around New Jersey. More photos on page 22 and at www.gmnews.com. ERIC…

  • Green Team hopes public will respond to survey

    The Milltown Green Team is working to reduce the borough’s carbon footprint. And residents, business owners and borough employees are being encouraged to help by filling out a survey and questionnaire that the team devised with the help of Marc Karell, president of Climate Change and Environmental Sciences, and Steve Hruby of the state Department…

  • Firm to study fire district consolidation in Monroe

    Officials seeking to equalize tax rates in town’s 3 districts BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer All stakeholders in Monroe’s fire services will be included in a study that will examine the possible consolidation of Monroe’s three fire districts. The Township Council awarded a $38,850 contract Oct. 4 to Public Safety Solutions Inc., Chester, Md.,…

  • Senior artists win recognition

    A rtwork from professional and nonprofessional Middlesex County artists over the age of 60 who participated in the New Jersey Senior Citizens Art Show is currently on display at Meadows Lakes in East Windsor. The show is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays until Oct. 28. “We are…

  • ‘Mary Todd Lincoln’ to appear at library

    The Jersey Blue Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) will present historic re-enactor Judi Cox as Mary Todd Lincoln at the chapter’s next meeting set for Oct. 16 at the New Brunswick Public Library, 60 LivingstonAve. The chapter meeting will begin at 11 a.m. The performance will follow at noon.…

  • Vintage Baseball Game

    Joe Gallo of the Flemington Neshanock Baseball Club enjoys a modern-day refreshment while checking the scoreboard during a vintage baseball game Oct. 2 at the Dey Farm Historic Site on Federal Road in Monroe. SCOTT FRIEDMAN