Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • East Brunswick Soccer Club

    Rebecca Yager of East Brunswick gains control of the ball in the 10-year-old group during the East Brunswick Soccer Club’s 30th annual Labor Day Tournament at Dideriksen Park on Sunday. The club is celebrating 35 years of soccer this year. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • E.B. firefighter honored for 58 years of service

    For Peck, 93, building dedicated in his name is a ‘dream come true’ BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Firefighters and their families came from all over New Jersey recently as the East Brunswick Independent Fire Company on Joseph Street celebrated its new administration building and a new fire truck. William C. Peck While a DJ…

  • Successful tax appeals add to financial woes

    Tax attorneys pounced on residents in senior communities, administrator says BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Monroe Township officials are planning to bond for $5 million to deal with a record number of successful tax appeals this year. Monroe needs the approval of the state Local Finance Board to bond for the amount over a…

  • New firehouse stalled but still in the cards

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Despite concerns about the size and cost of a proposed new firehouse, Councilman Gary Holsten said the plan to build it will move forward. But residents shouldn’t expect to see it go up anytime soon. Holsten said there is no plan to build the firehouse this year, because…

  • Celebrities, congressman, physicians support FAAN Walk on Sept. 11

    More than 1,500 walkers expected at L.B. Boardwalk Last year’s FAAN Walk for Food Allergies attracted about 1,000 participants. Organizers expect to draw a larger crowd to the Long Branch Boardwalk on Sept. 11. LONG BRANCH — Keeping children with food allergies safe is a constant concern for their loved ones. And that’s one reason…

  • East Brunswick police are asking for help from the public

    East Brunswick police are asking for help from the public to identify the suspect in an Aug. 25 robbery at PNC Bank, Cranbury Road. Around 2:25 p.m., the male suspect entered the bank and passed a note to a teller demanding cash; however, he left without getting any money. He was described as a black…

  • Bosco calls on district to unify after tragedy

    BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Simon Bosco OLD BRIDGE — The brutal murder this summer of a 49-year-old township man shocked the community as a whole, and it will undoubtedly have an impact on Old Bridge High School as students return next week. Five local teenagers remain jailed after being charged in the death of…

  • Groups release first-ever bird survey of the lower Raritan

    EDISON — The New Jersey Audubon Society and Edison Wetlands Association this month released the first-ever bird survey for the lower Raritan River. The report, “Breeding Bird Abundance and Distribution in the Lower Raritan,” surveys the estuary of the longest river solely in New Jersey, an area that was long offlimits to the public and…

  • Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s EARTH

    Lee Busch of East Brunswick admires the butterflies during an open house event held at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s EARTH Center (Environment, Agriculture, Research, Teaching, Health) in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park in South Brunswick on Saturday. SCOTT FRIEDMAN