Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Vietnam vets long gone, definitely not forgotten
Signs detail sacrifices of two local men BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MONROE — Jan Joseph Grabowski and Richard V. Ives are forever young. Both were killed at the age of 20 in Vietnam more than 40 years ago. But their sacrifice has not been forgotten, thanks to the efforts of several residents and…
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Sale to benefit family of Jamesburg fire victim
Friends organize fundraiser yard sale for Sept. 4 BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MONROE — The news that resident George Lowenberg had lost his wife and the mother of his baby son in a horrific early July fire in their Jamesburg home hit township resident Lori Vreeland hard. Many years ago, her grandmother had…
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Rescue squad member pens kids’ book on EMT work
Tells readers about ambulance work through the eyes of a child who just wants to dance BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Barry Bachenheimer EAST BRUNSWICK — Township rescue squad member Barry Bachenheimer found a hidden treasure while browsing through his old college papers some years ago: a children’s story he had written for an English…
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Dog days of August
From top: Julian Prager, president of the Bulldog Club of New Jersey, checks out the hind legs of Sophie while owner Evelyn Heath of Philadelphia looks on during the puppy match part of an Aug. 15 bulldog show at the Middlesex County 4-H building in East Brunswick. The club says such events provide an educational…
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Commission delivers music, culture to Monroe community
Orchestral performance, arts and acrobatics planned this fall BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MONROE — The township’s Cultural Arts Commission was born more than a decade ago as a way to bring residents of all ages together. The League of Women Voters was looking for a way to unite the “fragmented” municipality of gated…
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Flower power
Mary Ellen Mertz and Fran Murphy, both of Monroe, check out the melampodium flowers 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
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GOP, Stahl debate merits of tax abatement plan
Republicans point to new state report showing pitfalls of PILOT programs BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Republican candidates for Township Council have taken a stand against the PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) program that would result from the settlement of the Golden Triangle lawsuit. The GOP issued a recent statement…
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Retail vacancy rate up again in central NJ
But fewer empty spaces being seen on Routes 1, 9 and 18 The vacancy rate along central New Jersey’s four largest shopping corridors escalated for the fourth straight year to reach 9.8 percent by late spring. A spike in store closures along Route 35 countered the effects of improved showings on Routes 1, 9 and…
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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…
