Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 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

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Spotswood awards bid for road repair work

    $304,000 project being funded with a state grant BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Several dilapidated roadways in the borough will receive a needed face-lift now that an extensive improvement project is under way. The Borough Council on Aug. 9 awarded a contract to Meco Inc., an asphalt-paving contractor based in Clarksburg, for repair…

  • Golfer from Monroe rescued after getting stuck in mud

    Police officers from Manalapan performed a special rescue operation on Aug. 18 in order to pull a Monroe Township woman out of the mud at the Knob Hill Golf Course, Route 33. Patrolman Kevin Ruditsky, Patrolman Seth Kreizman, Patrolman Pete Chalfin and Police Chief Stuart Brown responded to the golf course at about 10:41 a.m.…

  • Monroe Township Recreation Department’s annual Fishing Derby,

    A man gets ready to cast his fishing pole during the Monroe Township Recreation Department’s annual Fishing Derby, held Aug. 10 at Molders Fish Farm off Englishtown Road in Old Bridge. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Tax preparer pleads guilty to scheme to defraud IRS

    SOUTH RIVER — A borough-based tax preparer pleaded guilty Aug. 17 to knowingly preparing fraudulent tax returns in order to defraud the IRS of owed taxes. Regina Santos, the owner and operator of One Stop Agency LLC, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise to charges that she prepared tax returns for clients…

  • Charter school fires back at school district

    Hatikvah says it has enough students; claims school board is making bogus claims BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer While the East Brunswick Board of Education has filed suit to stop the Hatikvah International Academy from opening this summer, the charter school claims the board is using sabotage tactics and making bogus claims. The township school…

  • Gone fishin’

    From top: A mother and son are reflected in the lake as they wait patiently for a catch during the Monroe Township Recreation Department’s annual Fishing Derby, held Aug. 10 at Molders Fish Farm off Englishtown Road in Old Bridge. A father and son untangle their pole line during the event. Frank Ferguson, 11, of…