Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Troupe marks 10th year of summer theater shows
Young thespians have raised more than $50,000 for charity over past decade SCOTT FRIEDMAN BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Kat Siciliano, as Abbey, sings “Take a Bow” during the East Brunswick Young Adult Charity Players’ performance of “The Starts of Sunset Studios” at the township’s Cultural Arts Center, Cranbury Road, on Aug. 6. The troupe…
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Local school districts see more retirements
Savings has allowed boards to hire less-experienced, lower-salaried teachers BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer School districts across the state have undoubtedly sustained a harsh financial blow from the loss of state aid, and area school officials are beginning to realize the educational impacts of the budgets adopted last spring. The collective loss of $820 million…
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Family field day to wrap up ’60s toy exhibit
On behalf of the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation’s staff, board and volunteers, I would like to sincerely thank Greater Media Newspapers and writers Patricia Yoczis and Adele Young for supporting us by publishing the article “Playthings of the Past at N.J. Vietnam Era Museum.” We have seen a significant increase in visitation…
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Parks summer Concert Series
Carl “CC” Crabtree and his band, Zydeco-a-Go-Go, perform July 21 at the gazebo in Thompson Park, Jamesburg, as part of the Middlesex County Music in the Parks Summer Concert Series. The live shows in Thompson Park run on Wednesdays from 2 to 3:30 p.m. through the end of August. MIKE JAGENDORF
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Bean inspires Senate bill for vets’ services
Lautenberg joins Holt in fight to better protect mental health of returning soldiers BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer New Jersey political leaders have intensified efforts to revamp treatment resources within the Veterans Administration. Members of both the House and Senate have now proposed legislation in hopes of reducing the rate of suicide among returning veterans.…
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Power outage raises concerns in South River
BY KATHY CHANG BY KATHY Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Borough officials are seeking answers from PSE&G as to why the power in the borough went out last week for roughly five hours. Mayor Raymond T. Eppinger explained that the two power lines that each carry 25 megawatts of power into the borough went down…
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E.B police can enforce traffic laws at improved intersection
New traffic light system gives rescue squad easier exit BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Township officials recently took the final step to ensure the smooth regulation of a new traffic light at the intersection of Cranbury and Summerhill roads and Hope Street. The Township Council voted 4-0 in favor of changes to…
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Lifeguard is a hero – to another lifeguard
Alifeguard at Mill Road Day Camp saved the life of a fellow lifeguard on July 22. Rebecca Golden, 18, of Monroe, was on her post watching one of the pools at the camp on Davidson Mill Road in South Brunswick around 1:45 p.m. when she saw a person facedown in the water, according to a…
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A rite of passage for an extraordinary young man
Fourteen-year-old autistic youth celebrates his bar mitzvah BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Jesse Martinez celebrates his bar mitzvah with his mother, Sari Yates, and Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe on July 28. MONROE — The road to his bar mitzvah is not an easy one for a Jewish boy.…
