Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • stork club

    Lauren and Bertrand Pagan of Old Bridge announce the birth of their son, Oliver Bertrand Pagan, June 14, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces. Grandparents are Valerie and David Piano and Tomasita Pagan, all of Old Bridge. Great-grandmother is Frances Raccuia of Monroe. Godparents are Deborah…

  • 27th annual Carnevale Italiano,

    Caleb Levine, 11, and Myles Ulman, 13, both of East Brunswick, take a whirl on the Octopus at the 27th annual Carnevale Italiano, held in North Brunswick July 14 to 18. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Milltown budget now has 11 furlough days

    Borough offices to close on select dates BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Borough employees will likely have to take 11 furlough days by year’s end. Last week, the Milltown Borough Council voted unanimously to incorporate that number of unpaid days off, in which borough offices will be closed, into the 2010 municipal budget. “We’re not…

  • Police: Drunken driver fled cop, caused accident

    MONROE — A Colts Neck man has been charged with drunken driving and aggravated assault after he allegedly eluded police and caused a three-car accident on Sunday. The suspect, Eliezer Nonis, 36, was hospitalized with serious injuries following the accident, police said. Nonis was driving south on Spotswood Englishtown Road in a 2001 Honda Accord…

  • Work begins on field for special-needs athletes

    Facility being constructed adjacent to the soccer fields at Heavenly Farms BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The construction of a level playing field for special-needs children is getting under way now that the township has approved a contract with a builder. The township awarded a $1.87 million bid to Green Construction earlier…

  • EBPD fills sergeant, lieutenant vacancies

    Newly promoted East Brunswick Police Sgt. Kevin Zebro (l-r), Sgt. Martin O’Neill, Lt. Jane Matarangolo, Sgt. Michael Plaskon and Sgt. Michael Knoll were sworn in to their new positions during a July 2 ceremony at police headquarters. EAST BRUNSWICK — Five township police officers were promoted and sworn in to their new positions during a…

  • ‘Bouncy Octopus’

    Left: Sofia Todoric, 3, of Monroe, takes a look at her sister’s finished product during the Arts and Crafts: Bouncy Octopus activity July 16 at the Monroe Township Public Library. Right: One of the finished products. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Helmetta DPW to use services of North Bruns.

    Shared-services agreement provides vehicle maintenance BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The governing bodies in Helmetta and North Brunswick have agreed on plans to institute a two-year shared-services agreement for vehicle maintenance services. Helmetta, which previously outsourced its labor to a private facility, will use the garage, services and rates for parts of the North Brunswick…

  • Holt advocates Wall Street reform bill in South River

    Rep. Rush Holt speaks with Bonnie and Ed Trygar of Trygar’s Hardware in South River about how merchants like themselves would benefit from the new financial reform bill. SOUTH RIVER — Rep. Rush Holt (D- 12th District) joined small business owners and consumer advocates in the borough July 12 to discuss how the Wall Street…