Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Mother’s mission: Help at-risk veterans

    East Brunswick’s Linda Bean tells congressional panel more services are needed BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Last week, Linda Bean was sworn in at a hearing in Washington, D.C., and gracefully advised a congressional panel on how the Veterans Administration can improve treatment resources for veterans. Sgt. Coleman Bean Though this was Bean’s first time…

  • New 2% tax cap gets mixed reviews

    Local officials weigh in on governor’s latest reform BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Some view it as a political triumph, some as a means of tax relief. Still others see it as trouble ahead for local governments. Regardless, the state’s new 2 percent cap on property tax increases is a reality, having been signed last…

  • 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

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    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…

  • 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…

  • E.B.’s total outdoor water ban lifted

    EAST BRUNSWICK — The township’s ban on the use of outdoor water was lifted July 7 after the Middlesex Water Co. repaired its pumping station. The repairs allowed for water to flow at increased levels to East Brunswick’s water tanks on July 6, one day after the ban was implemented. Mayor David Stahl said the…

  • Milltown forced to act after loss of transformer

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — With temperatures reaching into the triple digits last week, local officials had to act quickly after one of the borough’s four electric transformers burned out. “Four of these transformers operate our electric utility, and with one burned out, we lost 25 percent of our coverage,” said Borough Council…