Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Christie cuts decried at legislators’ meeting
Town and school officials, students and teachers speak out against state budget cuts BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Some people shouted and some people cried as they explained to state Sen. Barbara Buono and Assemblymen Patrick Diegnan and Peter Barnes III how the proposed budget cuts laid out by Gov. Chris Christie will affect them.…
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Monroe Township Shade Tree Commission,
Karen Lafata, a volunteer with the Monroe Township Shade Tree Commission, chats with Township Councilman Michael Leibowitz and township Tree Assessor Richard Bentz during the first-ever Farm Fest at the Monroe Township Public Library on April 17. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Electrical short causes fire in Monroe
MONROE — Police officers rescued a dog from a burning home on Laila Court last week. The fire was reported at 9:20 a.m. April 12 at the residence, just off Spotswood- Gravell Hill Road. Officers Joseph Vella and Allen Exel arrived and observed fire on the left side of the house. The two made entry…
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Setting the stage
Above: Jenna Bousellam rehearses a scene as Alice for the Appleby Elementary School Drama Club’s production of “Alice in Wonderland” last week at Spotswood High School. The club presented the show last weekend. Below: Andrew Faulkenberry of the Appleby Elementary School Drama Club prepares for a dress rehearsal as the white rabbit from “Alice in…
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Spotswood officials move ahead with vision plan
Recommendations include interconnections for parking lots behind businesses BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer An improved Main Street is among the goals of Spotswood officials as they look to guide future development in the borough. Mayor Tom Barlow and the Borough Council are moving forward with work on their Community Vision Plan, which seeks to provide…
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Monroe Community Center work to get back on track
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MONROE — Work on the township’s Community Center should resume soon, after stalling earlier this year when the primary contractor walked off the job. Eighty-five percent of the work on the expansion project was completed by the time the contractor, Holmdel-based Monmouth Construction LLC, stopped work on Jan. 19,…
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Twilight Tour will bring figures of the past to life
Re-enactors to discuss lives of those buried at Chestnut Hill from 4-7 p.m. April 24-25 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Residents will have the opportunity to trek through one of the township’s historic cemeteries this weekend, but don’t expect to encounter any ghoulish hauntings. The first-ever Twilight Tour, an East Brunswick Museum-hosted…
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South River boro tab carries $42 tax hike
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Long-term planning has allowed the borough to be in a pretty good spot with its 2010 budget, despite a 20.4 percent cut in state aid, according to officials. And the near future may hold the same fate. “The year 2011 will not be much different than this…
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Motor vehicle stop in E.B. results in weapons charge
EAST BRUNSWICK — Police arrested an 18-year-old Middlesexman on a weapons charge after a routine motor vehicle stop on Milltown Road April 9. East Brunswick police Sgt. Jeff Marino stopped the vehicle driven by Philip M. Donato Jr. at 10:52 p.m. near the intersection of Claire Road. The vehicle was pulled over for an improper…
