Category: Sentinel-EBS News

By Wageeh William Azer, M.D. Sports hernia, also known as hockey groin or athletic pubalgia, describes a condition characterized by unilateral persistent groin pain, often in an athlete, without a true hernia. It was described initially in Europe, and has become a common diagnosis in high intensity sports, especially in youths and collegiate athletes. Sports…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Matt Milburn, left, and Michele Bakacs work in the butterfly garden at Davidsons Mill Pond Park, South Brunswick, April 22. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI School gardens are in high demand, as they cultivate more than fruits and vegetables. Bringing lessons in science, the environment and the community out of the classroom, these…

The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs is reminding consumers to “Investigate Before You Donate” and avoid fraudulent charitable solicitations when seeking to donate to victims of the earthquake in Nepal. “Don’t just assume that an attractivesounding appeal is legitimate. Look closely at any organization or individual who solicits your money,” Division of Consumer Affairs…

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Members of the East Brunswick Planning Board opened a redevelopment investigation on a stretch of Route 18 that reaches from N.J. Turnpike Interchange 9 to West Ferris Street. The April 29 meeting served as a preliminary foray into the investigation, which will highlight blocks of commercial properties along the…

The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and the New Jersey Department of Health are reissuing cautions related to portable generators. The warnings come after the deaths of a young mother and her daughter who succumbed to fumes that came from a gas generator used inside a home in East Orange without proper ventilation,…

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — The Police Department is in the process of qualifying for its first accreditation status. “In this day and age, with the things going on in law enforcement, I viewed this as an ideal time,” said Police Chief Raymond Geipel, who oversees a department of 15 members. Accreditation, a…

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The Spotswood Borough Council has a vacant seat left by the resignation of Council President Frank LoSacco. LoSacco, a lieutenant in the East Brunswick Police Department, said he chose to resign because he wants to spend more time with his family. “When you look at your kids…

By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer A 500-pound World War II projectile is lowered into a government vehicle before transport from Middlesex County College in Edison. U.S. AIR FORCE AIRMAN TARA WILLIAMSON EDISON — Military officials used ground-penetrating radar at Middlesex County College last week to scour the site where the shell of a bomb was…

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — In 1987, the Police Department lost one of its own. Howard J. Kline Jr., who was just 28 years old at the time, was hired by Milltown police and entered the Middlesex County Police Academy. During physical training at the academy, Kline suffered kidney failure. He was transported…