Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Middlesex, Monmouth to share juvenile center
Move expected to save tax dollars in both counties Officials in Middlesex and Monmouth counties have announced an agreement to share youth detention services in hopes of saving taxpayers in each county more than $20 million over the next 10 years. The Monmouth County juvenile facility in Freehold Township will be closed, and all juveniles…
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E.B. will walk down memory lane Sunday
Program kicks off series of celebrations as township turns 150 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Stock up on candles and leave room for cake. East Brunswick is celebrating its well-over-the-hill 150th birthday. In honor of the milestone, several events are planned throughout the next few months, but the festivities will kick off with music, reminiscence…
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South County Day Care
Adrienne Craparotta, 4, of Monroe, plays darts during the South County Day Care Center’s Winter Festival, held Feb. 12 in Ericson Hall at St. George’s Church, Helmetta. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Union leader lashes out over axing of firefighters
Animosity between union and District 1 Board of Fire Commissioners heats up BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer To say the president of the local union for paid firefighters in Monroe is angry over the District 1 Board of Fire Commissioners’ Feb. 17 decision to lay off two career men would be an understatement. “We…
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Remembering
Veteran Chuck Peins looks over pictures on display at the Spotswood American Legion Post 253 on Feb. 7, when the post held a luncheon for residents of the Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park, Edison. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Stahl hopes to secure more good deals on road projects
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The recent approval of a bond ordinance marks the second year in a row Mayor David Stahl has pre-emptively set aside money to be used solely for road improvements. The $2.5 million bond, which was approved at the Feb. 8 council meeting, will be dedicated to the…
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Monroe mourns sudden loss of recreation superintendent
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MONROE — Longtime township Recreation Superintendent Thomas L. Allen could most often be found with a bunch of kids at his side. “He probably had more influence on kids than anybody in the township,” Councilman Irwin Nalitt said. Allen, 61, died suddenly on Feb. 17 at Robert Wood Johnson…
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Courses, age groups expanded at Playhouse acting academy
EAST BRUNSWICK — Due to the success of its first-ever run of acting courses this winter, Playhouse 22’s new Acting Academy will be renewed, and expanded, this spring. The classes are held at the newly constructed Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Kids from ages 8 to 18 have from over a half dozen towns…
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Man robbed behind restaurant
EAST BRUNSWICK — An employee of a local restaurant was robbed by a man who threatened him with a knife on Sunday. T he victim, an employee of the Far East Taste Chinese restaurant on Main Street, had gone outside shortly before 8 p.m. and was entering a restaurant-owned van parked behind the business when…
