Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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‘You Can’t Take It With You’
Nancy Drumright, Alexandra Palmer and Douglas Brautigam, all of East Brunswick, rehearse a scene from Playhouse 22’s “You Can’t Take It With You,” which runs through Feb. 28. Friday and Saturday shows are at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Tickets are $18…
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Pair charged with scamming customers at car dealership
Two Colts Neck men who operated used car centers in East Brunswick were arrested last week on charges of stealing $229,000 from a real estate investor and about $500,000 from 32 individuals and companies who gave them vehicles to sell on consignment. Brett Golkin, 47, and Peter Schladebeck, 46, allegedly sold 32 vehicles, valued at…
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EBPD officers promoted, sworn in after five retire
Joseph Alves EAST BRUNSWICK — Four police officers were promoted to fill vacant supervisory positions and four new officers were sworn in, during a ceremony Feb. 1 at the Community Arts Center on Cranbury Road. The moves follow the retirements of Capt. Robert Janzekovich, Lt. Joseph Ur, Sgt. Joseph Nueman, and Patrolmen Kevin Garrett and…
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Three teens allegedly sprayed graffiti at swim club, EBJC
EAST BRUNSWICK — Police have arrested three local teenagers for allegedly spray-painting graffiti on several buildings at the Y Country Swim Club on Dutch Road and on an exterior building wall at the East Brunswick Jewish Center (EBJC), Ryders Lane. None of the graffiti was deemed anti-Semitic, police said. Detective Sean Goggins investigated the criminal…
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Two charged in attack of woman, 90, outside Monroe supermarket
MONROE — Two residents of South Brunswick have been arrested in connection with the mugging of a 90-year-old woman in Monroe on Jan. 22. According to a press release from the Monroe Township Police Department, Lillian R. Allen, 39, and Annie Lawrence, 62, both of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, were arrested Jan.…
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Three charged in robbery of woman on driveway in Monroe
MONROE — Police have arrested three men in connection with the Jan. 11 armed robbery of a 19-year-old township woman. Agifa Constable, 29, of Perth Amboy, Joseph Bodall, 19, of Jamesburg, and Charles Sharp, 22, of Monroe, were charged in the robbery. Agifa was charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon…
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Monroe faces challenges with construction projects
Senior center project to be re-bid; Community Center work has stalled BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MONROE — Construction to expand the township’s Community Center and construction on the new Senior Center have both run into difficulties involving contractors. At the Feb. 1 Township Council meeting, the governing body unanimously approved a resolution rejecting all bids…
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Celebrating India
Above: Dhvani Udanl serves up classic Indian food during the Festivals of India event, held recently at the East Brunswick Public Library to celebrate the seasons, harvest and history of the nation with dances, music, arts and food. Right: Caroline Chase, 8, shows off the peacock tattoo she got on her hand. PHOTOS BY MATT…
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Milltown Mel tells crowd: Lots more cold is in store
Crowd turns out to witness early morning prediction BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Stay bundled up. Milltown Mel predicts six more weeks of winter. “Melvin is a cranky groundhog this morning,” borough resident Jerry Guthlein said early Tuesday morning as he turned his 2-year-old chubby, gray-brown friend toward him in front of a crowd of…
