Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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E.B., workers’ union still in contract talks
Employees working without new contract since 2008 BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK— It appears the township is getting closer to striking a deal with the unions representing the majority of its employees. Business Administrator James White, who handling negotiations for the governing body, has met with the unions a number of times, more…
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Author prepares book on mayors of E. Bruns.
Research spans 150 years and 30 chairmen/mayors BY VINCENT TODARO EAST BRUNSWICK — Through press releases, public meetings, interviews and the Internet, it’s pretty easy to learn something about recent mayors. But research gets much harder as one reaches just a little further back, according to East Brunswick Historical Society member Ann Alvarez, who is…
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Historical Society
East Brunswick Historical Society President Estelle Goldsmith and members Carmella Texter, Joan Daskiewicz, Kathryn Sullivan and Ann Alvarez visit Washington Monumental Cemetary on Hillside Avenue in South River where several of East Brunswick’s early mayors are buried. South River was once part of the township, and many officials lived there. The society members photographed and…
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Member of ‘Route 35 Crew’ sentenced in robbery spree
East Brunswick bank among Rahway man’s 14 holdups Aprincipal member of the so-called “Route 35 Crew” was sentenced to nearly 28 years in federal prison Jan. 11 for committing 11 armed bank robberies, home invasion robbery and two other robberies in 2006 and 2007. U.S. District Judge Joel A. Pisano, sitting in Newark, also ordered…
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Monroe deputy fire chief suspended over petition
At issue: potential elimination of district’s two paid firefighters BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MONROE — The voluntary deputy chief of Monroe Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 has been suspended for six months after he created and circulated a petition to stop the possible elimination of the company’s two paid firefighters. Fire Chief Lonnie…
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Open houses set for Jan. 31, Feb. 1 at OLOL
As part of its celebration of Catholic Schools Week 2010, Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) School, 44 Cleveland Ave., Milltown, will host open houses 9 a.m.-p.m. Jan. 31 and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 6-p.m. Feb. 1. School tours will be offered, students’ work will be on display, and registration packets for prekindergarten-eighth grades will be…
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Pinewood Derby
South River’s Greg Agnello, 13, sets up cars for the next race during Cub Scout Pack 4’s annual Pinewood Derby Saturday at the Holy Trinity Church hall on Leonardine Avenue.
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Wii for a cause
Vickie Pisciotta (above), an employee at Yogi’s All-American Sports Bar & Grill, displays her bowling abilities during a Wii video game tournament held at the sports bar, inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Monroe, Jan. 14. The event, sponsored by the New Jersey Credit Union League, raised money for Cure Kids Cancer and The Children’s…
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Helmetta denies housing conversion
Board says nonsenior housing project does not conform BY JACQUELINE DURETT The Helmetta Planning Board has rejected Kaplan and Cos.’ proposal to turn the former snuff mill into nonage restricted housing, ruling that it would violate the redevelopment agreement the town and builder signed in 2005. Kaplan, in response to a new state law allowing…
