Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Firefighters contain blaze in E.B.
EAST BRUNSWICK — A fire that broke out at a residential home on Naricon Place is believed to have been caused by “careless smoking,” according to police. Police and fire officials were dispatched to the home at 12:45 p.m. Dec. 15 by a residential fire alarm. While police were en route to the fire alarm,…
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Bears’ challenge: Finding right mix for its talent
BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Consider that Bo Henning is the dean of Greater Middlesex Conference boys basketball coaches, having mentored East Brunswick High School for 21 years. So when he maintains that this year’s Bears are the deepest and most competitive group he’s coached in his long tenure, you have to believe this could be…
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Sports Shorts
The Old Bridge Lightning, a 9U travel baseball team with players from Old Bridge, East Brunswick and Spotswood, went 11-0 this season and won the 2009 fall USABL Central East Division title. The team was 9-0 in the regular season, beating the Jackson Cobras 9-8 in the semifinal game, and South Wall Wizards 2-1 in…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Kayla Evans, 14, of East Brunswick, sets up gifts at the Middlesex County 4-H Teen Center on Cranbury Road for Project Gift on Dec. 12. The 4-H Teen Council sponsors the annual day of free shopping, which allows local families of limited resources to pick out gifts for their children. In this, its…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Danielle Kall of Jamesburg takes a picture of her son, Justin, 3, under the Christmas tree during the borough’s annual holiday lighting event, held at Veterans Park Dec. 9. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Officials seek to resolve case of bullets in school
Police chief: No evidence of threat to students’ safety BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Police Chief John Bouthillette said his department is working hand in hand with school officials to investigate the events of Dec. 11, when a pair of bullets was found at the South River Middle School. The elementary and middle schools were…
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Developer makes case for nonsenior housing
Board may vote on snuff mill plan at January meeting BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Before a standing-room-only crowd at Helmetta Borough Hall, Kaplan and Cos. made its case last week to convert the former snuff mill into 200 residential units that do not include age restrictions. The borough Planning Board heard testimony Dec. 9 from…
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What’s in a name?
Roadways and bridges are named for the famous BY KAREN L. KESTEN Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff You’re stuck in traffic again and you turn on the traffic report. You hear the names of bridges and roads over and over, but who are these people, and why do they have their own bridge? Spanning the…
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Recount confirms Leibowitz as winner
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MONROE — With the votes now recounted, there will officially be a Republican on the Township Council starting next month. Michael Leibowitz will be the first from his party to serve on the governing body in nearly a quarter-century. A Dec. 9 recount of the close vote between Leibowitz and…
