Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Local teen sings her way to ‘La Voz Kids’ show

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Rossany Rodriguez of North Brunswick has made it through the blind auditions of “La Voz Kids.” PHOTO COURTESY OF ‘LA VOZ KIDS’ North Brunswick has a voice in an international competition. Rossany Rodriguez, a junior at North Brunswick Township High School, has made it through the blind auditions on the…

  • Bon Jovi helps launch resource center for needy

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Jon Bon Jovi discusses plans for the B.E.A.T. Center, which he described as a resource hub for people in need, during an April 14 press conference at the center’s future location in Toms River. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Jon Bon Jovi is taking his efforts to serve those in…

  • Cops & Rodders car show goes full speed ahead

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer There is only one time of year when the sight of hundreds of vehicles along Route 1 is welcomed by the community at large. That time will come this weekend, when the North Brunswick PBA Local 160 will hold the 20th annual Cops & Rodders Car Show. The parking lot…

  • Food banks expand arsenal in war on hunger

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Those involved with food banks across central New Jersey are working to alleviate hunger, a persistent problem plaguing families and individuals across the state. The number of those experiencing hunger continues to rise in New Jersey, according to a study by Feeding America, a nonprofit that seeks to educate…

  • Monroe school redistricting

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Parents of children who will attend a different school under the Monroe Board of Education’s redistricting plan will receive a letter from their new school principal after April 24. Interim Superintendent of Schools Dennis Ventrello said the redistricting plan is necessary to make use of empty classrooms in some…

  • ‘Algonquin Kid’ recounts years at famed hotel

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Harpo Marx dines with Michael Colby’s grandparents, Ben and Mary Bodne, who owned the Algonquin Hotel. PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL COLBY One might say Michael Elihu Colby is the real-life counterpart of Eloise, the fictional children’s book character who lived at New York’s Plaza Hotel. Though the Metuchen resident and…

  • South River taxes to increase with adoption of $16.5M budget

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — The $16.5 million municipal budget adopted by the Borough Councilincludesa3percentincreasein municipal taxes for 2015. Under the budget adopted at the April 13 council meeting, the owner of a home assessed at the borough average of $81,994 would pay $1,602 in municipal taxes this year — a…

  • Tiny homes seen as way to address homelessness

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer South Brunswick resident Sherry Rubel has a vision to help empower homeless citizens in a tight-knit community of tiny homes. After photographing people living in Lakewood’s since-disbanded Tent City — a community of the homeless living in tents and shacks in a wooded area — Rubel has focused her…

  • East Brunswick library seeks ‘Heroes’ in film competition

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The next Martin Scorsese might be living in East Brunswick. The East Brunswick Public Library is accepting film submissions for its second annual Record.Play Film Competition and Festival, and all East Brunswick residents are encouraged to submit entries. Film submissions will be accepted in three categories: youth…