Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Stahl: New garbage pickup schedule is going ‘smoothly’
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The newly limited trash pickup schedule is moving along with a small number of complaints, according to Mayor David Stahl. The town’s longtime system of twiceweekly pickups was reduced to once a week in September. It will return to two pickups per week from Memorial Day through…
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Local economy on minds of E.B. council candidates
Ferraro, Korten weigh in on business, budget issues as election approaches BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer With a recent report showing a growing percentage of vacancies along the Route 18 corridor in East Brunswick, local officials have been looking for ways to attract new businesses to town. And the issue is among the top concerns…
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Milltown Borough Council race
At stake: Two three-year terms on the Borough Council What proposals would you support if elected/re-elected? Randy Farkas* (I) Farkas, 49, has two daughters, Jaimie, 15, and Samantha, 13. Farkas has lived in Milltown for 19 years. A construction supervisor, he completed coursework at Eastern New Mexico University and The College of New Jersey. He…
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‘Guys and Dolls’
Debbie Lingel plays Sarah Brown and Christopher Pica is Sky Masterson in Playhouse 22’s “Guys and Dolls,” running Oct. 30 through Nov. 22 at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.Playhouse22.org.
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On the move
Left: Runners take off from the starting line for the 32nd annual East Brunswick Road Races Oct. 18 near Crystal Springs on Dunhams Corner Road. The event, held in cooperation with the East Brunswick Recreation Department and the Raritan Valley Road Runners, raises money for the Daisy Foundation and the East Brunswick Rescue Squad. Above:…
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Council honors Monroe youths for achievement
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MONROE — A group of young athletes wearing their purple team shirts filled the front rows for the Oct. 5 Township Council meeting. The boys, otherwise known as the Monroe Dirty Birds, were there to receive plaques as the 2009 Cal Ripken 10-and- Under Mid-Atlantic Region champions. Monroe Township Baseball…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Gabriela Alvarez, 10, of East Brunswick, dressed as a hippie for the seventh annual Daisy Walk in the Park and Halloween Carnival on Sunday at Bicentennial Park, on Hardenburg Lane in East Brunswick.
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Police: Suspects in stolen car fled cops by jumping into river
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Two men were arrested last week after they jumped into the South River while allegedly fleeing from police. Tarik Jackson, 18, of New Brunswick, and Jamil Anthony, 22, of Newark, were charged at 8:44 p.m. Oct. 18 with receiving stolen property and being in possession of stolen…
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Monroe Township Council race
Voters will select members of the Township Council representing each of the three wards on Nov. 3. Incumbent Councilwoman Joanne Connolly, who served since 1992 as the Ward 3 representative, did not file for re-election. What proposals would you like to support if elected/ re-elected? WARD 1 Hoover: Monroe Township has at least 17 paid…
