Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Charter school awaits decision from state

    E.B. board opposes school due to budget, other concerns BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer The state Department of Education is scheduled to render a decision next week on a charter school application that is being opposed by East Brunswick’s Board of Education. The Hatikvah International Academy Charter School would use a curriculum developed by the…

  • Two Monroe women killed in crash with garbage truck

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Two residents of Monroe were killed when the vehicle in which they were passengers collided with a garbage truck on Cranbury Road Sept. 17. Gloria Bagatelle, 82, and Miran Staloff, 85, were traveling in a vehicle driven by Raymond L. Brightman, 88, also of Monroe, according to East Brunswick police. The accident…

  • Woman seeks help giving troops a belated welcome

    Mom hopes to send soldiers on dinner cruise around NYC BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent EAST BRUNSWICK — When the men and women of the 50th Chemical Company of the New Jersey Army National Guard returned to the Garden State in June after 14 months in Iraq, there were no waving flags, no marching bands…

  • Race is on to help families facing childhood cancer

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MONROE — Area residents are invited to get out their walking or running shoes and spend time in Thompson Park for a good cause Sept. 26. The third annual Friends and Neighbors in Action (FNA) 5K Race and Fun Walk, organized by FNA and sponsored by the North American Center…

  • Civil War life re-enacted this weekend in Monroe

    Living History Weekend to be held at Dey Farm BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MONROE — The ’60s will live again this weekend at the Dey Farm. Not the decade of Vietnam and Woodstock. This is the 1860s, an even more important time in American history. Local historians and demonstrators will bring the Civil War…

  • Odd Couple

    Above: Joy Salerno (r) (Olive Madison) runs through a rehearsal Sept. 9, two nights before the opening show. Left: Deborah Pedretti of Manalapan is Florence Unger in Playhouse 22’s production of “The Odd Couple (Female Version).” The play, which runs through Oct. 10 at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, is the troupe’s first major…

  • School spirit

    CHRIS KELLY staff Spotswood High School cheerleader Emily Amado (center) performs a routine with her squad during the Chargers’ home football game against JFK-Iselin on Sept. 19.

  • Longtime director ready to start a new chapter

    Yasher has served Jamesburg library nearly two decades BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Although she has long been a library director, Cynthia Yasher has never had as much time to read as she would like. Being able to read again for pleasure is one of the things she said she is looking forward…

  • Teen quartet to perform for charity Sunday in E.B.

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Members of the Simplicity String Quartet include East Brunswick High School students (l-r) Jonathan Chen, Christopher Law, Emily Jang and Derek Chiu. EAST BRUNSWICK — Four students from township high school will raise money for a children’s foundation while proving that classicalmusic is not obsolete among today’s youth. The Simplicity…