Category: Sentinel-EBS News

TOP PICK Center Players, Freehold’s award-winning resident theater company, brings a little bit of old Brooklyn to downtown Freehold with its production of “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” written by Neil Simon and directed by Leslie Hochman of Matawan. This comedy-drama is an autobiographical play set in 1937, when Neil Simon was a teen living in Brighton…

– Panel to discuss LGTB issues in community To confront the stigma around LGBT identities within the South Asian community, SAMHAJ (South Asian Mental Health Awareness in Jersey) of North Brunswic

SCOTT FRIEDMAN Bright sunshine and pleasant spring temperatures brought Suhail Sharaf of Jamesburg to Bicentennial Park in East Brunswick on April 12.

By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Rooms at the Cornelius Low House/Middlesex County Museum have been decorated to resemble traditional diner settings with food, tables and jukeboxes. JEREMY GROSSMAN/STAFF New Jersey diners represent more than hamburgers and French fries; they are emblematic of an entire history and mythology of the state, according to historian Michael C.…

By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer A public health advocate has agreed to add his views to the debate over whether fluoride should be removed from East Brunswick’s water supply. Paul Connett, director of the Fluoride Action Network — an international coalition that maintains fluoride has negative health effects — was invited to speak at a…

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Volunteers prepare floating wetlands islands for installation. Native wetlands plants are secured into a “mattress” made of recycled plastics, which is then placed into a lake or pond. The plants’ roots grow through the recycled bed and help to improve water quality by removing sediment and excess nutrients. PHOTO…

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — A decrease in the net assessed valuation of properties, combined with rising health and pension costs, will contribute to an increase in municipal taxes for the borough in 2015. The borough’s nearly $10 million budget for 2015 was unanimously approved at an April 8 meeting of the…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Laurita Winery, which produces up to 16,000 cases of wine annually, offers wine tastings and tours of its New Egypt facility. SCOTT FRIEDMAN New Jersey vintners have managed to quiet the skeptics who did not believe that the Garden State could produce quality wines. With award-winning wines on national and…

By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer A group of East Brunswick residents is calling for the township to provide structured employment opportunities for people with disabilities once they graduate from high school. “Many of our kids who have various disabilities, whether it’s learning or physical, get job training in our public schools, which is wonderful,” resident…