Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Milltown board OKs changes to boro master plan

    Open space, bikeway plan, affordable housing at issue BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLTOWN — The Planning Board has adopted changes to the town’s master plan, which serves as a guide for future development in town. The board approved both a master plan reexamination report and an update to the land use plan element at…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Reyna Smith of Spotswood and her son Alexander, 9, are excited to win a game at the “Do It for the Kids” fundraising event at the Woodbridge Elks Lodge No. 2116 Aug. 23.

  • Sounds of summer

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Left: The Joe Monchek Quartet plays under the gazebo at Thompson Park in Jamesburg Aug. 19, part of the Middlesex County Summer Concert Series. The weekly Wednesday afternoon performances concluded last week. Above: A member of the quartet performs.

  • Garden truly a ‘community’ effort in E. Bruns.

    First-year garden brings E.B. community together BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent When Sean Lasch finds a strange insect eating one of the leaves of his cucumber plants, he reaches for his camera, not a can of bug spray. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Marty Israel tends to his crops at the East Brunswick Community Garden, located on the…

  • Ceremonious changing of the guard in South River

    Borough honors Bomba; welcomes Bouthillette as chief BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer South River has a new police chief. It was standing ovation after standing ovation as 80-plus family, friends, residents, borough and county officials, and 18 police chiefs from around Middlesex County, filled the South River Middle School cafetorium Monday night and welcomed John…

  • So. River pursues TNR to deal with feral cats

    Boro will form committee to monitor cat program BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — The borough is trying to manage a feral cat population that has reportedly grown to well over 1,000 in town. At its Aug. 24 meeting, the Borough Council voted unanimously in favor of introducing an ordinance that will allow…

  • Monroe 10-year-olds finish fourth in nation

    Dirty Birds return from World Series in Colorado BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Members of the Monroe Dirty Birds take time out from the action while representing the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Cal Ripkin 10U bracket in the Babe Ruth World Series held in Lamar, Col., earlier this month. MONROE — As the song goes, when…

  • Spotswood seeks grant for DeVoe Lake study

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Borough officials may be inching closer to accomplishing their longstanding goal of improving DeVoe Lake. The latest sign of hope is the availability of state funds from the Lake Characterization and Restoration Grant program. The grant would fund an evaluation that could lead to improvement projects. During an…

  • Father, son specialize in N.J. historical docs

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLTOWN — The wonders of modern technology enable a father-son film production company to work on documentaries even though one lives in New Jersey and the other in California. The pair has several projects — some finished, others ongoing — that deal with historical sites in New Jersey. Fred Frintrup…