Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • E.B. looks to boost business along Route 18

    Town pursues new means of economic development BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — It’s the location of major retailers such as Macy’s, Kohl’s, T.J. Maxx, A.C. Moore, Loehmann’s, Best Buy, Staples and Lowe’s, and new arrivals such as the Toys “R” Us/Babies “R” Us pairing and New York Sports Club. But it’s also…

  • Gone fishin’

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Darryl Ball of Monroe and his son Kevin prepare to cast their fishing rods during Monroe Township’s annual Fishing Derby at Molder’s Fishing Farm off Englishtown Road Aug. 11. Brothers James (r) and Nicholas Petrie (center) of Monroe and Timothy Bailey (l) try for a catch.

  • Helping the homeless one scarf at a time

    S. Amboy girl, 11, has many knitting for those in need BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Tara Lenahan, 11, of South Amboy, works on a scarf for someone in need as part of her “Fuzzies for the Homeless” initiative. SOUTH AMBOY — On winter nights when snow is forecast, schoolchildren far and wide dream of getting…

  • Old Bridge readies grand opening of Y

    1,000 members already signed up to use recreation center BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Finishing touches are being added to the new Old Bridge YMCA as officials prepare for the grand opening of the long-awaited recreation center. While the Route 516 facility will be open for business beginning Sept. 1, the official…

  • Cruisin’

    Above: Steve Zboray of Jackson rides into South River in his 1957 Mercury for Cruise Night on Aug. 20. Right: Frank Buffalino checks out a 1929 Ford Model A owned by Bob Timco. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Cousins Roman and Igor Marach, ages 11 and 12 respectively, check out the interior of a 1949 Ford Club Coupe during Cruise Night in South River on Aug. 20. Car owner Joe Knoblock of South River can be seen in the rearview mirror.

  • Mourners celebrate life of monsignor

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent More than 1,000 people, including more than 100 members of the clergy, crowded into the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Metuchen for the funeral of Monsignor Michael J. Alliegro on Friday, Aug. 21. He died Aug. 17 at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, at the age of 62…

  • School board, parents resolve busing issue

    Children will be bused to homes of both parents BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer The East Brunswick Board of Education will accommodate the wishes of divorced parents whose children are bused to both parents’ houses on alternating schedules. Though the district informed parents who share equal custody of their children that it would no longer…

  • Reduced trash pickup to begin next month

    E.B. council OKs contract for once-a-week collection BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer After months of debate and bid rejections, the East Brunswick Township Council has approved a new contract for garbage pickup, and with it a new, reduced schedule for collection. At its meeting on Monday, the council approved a resolution awarding the contract to…