Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Trees, drainage at issue with Foerter Farm plans
Board hears more testimony from professionals, residents BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Residents told the township Planning Board last week that the development of the Foerter Farm would harm a delicate piece of property and the quality of life in an adjacent neighborhood. During the Aug. 5 meeting, the third hearing so…
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Spotswood food pantry seeking gardeners’ help
BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — A local food pantry will now be able to offer its clients produce from home gardeners. CUP (Churches United for People) Food Pantry, which is housed at Woodmere Senior Citizen Housing, Crescent Avenue, recently joined the AmpleHarvest.org campaign, a nationwide effort to encourage local backyard gardeners to share…
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Massive search yields arrest of E.B. man, 21
Suspect charged in armed robbery at Cranbury Rd. home EAST BRUNSWICK — A township man was arrested last week on armed robbery charges following a five-hour search in the woods involving numerous police agencies. The arrest of Kevin Hill, 21, came in the early hours of Aug. 4. Police alleged that at 10:39 p.m. on…
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Motorcycle driver, 57, dies following Riva Ave. accident
EAST BRUNSWICK — A North Brunswick man died Monday after he was involved in a two-vehicle accident while operating a motorcycle. Kevin Gourley, 57, was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick following the 1:17 p.m. accident on Riva Avenue, between Ann Terrace and Louise Drive. According to East Brunswick police,…
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Spotswood hopes for aid to reduce 4-cent hike
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The Borough Council is planning to adopt the 2009 municipal budget later this month, but officials are still hoping more state aid will defray the tax increase. Hoping to follow the lead of the Board of Education, which presented a flat tax rate this year, the council is…
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Spotswood therapy practice donates vest to police force
First Rehab therapist Karinne Camens hands over a bulletproof vest to Spotswood Police Sgt. Chris Bierman during the borough’s National Night Out event Aug. 4. SPOTSWOOD — A local business has stepped up its efforts to serve the community. First Rehab, which provides outpatient physical and occupational hand and speech therapy, extended its healing services…
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Milltown resident joins Spotswood PD
SPOTSWOOD — A new probationary officer has been sworn as part of the borough’s police force. Salvatore Fama Jr. of Milltown began his work as an office earlier this month, bringing the department back to its full strength of 19 officers. Fama grew up in Milltown and graduated Spotswood High School in 2002. He received…
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Neighborhood social to benefit SMA research
South Brunswick child battles neuromuscular disease BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Raymond Fantel of South Brunswick was diagnosed at 4 months old with spinal muscular atrophy. His family hopes to raise support to find a cure through events such as an Aug. 23 Neighborhood Social in Monroe. MONROE — The family of 10-monthold Raymond Fantel…
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Big Night Out
PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: Michelle Popovski, 11, of East Brunswick, pops her head out of a humvee during South River’s National Night Out event, held on the grounds of South River High School on Aug. 4. The National Association of Town Watch (NATW) co-sponsored the event with the borough’s Police Department and the…
