Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Fundraisers

    July 30 • Bowling Event, sponsored by the Old Bridge High School Marching Band, 8-10 p.m., at Strathmore Lanes, Route 34, Aberdeen. Cost is $15 for three games and shoes. Aug. 1 • All-You-Can-Eat Pig Roast, sponsored Sons of the American Legion Post No. 25, 1-8 p.m., rain or shine, at Milltown American Legion Hall,…

  • Palma returns to stage with friends, family

    ‘American Idol’ contestant Antonella Barba to duet BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Though Patsy Palma only graduated Sayreville War Memorial High School in 2004, his heart — and his musical passion — lies with the classic artists of decades past. Patsy Palma sings during a performance earlier this year at the Main Street Theatre. Palma will…

  • Slip ‘n slide

    ERIC SUCAR staff Anthony Palmeri, 8, of Milltown, enjoys a ride on a waterslide at a water carnival set up by the Monmouth Council of the Boy Scouts of American at the Quail Hill Scout Reservation in Manalapan.

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Olga Broit participates in a traditional dance during the St. Euphrosynia Belarusian Church’s 10th annual Belarusian Festival on Whitehead Avenue in South River July 18. The event featured Russian food, music, dancing and other activities.

  • County fair promises entertainment galore

    Events run Aug. 3-9 at fairgrounds in East Brunswick BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The rides, food, music and all the usual attractions, along with thousands of people, will return to the Middlesex County Fairgrounds in East Brunswick when the annual fair kicks off next week. FILE PHOTO Fairgoers ride The Zipper during last year’s…

  • Spotswood selects new superintendent

    Walter Uszenski has served numerous educational roles BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer The Spotswood Board of Education has tapped a South Jersey school official to fill the role of retiring Superintendent of Schools Jack Krewer. Walter Uszenski Walter Uszenski, currently the superintendent and school principal for Mannington Township, Salem County, will officially take over in…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff South River’s Tiffany Bootier, 18, performs with the East Brunswick-based Century Cloggers at the 35th annual Monmouth County Fair in Freehold Township July 24.

  • Two Monroe teens join the ‘Movie Mob’

    RecessBoys review movies on TV in survival competition BY MARY ANNE ROSS Corresspondent Jeremy Grossman and Matt Bara are going to have big-time bragging rights when they head back to school this fall. Jeremy Grossman (l) and Matt Bara listen to a movie trailer with their earphones so they can review it for an episode…

  • Spotswood’s Night Out a tribute to Gonzalez

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — This year’s National Night Out will be dedicated to the late U.S. Army Spc. Michael L. Gonzalez. Gonzalez, who grew up in Spotswood, was serving as a military policeman when he was killed in Iraq in August 2008 at the age of 20. Police Sgt. Chris Bierman said…