Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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State expected to keep funding EMT training
May extend recertification time from three to five years BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer First aid squads and some local governing bodies have been urging Gov. Jon Corzine to leave a $4 million training fund intact so that volunteer emergency medical technicians do not have to pay for their own training. The Sayreville Borough Council…
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Congress comes through with $500,000 for meters
Automated remote electric, water meters coming to S.R. BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer South River will receive $500,000 from the federal government to install automated remote meters for electricity users throughout town. Congress approved the funding on Friday as part of the federal Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, despite attempts to strike specific programs included…
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Army groups get together to reminisce
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The third annual dinner of the Northern Chapter of the Association of the United States Army was an event where members of the U.S. Army and Indian Army could enjoy each other’s company as well as remember the ones who made the ultimate sacrifice. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE KOCH FAMILY…
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Annual show keeps a balanced ‘budgie’
Area residents enjoy raising, breeding exhibition parakeets BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Parakeet enthusiasts came to the borough from as far away as New England and Virginia to attend the 19th annual Tri-State Budgerigar Society (TSBS) show July 18. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Pauline Domenge of Virginia and Diane Ziegman of Pennsylvania talk parakeets…
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Judge denies E.B.’s call to dismiss lawsuit
Stahl: Ruling marks start of lengthy legal battle BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Round one may have gone to Toll Brothers, but according to Mayor David Stahl, the legal battle is just getting started. A state Superior Court judge recently refused a motion by East Brunswick to dismiss Toll Brothers’ lawsuit. In…
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Police arrest two men in area bank robberies
Two men from Middlesex County were arrested July 14 in connection with five bank robberies earlier this year in Middlesex and Somerset counties. David Stankovits, 38, of Milltown, and Dean Vourderis, 49, of New Brunswick, were charged with robbery and conspiring to commit the robberies. Stankovits is accused of robbing three banks and serving as…
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Young adult players ready for ‘Showbiz’
BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent EAST BRUNSWICK — While local residents have enjoyed performances on the lawn outside the township’s new Cultural Arts Center since last year, they will have their first opportunity to see a show at the indoor theater next week. The East Brunswick Young Adult Charity Players will perform “Camp Showbiz,” an…
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Fourth rabid animal turns up in Monroe
MONROE — Of the five animals that have tested positive for rabies this year, four have been in the township. Middlesex County Public Health DepartmentDirector Health Officer David A. Papi announced last week that a raccoon tested positive for rabies in the vicinity of Gravel Hill- Spotswood Road and Monroe Boulevard. The animal turned up…
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Scout builds long-needed shed at Butterfly Park
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer The shed will house donated lawnmowers and other equipment. EAST BRUNSWICK — Volunteers continue to make the township’s Butterfly Park a better place to enjoy nature. Recently members of the East Brunswick Youth Council painted the park’s benches with colorful scenes befitting the park, and now a local Scout has…
