Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Local cost of school just shy of $18M
E.B. superintendent: Time is now to build new Memorial BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer East Brunswick residents will be asked to approve a $17.96 million bond referendum to build a new Memorial Elementary School this September. The new facility, which will replace the building devastated in a July 2008 fire, will actually cost $23.8 million,…
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Good deeds
East Brunswick native Colie Edison, formerly of MTV’s “The Real World” and Mayor David Stahl present a Good Deed Award to Kirsten Granit of East Brunswick, as Rabbi Aryeh Goodman of Chabad of East Brunswick looks on. The awards were presented recently in East Brunswick to teenagers who have stepped forward with personal sacrifices and…
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Firestone takes over at East Bruns. library
Assistant director ‘best person’ to lead library in tough times BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Afamiliar face has taken the reins at East Brunswick’s public library, replacing the award-winning director who resigned last month in the wake of recent cuts to the library’s budget and services. MaryEllen Firestone, the library’s longtime assistant director, has been…
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Boro wraps work on water lines
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The borough continues to forge ahead with work on water lines in order to resolve problems with water discoloration. Council President Curtis Stollen said work on lines at Ellenel Boulevard and Vaughan Avenue, both west of Summerhill Road, is being wrapped up. The work included relining pipes and…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Christian Rousseau pitches for the Monroe Falcons in an American Legion Baseball League game at Sayreville War Memorial High School on July 10.
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Stained-glass windows bring special meaning
Harold Barr and Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky, director of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe, show a piece of stained glass made at Harold’s home studio in Concordia. MONROE — The hundreds of hours of volunteer work that went into beautifying the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe’s synagogue also served to commemorate the 15th anniversary of…
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Six promoted in EBPD as 4 officers retire
Manpower at 86 after being reduced through attrition BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer The East Brunswick Police Department has been undergoing some changes recently, including the retirements of four longtime officers and the promotions of six others. Capt. Thomas Crothers The officers who recently retired are Capts. Edward Mitchell and Scott Mayer and Lts. Robert…
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Advocates, bicyclists ride for childhood cancer
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Scores of local bicyclists recently turned out for the first annual Optimist Bike Ride to Benefit Childhood Cancer in South Brunswick. Local resident Scott Pinheiro is a member of the Monroe and South Brunswick chapter of the Optimist International club, as well as Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He formed the…
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Teamwork, imagination lead to Disney adventure
Friends’ futuristic theme park project wins internat’l contest BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent F our Central Jersey college students are getting a close-up look at the magic of Disney industries. PHOTOS BY GARY KRUEGER/DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC. The Rowan University team, Vincent Logozio (l-r), Elissa Hogan, David Lester and Raymond Scanlon, received the award for Best…
