Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Man reports being beaten in car outside restaurant
EAST BRUNSWICK — Police are investigating a report that an attempted armed robbery took place July 1. A 23-year-old male from South River called police at 12:50 a.m., telling the responding officers that an unknown suspect attempted to rob him and a friend in the parking lot of the Wendy’s restaurant on Route 18 north.…
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Police seek suspects in assault
SOUTH RIVER — Police are looking for two black males accused of attacking a borough man as he was walking along Jackson Street near Clayton Court at 10:52 a.m. July 11. The alleged victim told police that by the time he realized he was being followed, the two men hit him in the face and…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks perform big-band music from the 1920s and ’30s at Thompson Park in Monroe July 9. The concert was the first of six being staged on Thursdays at 6 p.m. courtesy of the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission. On July 16, the Marlene VanPlanck Trio will perform a selection…
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Parents urged to apply for health insurance for children
The Association for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) is encouraging parents in Middlesex County to fill out applications for health insurance that were mailed in early June by the State of New Jersey. The applications — marked Express Lane Application for Health Insurance — were sent to families who have children who are uninsured. The…
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O.B. mayor presents tab with no tax hike
Attrition, wage freezes continue; layoffs possible Attrition, wage freezes continue; layoffs possible BY BRIAN DONAHUE OLD BRIDGE — Mayor James T. Phillips unveiled a “transition year” budget Monday that keeps the municipal tax rate stable. In drafting the new municipal budget, Phillips said his administration sought to ensure that taxpayers, who may already be struggling,…
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Fundraisers
July 16 • Dining-To-Donate, sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of Spotswood Enterprise Hook and Ladder Company, during lunch and dinner hours, at Applebee’s of Milltown, Ryders Crossing Shopping Center, Milltown Road and Ryders Lane. Diners should present a Dining-To-Donate flier at the restaurant. Applebee’s will donate 10 percent of supporters’ bills to the auxiliary. Flier…
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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…
