Category: Sentinel-EBS News

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Kin Siu of East Brunswick gets a kiss from his mom during the homecoming ceremony for the 131 soldiers of Charlie Company, 113th Infantry 2nd Battalion Light Regiment of the U.S. Army National Guard at the Woodbridge Armory on June 14. The soldiers served a oneyear deployment to Iraq under the direction of…

  • Spotswood board mulls potential referendum

    Projects such as roofing, HVAC could total $7M BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer School officials are discussing the makeup of a future bond referendum to fund improvements at several Spotswood schools. Board of Education President Richard O’Brien stressed that is early in the process and the board has only discussed the referendum “in a very…

  • Fundraisers

    June 25-July 5 • Food Drive, to benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, in the main lobby of the Chelsea at East Brunswick, 680 Cranbury Road. Items sought include: canned fish/meat; powdered milk and infant formulas; boxed meals (pasta, potatoes, rice); canned meals (macaroni and cheese, chili, stews, meaty soups); peanut butter (plastic jars…

  • Freedom rider

    ERIC SUCAR staff Marielle Villanobos, 14, enjoys a trip on the Chair Jet during the Immaculate Conception Church carnival in Spotswood June 16.

  • Board approves tattoo, art studio on Route 18

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Planning Board voted recently to allow a former chiropractic office on Route 18 to be used as a tattoo parlor. The applicant, Edward Mildner of Edison, was granted approval for a minor suite plan modification, amending a previously approved list of uses for the building at…

  • Veterinarian receives award

    Dr. Steven Hornstein (center) is presented with Monroe’s Accessibility, Inclusion and Sensitivity (AIS) award for his efforts to exceed the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements at the Monroe Animal Hospital on Prospect Plains Road. Mayor Richard Pucci and ADA Committee Chairwoman Judy Kalman presented the veterinarian with the award on June 3.

  • Fundraisers

    June 18-20 • Immaculate Conception Church Carnival, 5-11 p.m. June 18 and 19, 4-11 p.m. June 20, on the church grounds, 23 Manalapan Road, Spotswood. Rides and games of chance; beer garden; food pavilion with specials (June 18, barbecued ribs; June 19, fish fry); zeppole, ice cream, funnel cakes, fried Oreos; live nightly entertainment featuring…

  • Teacher’s film tells story of So. Amboy explosion

    Documentary offers accounts of 1950 blast that killed 31 BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent About 15 years ago, Frank Yusko, a history teacher at Spotswood High School, made two films about a city that blew up twice, as he put it. Those films, “The Morgan Explosion of 1918” and “South Amboy’s Night to Remember: Powder Pier’s…

  • Incumbents win primary for three Freeholder seats

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer The three Democratic incumbents for the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders election in November have been given the nod to run in the November general election. Incumbents James Polos and Ronald Rios ran uncontested for two three-year seats in the June 2 primary, receiving 15,909 votes and 15,664 votes…