Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 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…

  • Farmers setting up shop Saturdays in Jamesburg

    Second-year market moved to church lot on Gatzmer Ave. BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer It’s a bigger market and officials hope a better one as well. The Jamesburg Farmers Market opened Saturday, a week earlier than last year’s inaugural run, with more vendors and a new location. The vendors that last year set up shop…

  • 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…

  • Trimmed tax increase now stands at 20 cents

    Expenses down, but not nearly as much as revenue BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Once faced with a municipal tax increase of more than 40 cents due to a severe revenue shortfall, East Brunswick officials are now looking at about half that increase. During its June 8 meeting, the Township Council approved a budget resolution…

  • Animals test positive for rabies in Monroe

    MONROE — Three rabid animals have been found in the township in recent weeks according to the Middlesex County Public Health Department. The latest was on June 10, when a rabid skunk was found in the vicinity of Avenue G and 13th Street. The skunk had gone into a resident’s backyard and a pet dog…

  • Photo

    STEVEN M. BARON A 2001 Chevrolet minivan sits lodged in the side wall of Denny’s restaurant on Route 18 around 11:45 a.m. June 10. Police said Estelle Glatter, 49, of Edison, was pulling into a parking stall when she accidentally pressed the gas pedal instead of the brake and struck the building. The vehicle shattered…

  • E.B. officers pedal 240 miles for those lost in line of duty

    East Brunswick Lt. Robert Strempek (l-r) and patrolmen Andrew Pense and Jason Haykel took part in the Police Unity Tour. Capt. Edward Mitchell drove their support vehicle. EAST BRUNSWICK — Four township police officers recently took part in the Police Unity Tour, bicycling approximately 240 miles over four days. The annual event builds awareness for…