Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Super calls for unity in improving district
Hamilton not content with a good school system BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Monroe Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Hamilton sees himself as an educator who truly believes that his work is his mission. “I believe that part of why I enjoy my work so much is because it is what I was born to do,”…
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Schools chief goes over numbers behind Monroe school system
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The Monroe school district’s strengths are staff commitment, community and board support, resources such as the Township Council, committed bargaining units, and growth. Its weaknesses include voter apathy, complacency, and program fragmentation. That’s according to Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Hamilton, who gave a by-the-numbers breakdown of the district in a…
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Clearbrook’s Green Fair promotes energy efficiency
BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer MONROE — Residents in one of the township’s adult communities are looking to go green, and they’re inviting everyone else to go along with them. The Clearbrook Community Association (CCA) will sponsor a Green Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 20, the first of what it expects will…
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South River seeks grant for firehouse
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — The Borough Council is seeking grant funding to help subsidize the construction of a new George Street firehouse. Officials toured the firehouse earlier this month and said it is in much need of repair due to sinking floors and dilapidated conditions. Councilman Peter Guindi, who is a…
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Monroe residents share message of acceptance
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Author Frances Greenblatt and illustrator Martin Rich, both of Monroe’s Concordia community, present a message of equality in their book “The Purple Cow.” MONROE — We may look different on the outside, but inside we’re all the same. That simple concept about diversity and acceptance is the…
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Change in trash pickup expected in September
Town solicits new bids for solid waste contract BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Despite rejecting all three bids for a new garbage contract, the township may still be able to implement a once-a-week pickup schedule as planned. At last week’s Township Council meeting, the governing body rejected bids from three companies, including…
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OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND ONTO THE PLAYGROUND – Advertorial
By Gloria Averbuch Advertorial OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND ONTO THE PLAYGROUND By Gloria Averbuch Sky Blue FC Collette McCallum Photo credit to: Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com Just as learning is not confined to a classroom, neither are sports and fitness confined to organized teams and programs. You can do a lot to promote children’s fitness,…
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Accident victim in good condition
MONROE — A 47-year-old Jamesburg woman remained hospitalized earlier this week after suffering injuries in a May 28 car accident on Perrineville Road. Colleen Hirsch suffered serious injuries in the crash, but a spokeswoman at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, said she was upgraded to good condition as of Monday. The accident took…
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Council adopts tab with stable tax rate
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — After a lengthy discussion, the Borough Council voted unanimously May 26 to adopt a $31.3 million spending plan for the 2009. The budget keeps the tax rate at last year’s level, which Mayor Raymond T. Eppinger and Borough Council members noted is “admirable” and “unforeseen” in these…
