Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Fundraisers

    May 14 • Proceeds Night, sponsored by Our Lady of Lourdes School, Milltown, 5-9 p.m., at TGI Friday’s, Route 1 south, North Brunswick. Restaurant will donate 20 percent of each supporter’s check (eat-in or takeout) to the school. Diners must present event flier for the donation to count. For fliers, call the school office at…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff First-graders at East Brunswick’s Memorial Elementary School, which is temporarily located in South River, do jumping jacks during ACES Day May 6. ACES Day, which stands for “all children exercising simultaneously,” is a worldwide event. Another photo, page 11.

  • AOSMI opens office in Monroe

    MONROE — Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute (AOSMI), Freehold, will hold an open house for its new satellite office at 312 Applegarth Road on May 15. The public is invited to tour the facility, meet the doctors and enjoy refreshments from 1 to 4 p.m. Monroe Township Councilman Henry Miller is expected to cut…

  • Builder drops case for 90 senior units

    Lawsuit was filed after Zoning Board rejected plan BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Arbor Ventures, which sued East Brunswick last year in an effort to build 90 age-restricted housing units on Ryders Lane, has withdrawn its lawsuit. The developer took its case to a state Superior Court judge after the East Brunswick Zoning Board of…

  • Silvia to head special services

    The Spotswood Board of Education has appointed Dan Silvia as director of special services, replacing current Richard Flamini, who will retire June 30. Dan Silvia Silvia, who was appointed May 5, has been with the Spotswood school district for seven years, serving as a special education teacher for five years and as the high school…

  • Council, board agree to $601,000 in cuts

    Avg. Monroe Township school tax increase reduced from $67 to $50 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer A$601,000 reduction in the school budget ordered by the Monroe Township Council will not have an impact on educational or sports programs, Board of Education President Amy Antelis said. At its May 6 meeting, the school board unanimously agreed…

  • Spotswood officials mull changes for senior center

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Officials are meeting this week to find a new name for the senior center, which offers services for many residents, not just senior citizens. Councilwoman Marge Drozd told the Sentinel that the meeting will take place at the senior center, where the borough operates its Office on Aging.…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Richard Dvorin (r), whose son Seth, of East Brunswick, was killed while serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq in 2004, looks on during the annual New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day ceremony May 7 at the state memorial in Holmdel.

  • Monroe municipal tab keeps tax rate stable

    Budget includes elimination of four municipal positions BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer There will be no municipal tax increase in 2009, according to a budget approved unanimously at the May 4 Monroe Township Council meeting. The budget also keeps the water/sewer rates stable for the next two years. Mayor Richard Pucci congratulated the governing body…