Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Husband, wife get jail time for bilking clients

    Couple allegedly defrauded about 47 investors of $2.5M BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer ASouth River couple has been sentenced to federal prison for bilking nearly $2.5 million from approximately 47 investors over a six-year period and evading the payment of federal income taxes. Janet and Charles Neely were principals of Neely Associates, an accounting and…

  • Shovels in the dirt as E.B. opens garden

    Eighty plots sold out quickly for inaugural season BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent After two years of planning, East Brunswick’s Community Garden opened Saturday with plenty of good will, a few laughs and lots of digging and planting. ERIC SUCAR staff Ten-year-old Gil Wyman of East Brunswick works on his plot in the township’s Community…

  • Fundraisers

    May 7 • Golf Outing, sponsored by the South River-East Brunswick Rotary Club, at the Meadows at Middlesex, Plainsboro. Cost is $150 per golfer; includes greens fees, electric cart, lunch, dinner, beverages, awards. Net proceeds benefit Rotary-sponsored youth programs including scholarships and “student of the month” honors at East Brunswick High School, South River High…

  • Troupe is preparing for first season at new theater

    East Brunswick, Playhouse 22 sign deal for use of arts center BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Playhouse 22 is back. Nearly four years after performing its final show in its former home on Dunhams Corner Road, the local theater troupe will begin a full season of productions this fall. Its shows will be performed at…

  • Leaf pickup to continue despite tightened budget

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Despite discussing the idea, the township will not force residents to bag their leaves and will continue allowing them to rake their leaves to the curb. Concern had been growing among residents that they would be forced to bag all leaves placed at the curb. Council President Catherine Diem told the Sentinel…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Becca Lubitz sponges down an April 25 car wash fundraiser to benefit the East Brunswick High School girls lacrosse team.

  • Advocate says officials violated disclosure laws

    Ethics Board chairman calls lack of filings ‘unfortunate’ BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Acomplaint has been filed with the Ethics Board claiming that numerous Milltown officials failed to file their required financial disclosure statements with the borough. John Paff, chairman of the Open Government Advocacy Project for the New Jersey Libertarian Party, filed the ethics…

  • Students use creativity in books for Ugandans

    Project aims to help youth at school in war-torn nation BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Above: East Brunswick High School students, including Lilyia Dmitrieva and Eugene Sidykh sitting back to back in front, show their books for the children of Lungulu. Below, East Brunswick High School Rebecca Sudul works on a book to be sent…

  • Former Eckerd building will get two new uses

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — After several years of being known as the vacant Eckerd drugstore, the building on the corner of Thomas and Main streets will now house a Dunkin’ Donuts restaurant and a Laundromat. In a unanimous vote April 21, the Planning Board voted in favor of an application from…