Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • South River budget OK’d; Marino, newcomers win

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Kelly Cruz SOUTH RIVER — Residents last week voted in favor of the $29.3 million school budget that carries no tax increase for the 2009-10. The budget received 590 votes in favor and 311 against. The tax levy of $11,908,593 keeps the school tax rate at $3.14 per $100 of…

  • Incumbents celebrate win, budget passage

    Becker, Karp, Shaw re-elected in narrow margin April 21 BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Three Board of Education incumbents withstood a challenge from a trio of challengers who launched an organized campaign for their seats. Meanwhile, the budget the incumbents and fellow board members proposed for 2009-10 was also successful at the…

  • Construction kicks off on media center, gym

    Work at Kilmer school is Phase 2 of $7.2M project BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Joyce Kilmer School fifth-grader Nikki Harley (left) and fourth-grader Gabrielle Pietanza take the ceremonious first digs of the Milltown school’s upcoming construction project. MILLTOWN — Wearing hard hats and sporting shovels spray-painted gold or silver, 10 students dug into the…

  • Police use checkpoints for DWI enforcement

    A s high school celebrations get underway this spring, municipal and county law enforcement officers are setting up driving while intoxicated checkpoints designed to ensure the safety of teenagers and others on the roads. The checkpoint program, financed with a $29,975 grant from the state Office of Highway Traffic Safety, runs through late June. Officials…

  • Monroe man, 60, dies in accident

    MONROE — A 60-year-old township man died April 10 when he lost control of his vehicle and struck a tree on Federal Road, authorities said. Melvyn Greenberg was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:38 p.m., according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. A preliminary investigation determined that Greenberg, who was driving a 2008 Infinity…

  • Milltown school tab squeaks by at polls

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Just 10 votes made the difference in the passage of the 2009-10-school budget. With 864 voters or 16.5 percent of those registered casting ballots, the budget succeeded by a vote of 437-427. Districts 7 and 8 had the highest turnout, at 21.2 percent of voters, and the budget…

  • Road will remain closed due to water-main work

    MONROE — A section of Spotswood- Englishtown Road will remain closed for at least the next six weeks as crews continue work on water mains in the area. The road is closed between Mounts Mills Road at the southern end and Matchaponix Road at the northern end. Michael Rogers, director of the Monroe Township Utilities…

  • Budget passes; Smith O’Brien win board seats

    Newcomer, board veteran discuss goals for future BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — For the second straight year, the Board of Education presented a school budget with no tax increase. And for the second straight year, voters approved the budget. The two successful school budgets followed 14 consecutive years of defeats in Spotswood. The…

  • Fundraisers

    April 30 & May 1 • Book and Media Sale, sponsored by the Friends of the Monroe Township Library, at the library, 4 Municipal Plaza. April 30 — 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; May 1 — 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Fill-A-Bag-for-$1 event. Gently used books and media at bargain prices. Thousands of donated items sorted into fiction, hardcover,…