Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Jamesburg school tab approved by eight votes

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Voters narrowly approved this year’s school budget, 150 to 142. The vote means the Borough Council will not have to review the Board of Education’s budget, as was the case last year when the budget was defeated by 29 votes. The council did not order any cuts to…

  • Helmetta voters reject tab

    HELMETTA — Nearly three out of every four residents who cast ballots in the April 21 school election voted against the school budget. The $4.39 million budget for 2009-10 was defeated in a vote of 75 to 29. The proposed budget carried a school tax increase of $52 for the owner of property assessed at…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Gavin Taylor, 6, gets a closer look at a Chinese lantern April 24 when students at Monroe’s Barclay Brook School explored cultures from around the world. Pupils had their “passports” stamped as they visited displays highlighting more than a dozen countries.

  • Exploring culture

    JEFF GRANIT staff Emma Schieda and Andrew Turco have their “passports” stamped at the China exhibit in the gymnasium at Barclay Brook School in Monroe April 24. Students learned about cultures from around the world while stopping at stations featuring a map, flag, artwork, games, literature, clothing and music from a given country.

  • Library will take hit with proposed budget

    Hours of operation, staffing to be cut; user fees expected BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer The East Brunswick Township Council is considering a $350,000 cut to the library’s budget this year, resulting in reduced hours and staff and program cutbacks. Mayor David Stahl said an audit from 2007 showed the library had about $1 million…

  • Old Bridge clarinetist inspires through music

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Jessica Sibelman OLD BRIDGE — Her first encounter with the clarinet sparked a love affair that helped 23-year-old Jessica Sibelman start her own orchestra concert series. Sibelman is a graduate of Old Bridge High School who studied clarinet and composition at the New England Conservatory of Music. She presently studies…

  • Monroe voters send school tab to council

    Two incumbents, one newcomer elected to board BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Monroe residents last week rejected a school budget that would have brought an average tax increase of $67. Also in the April 21 election, voters chose three of four candidates for three-year terms on the Board of Education. Incumbents John Leary and Marvin…

  • Senior prom

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Left: Fran Berman (center) dances with other seniors and students during Monroe Township High School’s annual senior dance April 21. In addition to dinner and dancing, guests were treated to music from the high school’s jazz ensemble. Right: Helena and Herb Burd enjoy a slow dance.

  • Memorial vote will go to voters in September

    Amount of bond referendum still to be determined BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer East Brunswick residents will be asked this September to support the construction of a new Memorial Elementary School. The Board of Education has reached a consensus that it will hold the ballot question in September, seeking to build a new school to…