Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Action starts to heat up

    Fish On • RON NUZZOLO Clams are the key to success in the Raritan. Great weather had everyone scrambling to the Raritan Reach in search of trophy bass. Capt. Joe G. landed his first three keepers of the season with bass to 34- ¼ inches and released over 17 shorts. Most anglers this past weekend…

  • Family and friends help out ‘a trouper’

    May 2 dinner fundraiser will benefit Christy Szabocsik-Jarosz BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The black cloud. That is how 28-year-old Christy Szabocsik-Jarosz and her husband, Steve, have referred to Christy’s whirlwind past year of being diagnosed with brain cancer and hemophagocyctic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a rare, life-threatening disorder of the immune system that attacks a body’s…

  • Monroe takes stand against housing bill

    Law would give builders right to drop age restrictions BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Abill on Gov. Jon Corzine’s desk that would allow builders to convert town-approved age-restricted developments into market rate housing projects for all ages has met with fierce objection by the governing body. At its April 6 meeting, the Township Council unanimously…

  • EBJC youngsters ready for weekend of ‘Grease’

    ‘Grease” will be the word at the East Brunswick Jewish Center next weekend. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Top: Youngsters rehearse a scene from “Grease” at the East Brunswick Jewish Center. The cast of 35 will perform the shows April 25-26. Above: Ethan Levy, 18, of Plainsboro, and Alyssa Steinweis, 16, of East Brunswick, work…

  • Officials mull future of police training center

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer East Brunswick’s police training facility will be closed to outside police departments as officials consider its future. Mayor David Stahl said no decision has been reached on the future of the firing range, other than to close it to outside users. Stahl said he will meet next week with township…

  • Three boys, 15, arrested in burglary

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Three township teenagers were arrested last week after they reportedly burglarized a house and then led police on a foot chase in the nearby woods. Police were dispatched to a residence on Carter Road, off Summerhill Road, on April 7 about a possible burglary in progress. Patrolman Chris Farrace arrived on the…

  • School tab carries $52 tax hike

    BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer HELMETTA — School taxes would increase by an average of $52 if a 2009-10 budget proposed by the Board of Education is approved next week. The increase, based on a home assessed at the borough average of $273,784, is the result increased tuition costs paid to Spotswood, where Helmetta sends…

  • E.B. gives five-year contract to Suburban

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township Council has awarded a new five-year contract to the Suburban Transit bus company for service to and from the township’s parkand rides. The council approved the deal at its April 6 meeting, allowing Suburban to continue providing service exclusively to commuters at the Neilson Plaza…

  • So. River to get help from paid EMS staff

    New organization will bill insurance carriers; not boro BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — In an effort to provide a more efficient emergency medical service to residents, local first aid officials have formed the South River Emergency Medical Services (EMS). This organization, which will be overseen by Hank Van de Beek, will use…