Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Purim party

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Attendees get some tasty treats during the “Purim on the Lower East Side” event March 10 at the Forsgate Country Club. Below: Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe adds some noise to the celebration.

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    JEFF GRANIT staff This week marked the 40th St. Patrick’s Day for Shanahan’s Bakery in Milltown, which is known to sell thousands of Irish soda bread loaves on the holiday. Tuesday morning, owner Colm Shanahan takes hot tea bracks and soda bread out of the oven. More photos, page 18.

  • Shopping center OK’d at Rt. 33, Butcher Rd.

    Wawa/gas station removed from builder’s application BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Ashopping center proposal that was rejected by Monroe Township last year has been scaled back and approved. The plan known as Monroe Towne Plaza now calls for 142,235 square feet of retail space at Route 33 and Butcher Road. The Planning Board voted Feb.…

  • Spotswood school board proposes no tax increase

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer For the second year in a row, the Spotswood Board of Education is proposing a school budget with no tax increase. Board President Richard O’Brien said the school district will receive an additional $250,000 in state aid this year, and it will go a long way towards keeping the tax…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Shayna Altein helps a child make hamantash during a Purim party sponsored by the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe March 10 at the Forsgate Country Club. The event, Purim on the Lower East Side, included a megillah reading and the celebration included a trolley, push carts, a kosher deli, Yiddish theater and…

  • Collection yields needed supplies for animal shelter

    Monroe students’ donations fill room at Sayreville facility BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Monroe Township High School teacher Meredith Kwitkoski shows some of the items donated to the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center. MONROE — A high school teacher and guidance office employee were pleasantly surprised with the response they received recently when they decided to…

  • Community pride

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Pictured top to bottom: Rajesh Sare of East Brunswick and his sons Ankur, 15, and Aneesh, 6, stop by the booth of the Zimmerli Art Museum to get information from Rebecca Brenowitz during the 20th annual East Brunswick Community Day at Brunswick Square Mall on March 1. Rebecca Safeer, 17, plays…

  • Police warn of mail scam

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Police are cautioning township residents about what they described as a widespread mail scam. Residents have been receiving “chain letters” in the U.S. mail that request the recipient to send money to a list of names. The three-page letter asks that the recipient mail $1 to each of seven specific names and…

  • Crowds, Irish cheer expected in S. Amboy

    City anticipates 30,000 for Saturday’s parade BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent South Amboy will grow to four times its size on Saturday, with plenty of Irish folk and those who are just Irish for the day. That’s because the city will celebrate its Irish heritage with its annual Saint Patrick’s Day parade. Parade Committeewoman and South…