Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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‘Room Raiders’ is local woman’s break into TV
MTV show has Milltowner snooping through bedrooms BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Courtney Fay of Milltown and an MTV director take a break from shooting an episode of “Room Raiders” earlier this month. MILLTOWN — When borough resident Courtney Fay went to Deko Lounge nightclub in Sayreville last November, she had no idea the night…
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Longtime director helped keep biz community vital
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Friends and associates will remember Marianne Wehrenberg as a hard-working member of the community who had a great impact on the township. Wehrenberg, who was 72, passed away Jan. 3 at the Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Until her retirement last year, she served as…
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Groups come together in solidarity for Israel
Jewish Federation holds rally at E.B. synagogue BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Benjamin Krasna, deputy consul of the Israeli Consulate in New York City, speaks during a solidarity rally Monday night at the East Brunswick Jewish Center. Right: Yoav Nessim of East Brunswick and others stand during the Israeli…
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Milltown officials share goals for 2009
Council reorganizes with Citro, Dixon beginning first terms BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Larry Citro Milltown kicked off the new year by swearing in two new councilmen and looking ahead to upcoming municipal projects at the Borough Council reorganization meeting last week. Republican Larry Citro and Democrat Ron Dixon took their seats on the six-member…
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BINGO!
Bingo is a weekly hit at the Spotswood Senior Center on Arlington Avenue. Here, local residents mark their cards as the numbers are called last Friday. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff
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Former gun club land to be open space, trail
Monroe planning trail system that will span 20 to 30 miles BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Middlesex County officials have helped to fill in another piece of Monroe Township’s trail system. The 58.9-acre former site of the Old Forge Gun Club will be preserved as open space now that the county has purchased the tract.…
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Police: Burglar nabbed after resident finds him in house
MONROE — Police arrested a township man last week after he was allegedly caught in the act of burglarizing a home. A resident of Helmetta Road, near Cherry Blossom Drive, reportedly arrived home around 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 9 and after parking her car in the garage and entering through the kitchen door, found a…
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Township takes over MUA, effective Feb. 1
Savings anticipated from absorbing water/sewer utility BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE — Township officials are dissolving the township’s Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA) and transferring its operation to the Township Council. The council last week adopted three ordinances to accomplish the move, which will be made official Feb. 1. “I think the transition will be…
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Three officers join SRPD
SOUTH RIVER — Over the past two months, the borough police department has brought on three new police officers to the now 33-member force. On Dec. 23, John Kenney, 24, of South Brunswick, and Wesley Sanches, 25, of South River, were sworn in during a ceremony held in the Borough Council chambers in front of…
