Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Mostly new governing body at reins in S.R.
Eppinger, council members look at the year ahead BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer As the new year gets started, South River Mayor Raymond T. Eppinger and the Borough Council reflected on the past year as well as what lies ahead. Peter Guindi Eppinger, beginning his second year as mayor of the borough of 15,738 residents,…
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Van smashes through front of restaurant
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MILLTOWN — The Tomato Factory may not be a drive-through restaurant, but it became one on Dec. 23 when an unlicensed New York man drove a van through the front of the building. Around 9:55 a.m., the 21-year-old driver was pulling a commercial van into a parking space in front…
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Pro-life sign at church is defaced once again
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer An unknown subject changed the message from pro-life to pro-choice on the sign outside Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Milltown. Both writings remained covered over last week. MILLTOWN — Vandals defaced a longstanding sign that proclaimed a pro-life message to all who passed Our Lady of Lourdes Church on…
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Hanukkah workshop
Chabad of East Brunswick recently provided education about the holiday of Hanukkah the fun way, with an olive press. During a Dec. 21 workshop at ShopRite, participants pressed, pounded and pulverized real olives into fresh olive oil like the ancient Maccabees. Children were able to use the olive oil to light the menorah, and also…
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Group brings holiday cheer to 20 families
Volunteers have kept program going since ’80s BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Almost 20 years since it started, the South River Adopt-A-Family program is still going strong. ERIC SUCAR staff Carly Bostonian (clockwise from left) and Jamie Marino, both 12, Bryan Rafano, 13, and Emilie Geesey, 12, load a van with dozens of gifts Dec.…
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Neary reflects fondly during final meeting
Longtime mayor thankful to supporters, even critics BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer After 12 years of countless, often contentious meetings, East Brunswick Mayor William Neary served his last one as head of the township administration last week. Bill Neary It was a night of accolades for Neary on Dec. 22, his final Township Council meeting…
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Council OKs $350K for firehouse plans
To be built on site of current station, museums BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Local officials are moving toward the construction of a new firehouse that has been years in the planning. The Milltown Borough Council adopted a $350,000 bond ordinance Dec. 8 to provide for the preliminary design and construction of the facility. “It’s…
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New senior, youth center on wish list
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Borough officials are interested in establishing a new, larger Office on Aging, as well as a recreation center for children. During a recent Borough Council meeting, Mayor Thomas Barlow said he received a letter from a real estate agent informing the town that a property on Snowhill Street…
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State grants funding for Old Stage Rd.
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The borough is receiving a $290,000 state grant for improvements to Old Stage Road. The state Department of Transportation has informed Spotswood that it will award the money as part of the agency’s 2009 municipal aid program. The funds are for phase two of the road improvements, including…
