Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Fire at residence started with dumping of ashtray

    MONROE — Police and fire officials responded to a fire Monday at a house on Delair Road in the Clearbrook retirement community. The fire, called in by a neighbor who observed smoke coming from the home, was started accidentally when the resident, George Sweitzer, 85, emptied his pipe into an ashtray and dumped the ashtray…

  • Crabiel, 78, devoted life to public service

    Longtime freeholder director dies weeks after re-election BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Middlesex County has lost a long-standing and perhaps its most prominent public servant. David B. Crabiel Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel died Monday after being rushed to the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick that morning. He was 78 years old.…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Murial Cadic of East Brunswick, a longtime member of Trinity Presbyterian Church, performs warm-up exercises during rehearsals for the upcoming show by the combined choirs of the Cranbury Road church and the Sacred Heart Church on Throop Avenue in New Brunswick. The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6. See story,…

  • E.B. may bond to buy back Golden Triangle

    Negotiations expected, as builder seeks changes BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Three years after it sold the Golden Triangle property to Toll Brothers, East Brunswick could wind up buying it back. The Township Council last week introduced a $25 million bond ordinance that would provide the necessary funding in the event officials decide to repurchase…

  • Deans looks forward to serving Jamesburg

    Works in real estate after retiring from UMDNJ BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Local real estate agent Brenda Deans has taken the place of longtime Jamesburg Councilman Joseph Jennings on the borough’s governing body. Brenda Deans Jennings recently resigned after accepting a position with the state Department of Labor, part of the criteria for which…

  • Zarillo steps down with word of advice

    Led agency through years of controversy over Ford Ave. BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Ford Avenue Redevelopment Agency Chairman Anthony Zarillo has resigned from his post, but not without leaving behind a legacy in the form of an alternative plan for the former factory site. “The Ford Avenue redevelopment project is not about…

  • Choirs join together for Christmas concert

    Members of two churches enjoy camaraderie, fellowship BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Musical Director Edward L. Krogstad Jr. of Matawan goes over some melodies with Patty Mancuso of Piscataway (l) and Beverly Marsh of South River during a rehearsal Friday for the Dec. 6 combined choir concert. Mancuso belongs to Sacred…

  • New rabbi, new future for E.B. Jewish Center

    California rabbi succeeds leader who served 28 years BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Rabbi Aaron Benson EAST BRUNSWICK — There is a new rabbi in town. The East Brunswick Jewish Center (EBJC) spent a recent weekend welcoming Rabbi Aaron Benson, a Los Angeles transplant. “Part of what guided me … was finding a place where…

  • Christmas tree lighting set in Jamesburg

    JAMESBURG — It’s a holiday tradition that many people enjoy every year. But when it snowed last December during the borough’s annual tree-lighting ceremony, that made it even more special. “The snow was falling down on us, and it was just wonderful,” said borough Councilwoman Barbara Carpenter. “We had about 200 people there.” This year’s…