Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Accident claims life of well-known trainer
BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A 57-year-old Highland Park man who, for many years worked as a personal trainer in the township, was killed last week in a motor vehicle on Route 18. The accident at 6:13 p.m. Nov. 19 resulted in the death of Salah Elalfy, who was on his way…
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Sunoco robbery suspect arrested
EAST BRUNSWICK — A Florida man who allegedly robbed a Route 18 gas station later called the police and turned himself in, officials said. Robert Smith, 35, of Tallahassee, Fla., went to the Sunoco gas station at 784 Route 18 and requested gas for his vehicle on Nov. 18. The attendant advised Smith that he…
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Toll Brothers may seek redevelopment changes
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The redeveloper of the Golden Triangle has told township officials it wants to discuss certain elements of the project. Council President Catherine Diem said the township received a letter from Toll Brothers about a week after the election, and the Township Council planned a closed session to…
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Ensemble’s ‘Nutcracker’ to christen new theater
No. Brunswick native guests in role of Sugar Plum Fairy BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent North Brunswick native Jessica Batten, seen in a previous “Nutcracker” performance, returns to the New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble in the role of Sugar Plum Fairy. The holiday season will come alive on stage next week when the New Jersey Dance…
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Stahl eyes township’s finances as term nears
Plans to cut assistant’s position; look at others BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Barack Obama isn’t the only one making the economy a priority as he prepares to take over. East Brunswick Councilman and Mayor-elect David Stahl is thinking along the same lines. Stahl told the Sentinel he plans to focus on East Brunswick’s financial…
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Basketball pals
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Rebecca Reiser, 10, sinks a jump shot as her sister-in-law Julia looks on during the final session of the new Basketball Pals program at the Monroe Township Community Center Sunday. For more, see page 14.
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Main Street location chosen for firehouse
Plan calls for moving current firehouse, demolishing barn BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Milltown officials voted last week to designate a site for the borough’s long-awaited new firehouse. Years in the making, the much-needed firehouse will be built on the South Main Street site of both the borough and fire museums, where the existing firehouse…
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Dixon, Citro named winners in Milltown
Four candidates within 79 votes of each other BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer More than a week after Election Day, final vote tallies confirmed Republican Larry Citro and Democrat Ron Dixon as the winners of two seats on the Milltown Borough Council. Larry Citro The Middlesex County Board of Elections verified and counted 37 provisional…
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Kostbar, Ludas eager to begin new terms
Jennings resigns seat after taking position with state BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Otto Kostbar and Daria Ludas are looking forward to continuing to serve their community, now that voters have given them new terms on the Borough Council. In the Nov. 4 election, Democrats Kostbar, 58, and Ludas, 59, received 1,086 and…
