Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Dems defeat Krenzel, Buffalino in So. River

    Council will be split evenly among Democrats, Repubs BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Rui Almeida SOUTH RIVER — The Borough Council will gain two Democrats in January, evening out the balance of power among its members. After pacing nervously around the American Legion hall on Whitehead Avenue for about 15 minutes on election night Nov.…

  • Split ticket leads in boro

    MILLTOWN — The results are in. Well, kind of. At press time Tuesday, four candidates vying for two Borough Council seats were still awaiting final election numbers in a race that saw all of them wind up within 77 votes of each other. According to Borough Clerk Mike Januszka, there are 37 provisional ballots and…

  • People’s Voice wins three council seats

    Peckham, Smith, Perez defeat trio of Democrats BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer HELMETTA — Borough voters made a declaration of independents Nov. 4. Sewell Peckham The Borough Council, come Jan. 1, will be made up entirely of members elected over the past five years on the People’s Voice ticket. The independent party was formed in…

  • Honoring those who served

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Monroe Mayor Richard Pucci (l), places a wreath on the Veterans Monument at the township’s municipal complex Tuesday in honor of Veterans Day. Earlier Tuesday, officials held a ceremony at the Triangle Memorial on Spotswood Englishtown Road. Above, American and POW-MIA flags fly high as local veterans head off after…

  • Couple pleads guilty to fleecing investors

    Defrauded about 47 clients out of almost $2.5 million Ahusband and wife from South River who operated a tax preparation business pleaded guilty last week to scheming investors out of nearly $2.5 million and evading the payment of federal income taxes. Charles Neely, 60, and Janet Neely, 54, who owned a tax preparation business in…

  • Boro looks to merge two land use boards

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer -SPOTSWOOD — If you combine a PlanningBoard and a Zoning Board of Adjustment, what do you get? A more encompassing Planning Board, for one. And in the borough’s case, you also get cost savings, and more continuity when it comes to borough planning and development, according to council President Curtis…

  • Dems keep three seats on freeholder board

    Party has maintained sole leadership for 13 years BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer While voters on the national level supported a platform of change, those in Middlesex County indicated their satisfaction with the way things are. The Democratic candidates for county freeholder swept at the polls Nov. 4, with 27- year board veteran David B.…

  • Boro gets new nuisance law, despite objection

    Officials: New ordinance will be easier to enforce BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — In a unanimous vote Monday, the Borough Council adopted a new nuisance ordinance modeled after county health department guidelines. It comes after months of discussion and research toward replacing the former noise ordinance, which officials said was problematic. “Our…

  • Route 18 bank robbed

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Police are looking for a lone suspect who robbed the TD Bank on Route 18 Tuesday. Around 12:10 p.m., a white male in his 20s entered the bank and handed the teller a note. After securing an undisclosed amount of cash, the suspect left the area on foot and was last seen…