Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 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…

  • Police rule man’s death a suicide

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Police have identified the man found dead recently at the Neilson parking deck as 26-year-old Peter Farrell, of South Brunswick. Police said he jumped to his death from the top of the six-story structure on Oct. 30. Foul play was ruled out in the death. East Brunswick Police Sgt. Paul Natalicchio said…

  • Board says no thanks to $1M turf field grant

    Members say taxpayers can’t afford related costs BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The South River Board of Education has turned down a $1 million grant from Middlesex County for a new synthetic turf field at South River High School’s Denny Stadium. The board voted unanimously on the decision at its Oct. 23 meeting. Board member…

  • Residents evacuated safely during early-morning fire

    MONROE — An electrical problem is believed to have caused a fire that significantly damaged four attached homes in the Rossmoor adult community. The fire took place at 2 a.m. Oct. 29 at a Milford Lane building that consisted of four residences. A security officer called 911 after observing smoke coming from one of the…

  • Jamesburg keeps its library

    Saying that a state law has prompted unwarranted increases in the cost of running the borough library, Jamesburg officials asked voters on Tuesday for permission to close the facility. The answer was a resounding “no.” Residents cast 959 ballots in favor of continuing funding for the library, while 564 voted to cease the operation. Borough…

  • Juveniles charged in historic district

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Police arrested four juveniles from the township for allegedly committing acts of vandalism in the town’s historic district. Residents of the Historic Village of Old Bridge told police in September that there was an ongoing problem with criminal mischief in the area, including eggs being thrown at houses, as well as thefts…

  • Dems win in So. River, J’Burg; not Helmetta

    Dems win in So. River, J’Burg; not Helmetta Voters kept the local races close in South River, Jamesburg and Helmetta Tuesday night, but more so in Milltown, where the election remained too close to call Wednesday. In Milltown, where two Borough Council seats were at stake, Democrat Ronald Dixon was the leading vote-getter with 1,776,…