Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Boro working to fix water line breaks

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — A rash of water line breaks has officials working to ease the help residents of Williard Clark Circle. The borough has solicited bids for the replacement of water lines in the area that makes up the five blocks in the Williard Clark Circle development, according to Councilwoman Marge…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Ras Ujima Parris performs African music during East Brunswick’s annual Cultural Festival Sunday alongside the pond at the municipal complex.

  • E.B. plans for pickup of bagged, raked leaves

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — It’s that time of year when leaves begin to fall, so the township is reminding residents of the best ways to deal with them. During last week’s Township Council meeting, Parks and Public Works Director Thomas Williams addressed the council about leaf pickup, which is always a…

  • Milltown residents get $130 tax hike

    Council members in heated debate over budget issues BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Milltown residents can expect to see a 7.8- cent increase in the municipal tax rate this year. Though it was done later than usual and amid heated disagreements, the Borough Council adopted its 2008 municipal budget Monday, totaling just under $8 million.…

  • Professionals’ pensions at issue with new law

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — There will be a new mayor in East Brunswick next year, and apparently a new way of dealing with professionals hired by the township. The Township Council recently adopted an ordinance that allows the town to classify certain vendors or people working for the municipality as “outside…

  • Rhythm of remembrance

    CHRIS KELLY staff Chuck Dohn of East Brunswick leads a procession at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at PNC Bank Ar ts Center, Holmdel, during the Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club’s Ride for Freedom Sunday.

  • TCC opens next week

    EAST BRUNSWICK — After a year of construction, commuters will be able to park at the new Transportation and Commerce Center (TCC) as of Oct. 1. The township-owned and -operated parking deck and bus terminal at Route 18 and Tices Lane consists of seven levels of parking with 1,681 spaces, approximately 600 more than the…

  • Town tells commuters bus line will continue

    NJ Transit not permitted to use new parking deck BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The concerns of hundreds of commuters who use NJ Transit’s 68 bus line to get to Jersey City, Weehawkin and Hoboken may have been somewhat allayed this week. Despite previous announcements, township officials said Monday that NJ Transit…

  • Neighbors, friends rally for boro family

    Oct. 4-5 garage sale to benefit boy, 3, fighting leukemia BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Jason D’Angelo HELMETTA — While summer is typically a time of fun and relaxation, for the D’Angelo family it proved to be anything but. Jason D’Angelo, 3, endured ongoing pain and seemingly endless medical tests before he was diagnosed in…