Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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EBHS senior gains Eagle rank after project at rescue squad
Eagle Scout Alex Cooper (center) is pictured at his Board of Review this summer. EAST BRUNSWICK — Alex Cooper, 18, a senior at East Brunswick High School, earned the rank of Eagle Scout this summer after completing a landscaping project at the East Brunswick Rescue Squad building. A Scout for nine years with Troop 252,…
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Architect recommends moving borough depts.
Proposes five-phase, multimillion-dollar reconfiguration BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Residents packed South River’s borough chambers last week to discuss their concerns with an architect’s recommendations to reconfigure municipal facilities. The Borough Council hired Anthony Iovino, of Arcari & Iovino Architects P.C., of Little Ferry, earlier this year to look at ways the borough can operate…
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Commuters told to stop parking at Pathmark lot
Fliers suggest they use town’s new deck, due to open Oct. 1 BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer NJ Transit bus riders have been told they can no longer use the old Pathmark parking lot on Route 18 in East Brunswick. The commuters found fliers on their car windshields last week telling them that effective Oct.…
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Remembering a hero
Family and friends mourn the loss of Coleman Bean, 25 BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Coleman Bean was a lot of things to a lot of people. He was a son, a brother, a soldier, and to seemingly everyone who knew him, a good friend. He was someone they could count on to be there,…
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E.B. native’s show to premiere on HBO
Creator of new series previously came up with Bud lizards, donkey BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Steve Dildarian EAST BRUNSWICK — Steve Dildarian’s career took off with the help of lizards and a donkey, and has reached a new pinnacle thanks to an angry, unpaid hooker. The East Brunswick native is the award-winning creative mind…
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Man critical after accident; gets DWI charge
EAST BRUNSWICK — An early morning accident Monday resulted in serious injuries to a New York man and forced police to close Route 18 north during the morning rush. Police suspect that Alexander Rivera, 32, of Staten Island, ran a red light at West Ferris Street and Route 18. As he drove his 2003 Honda…
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Safety Fair to offer lifesaving training to county families
Fair to be held Sunday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Ocean Township High School Children throughout the county are faced with dangers in their communities every day, Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno said. To help families be proactive in keeping their children safe, Guadagno and the Sheriff’s Office are joining forces with Greater Media Newspapers for…
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In the country
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Attendees of Sunday’s Monroe Township Country Fair enjoy a hayride through Thompson Park. The event featured entertainment, contests, games, a petting zoo, pony rides, demonstrations and other attractions. Below: Emma Heiser, 5, and her dad Harlin stop for some fresh squeezed lemonade.
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Council names successor after Bodall resigns seat
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Officials have named a new Borough Council member to replace Tom Bodall, who resigned his seat after being arrested earlier this month. At its meeting Sept. 10, the council voted unanimously to appoint Daria Ludas to serve the unexpired, one-year term that Bodall began in January. Ludas is…
