Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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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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Police: Memorial School fire considered ‘suspicious’
Electrical cause ruled out in ongoing investigation BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer T he fire that caused extensive damage to Memorial Elementary School July 10 has now been labeled suspicious, and East Brunswick police are looking for those responsible for setting it. Township police said this week that they have conducted “an exhaustive investigation” into…
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Councilman recalls ‘surreal’ day on 9/11
Plane struck tower shortly after he arrived at his 14th-floor office BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Michael Trenga is thankful each and every day that he is alive to tell his story seven years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Michael Trenga “That day is as vivid as yesterday … it was so surreal,” said…
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Mat maneuvers
Top: Grace Morris (top) and Riya Desai, both 6, practice a mat maneuver as instructor Greg Ruggiero stands by during Monroe Township’s recent Judo Camp at the Community Center. Ruggiero Bros. Judo Club facilitated the five-day session for various age groups. Above: Adam Samuel, 10, (right, above) and Mark Sorrentino, 8, work on a move.…
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Local towns pay tribute to those lost on Sept. 11
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer On the seventh anniversary of the 9/11, local towns are showing that they have not forgotten the victims who perished in the terrorist attacks. Communities are coming together once again to memorialize and honor those who lost their lives. “I’ve long searched for why what happened happened, and I still…
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Construction can begin on large sports facility
Indoor/outdoor tennis, basketball courts on way to Perrineville Rd. BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE — By next year, area athletes will not have to let inclement weather stand in the way of their sporting pursuits. The township Planning Board has given final approval for the Monroe 33 Tennis, Basketball and Sports Center, which will…
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Family celebrates life, and the unexplainable
Monroe woman twice diagnosed with cancer defies odds … and logic BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE — Though Michelle Rogala, a cancer survivor, cannot explain how her good fortune came about, she is thankful it did, and she wants to spread the word. Michelle Rogala, of Monroe, became the subject of this ad from…
