Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Panel wants town to go green

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — With the first meeting of the Alternative Energy Committee on Aug. 21, the borough is working on ways to “go green.” “Everything is a pie in the sky,” said Councilman Jim Hutchison, who sits on the committee. “We will take every single opportunity we can get to…

  • Double dribble

    JEFF GRANIT staff Harschitha Kakani, 10, of Monroe, tries to dribble two balls at once while wearing goggles preventing her from seeing the balls during the Monroe Lady Falcons’ basketball camp Aug. 13 at the Monroe Community Center.

  • Drill prepares firefighters for events such as school fire

    PHOTOS COURTESY OF SPOTSWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT Spotswood firefighters drag hundreds of feet of hose through the Appleby School during a smoke-out at the Appleby School Aug. 12. School and fire officials sought to prepare for an event such as a school fire, given two recent blazes at schools elsewhere. SPOTSWOOD — In the wake of…

  • Council gets behind crackdown

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A town that has long been a state leader for its efforts to stop drunken drivers is stepping up its efforts in the final weeks of summer. The township is taking part in a statewide DWI crackdown, “Over the Limit, Under Arrest.” It will start Friday and continue until Sept. 1. Police…

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    Eric Bruser, 10, and brother Craig, 7, of South Brunswick, cool off on a beautiful summer day at Crystal Springs Aquatic Center in East Brunswick Saturday. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Couple’s love knows no distance or time

    Husband returns to wife in U.S. after nearly a decade away BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Ermin Ahmemulic and Jennifer Liuzza pose for a picture after finally being reunited this summer at JFK Airport in New York. When Jennifer Liuzza and Ermin Ahmemulic met in Old Bridge back in 1997, they were not expecting a…

  • Builder brings green ethos to retail plans

    Monroe board OKs 60,000-sq.-foot plaza on Applegarth Road BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer T odd Ochsner is not the type of developer to pave paradise and put up a parking lot. A rendering shows the proposed layout of the Village at Millstone River, as presented to the Monroe Township Zoning Board of Adjustment. The Village…

  • Armed men rob Sunoco store

    SAYREVILLE — Two men robbed a Route 9 convenience store in the early hours of Aug. 13, according to a police report. The men armed with handguns entered the store, part of a Sunoco gasoline station, around 2:40 a.m., police said. One of the robbers went over to a 59-year-old employee, placed a gun up…

  • O’Reilly in Olympic spotlight once again

    East Bruns. watches proudly as soccer great competes in Beijing BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Olympic gold medalist Heather O’Reilly is once again going for the gold. A member of the U.S. Olympic women’s soccer team, the 23-yearold East Brunswick native has garnered the support and admiration of many throughout the town as she heads…