Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • $60K per-month lease gets replacement school

    School community, church celebrate newly approved agreement BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer It’s a deal that the East Brunswick school district and a South River Catholic church are calling a win-win situation. The former Corpus Christi School, off Old Bridge Turnpike, will be converted into an East Brunswick elementary school, at least for 2008-09. The…

  • ‘Queen of tween’ opens shop in her hometown

    Boutique will be the first for veteran fashion designer BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Fashion designer Sally Miller will open her first boutique tomorrow on North Main Street, Milltown. Miller has over the past 20 years established herself as a leader in the ever-evolving niche of tween, or size 7-14, girls clothing.…

  • DWI crackdown set for next two weeks

    E. Bruns., Old Bridge, Monroe step up patrols through Labor Day East Brunswick, Monroe and Old Bridge are among the local towns whose police departments will step up their patrols over the coming two weeks to crack down on drunk driving. The police departments have received state grants that will fund overtime so that additional…

  • Volunteers get two CPR saves in course of week

    EAST BRUNSWICK — It’s always cause for celebration when first-aid volunteers can save a life. This summer, the township’s rescue squad got to have that celebration twice in the span of a week. Separate groups of volunteers made two saves via cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), on July 21 and 27, both times at Care- One at…

  • New taxicab service gets license, despite objection

    Council says it can’t stop a new biz just to protect an existing one BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Despite the protests of a rival cab company, the Borough Council agreed Monday to allow Oasis Taxi to do dispatch calls in town. During a public hearing on the company’s application, the governing body…

  • Residents lose appeal in tree removal case

    Transco can remove trees, unless case goes to NJ Supreme Court BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — An appeals court has decided that a natural gas company can remove several large and well-regarded trees from alongside Timber Road. The state appellate court ruled earlier this summer that Transco, which operates a natural gas…

  • Local group ‘catches’ a nice break on vacation

    Giant blue marlin comes with $500K prize for fishermen BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Robert Lockwood stands with the blue marlin that he and four others brought him from 16 miles off the coast of Ocean City, Md., during the 35th annual White Marlin Open. SAYREVILLE — One week later, Robert Lockwood still can’t get…

  • Cab driver gets weapon, drug charges

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — A taxi driver who is allegedly linked to the Bloods street gang was arrested in South River recently. Police charged Torry D. Green, 31, of North Brunswick, with possession with the intent to distribute heroin, possession of heroin, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and…

  • TechXploration

    High school sophomore girls from around the area are participating in TechXploration, a free summer camp at Middlesex County College, Edison. The four-week program involves designing, developing and constructing working models of rides found on fairgrounds to better understand science and technology. TechXploration concludes with “Competition Day,” when teams’ completed projects are exhibited and judged.…