Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • New state regulations stall super’s new contract

    Madison expected to receive a new five-year contract BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Linda Madison MILLTOWN – New state regulations have delayed finalizing a new contract for Superintendent of Schools Linda Madison. The contract was slated for a vote at the July 15 Board of Education meeting, but the decision was put off until at…

  • E.B. man, 21, charged with aggravated assault

    EAST BRUNSWICK – A township man was arrested Sunday for allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend’s male acquaintance in the face in front of her house. The victim, an 18-year-old South River man, was hospitalized after the alleged assault, but police said his injury was not life-threatening. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning…

  • Police investigate residential burglary

    SOUTH RIVER – Police are investigating a recent break-in that occurred at a borough residence. The burglary was reported at an Eastern Street home at 12:35 a.m. July 6. The perpetrators forcibly gained entry through a basement window located at the rear of the property while the victims were away on vacation. The suspects ransacked…

  • Adult day care operation expands facility, services

    Construction will add 3,100 square feet by end of year BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Bella Sternthal uses a paintbrush to apply glue to a marquetry mosaic art piece with the help of licensed professional nurse Cynthia Adelong at Saint Peter’s Adult Day Care Center in Monroe last week. MONROE – Area…

  • Monroe public works employee charged with stealing gasoline

    MONROE – A township employee was arrested last week for allegedly taking gasoline from the public works gas pump on several occasions. Earl Wilson, 50, of Jamesburg, who is a foreman in the Monroe Township Public Works Department, was charged July 9 with theft and official misconduct. Monroe police and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office…

  • Two charged in graffiti spree

    Two Monroe men have been arrested on charges of committing numerous acts of graffiti in Old Bridge. The Old Bridge Police Department arrested Thomas Stephan, 26, on the morning of July 8 after he turned himself in to police. He was released on his own recognizance. A warrant was issued for the arrest of a…

  • Vandals damage church statues

    HELMETTA – Police are investigating damage caused to statues located in front of Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Main Street. The religious statues, which are reported to be approximately 50 years old, were vandalized sometime between 9:30 p.m. July 10 and 7:30 a.m. July 11, according to Police Chief Cully Lewis. Two of the monuments…

  • Fresh from the farm

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Loren Mochari, of Jamesburg, checks out the cucumbers with her son, Spencer, 7, and daughter, Riley, 4, on Saturday at the borough’s first farmers market. Left: Sarah Mergogey, of Jamesburg, checks out some tomatoes. The market will be held along West Railroad Avenue on Saturdays through Oct. 15.

  • New deal for Magistro gives 4% salary boost

    Set to be voted on July 24, deal removes two yearly allowances BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The proposed contract extension for Superintendent of Schools Jo Ann Magistro includes raises, but not certain allowances that would total thousands of dollars. The Board of Education is scheduled to vote on the contract at…