Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Indoor/outdoor tennis facility gets board OK

    Seniors supported plan, which replaced ice rink proposal BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Alarge tennis facility is slated to hold court on Perrineville Road near Route 33, thanks to unanimous approval by the Monroe Township Planning Board on June 26. “From the standpoint of where it’s located, I think it’s an ideal location,” Mayor Richard…

  • Community scores big for local family in need

    Township cops, firefighters, EMTs help raise $19,000 BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Clockwise from top: Krysten Fegel throws out the first pitch during the fifth annual Guns & Hoses softball game, which will help her family pay expenses as her 6-year-old son, Brett, battles cancer. T.J. Sarka slaps the hand of his brother Jeff while…

  • E.B. native now voice of L.A. Sparks, author

    Larry Burnett pens book with WNBA star Lisa Leslie BY KRISTIN TANGEL Staff Writer Larry Burnett has come a long way in the world of sports since graduating East Brunswick High School in 1970. Larry Burnett speaks to WNBA star Lisa Leslie during a Sparks broadcast. The two worked together on the recently released book…

  • Town attorney relocates historic barn to his farm

    EAST BRUNSWICK – A little bit of Canadian history is being preserved right here in the township. Michael Baker, who owns a small farm on Church Lane and who is the longtime township attorney for East Brunswick, recently purchased a barn that was built in 1845 just over the Canadian border. He recently had it…

  • Concert series kicks off in Geick Park next week

    Tributes to Elton John, Billy Joel, Tina Turner, Bon Jovi featured OLD BRIDGE – It’s summertime, and in the township, that means time to break out the picnic basket, cooler and lawn chairs, and head to Geick Park for an evening of live music under the stars. The Summer Music Series kicks off at 7:30…

  • South River man climbs to help inner city teens

    Will head to peak of Grand Teton in Aug. for charity group BY KRISTIN TANGEL Correspondent Dennis Pinto, of South River, poses for a shot in front of Mount Rainier, Wash., which was one of two mountains he has climbed recently to raise more than $7,000 for the Big City Mountaineers charity organization. SOUTH RIVER…

  • Police: No indication two bank robberies are related

    East Brunswick police released this surveillance photo of a suspect robbing the Bank of America in the Pathmark store at Route 18 south and Racetrack Road. Anyone with information was asked to contact the department at 732-390-6990 or the FBI. EAST BRUNSWICK – Police are investigating two bank robberies that occurred over the course of…

  • Library invites community to enjoy a ‘model’ display

    BY KRISTIN TANGEL Staff Writer KRISTIN TANGEL A scale model of the USS Olympia is among those on display in East Brunswick. EAST BRUNSWICK – More than 25 model ships have made their way into the display cases at the East Brunswick Public Library. Furnished by the Ship Model Society of New Jersey, the models…

  • Locks of Love

    Emily Sullivan, 8, her sister, Elizabeth Sullivan, 5, and friend Camryn Andrulewich, 8, all of Milltown, show the ponytails they had cut for Locks of Love on June 20. The charity organization provides hairpieces to children dealing with medical hair loss.