Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Helmetta police force back to 24/7 coverage
No longer paying Jamesburg for daily third-shift patrols BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Helmetta’s expanded police department is now on its own. The town recently ended an interlocal agreement that had Jamesburg providing third-shift police coverage to Helmetta, the result of a yearlong effort to determine how to address Helmetta’s police department deficiencies. After a…
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Library Friends: We’ll ‘finish off’ expansion
Volunteers ask that officials keep $240K in budget for project BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – If you build it, we will furnish it and they will come. That sums up how the East Brunswick Friends of the Library feel about the township’s plan to expand the public library. Mayor William Neary has…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Emily Reiss, of East Brunswick, (l) and her aunt, Long Branch resident Jill Herzog, admire handmade silver jewelry by Anthony Niglio, an artist from Egg Harbor Township. Niglio’s work was on display at the sixth annual Fine Arts Festival in East Brunswick Saturday.
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Spotswood plans to purchase new ambulance this summer
BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD – The borough’s ambulance fleet unexpectedly became even smaller this weekend, leaving Spotswood with only one reliable transport vehicle. To address the problem during its Monday night meeting, the Borough Council agreed to purchase a new ambulance – at a cost of about $60,000 – to help with the…
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Suspect pleads not guilty in shooting death of S.R. man
One day after the shooting death of a 19-year-old South River man, authorities arrested the suspect they believe opened fire on him in New Brunswick last week. Two men were struck by gunfire in the incident that occurred at the corner of Sandford Street and Nichol Avenue at 10:18 p.m. June 2 – Devin Thompson,…
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King named as interim sup’t by ed. board
MONROE – With the current superintendent of schools to resign at the end of the month, the Board of Education has secured an interim schools chief from within the district. At its meeting Monday, the board appointed Joseph King effective July 1. King has over 30 years’ experience as an educator and administrator, including 17…
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Zoning board awards site plan approval for new store
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The Zoning Board of Adjustment has paved the way for a gas station on Route 18 to be converted to a 7-Eleven. The board awarded minor site plan approval, as well as use and bulk variances, to Dharmesh Patel, also known as Lombin LLC, to develop the…
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E.B. Library director wins top honors
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Carol Nersinger EAST BRUNSWICK – The township library’s own Carol Nersinger has been chosen as state Librarian of the Year. Nersinger, who has more than 20 years of library leadership, was given the award by the New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) during its spring conference. Nersinger began with the East…
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New walkway dedicated; paid for by donations
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Joe Schwartz, who designed the logo on Spotswood’s new walkway medallion, poses next to it at the borough’s 100th anniversary celebration recently. SPOTSWOOD – As part of the borough’s ongoing Centennial celebration, a new brick memorial walkway has been installed at the municipal building. The walkway had its dedication Sunday…
