Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Fun in the sun
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Derek Pugh tries to avoid a tag by David Haney during a game in Monroe’s two-hand touch football league Saturday in Thompson Park. Below: Paul Holzinger, of Jamesburg, tries for a catch in the lake at the park.
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Cost estimate of $2.6M prompts more questions
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – A Township Council majority is demanding better answers fromthe administration regarding the cost of the community arts center being built at Heavenly Farms. At anApril 14meeting, councilmembers David Stahl, Catherine Diem and Nancy Pinkin peppered the administration with questions about the facility, which has been under construction…
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Helmetta voters say no to school tax increase
HELMETTA – Voters here have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed school budget that would raise taxes by an average of $180. Residents voted 103-29 to defeat the Board of Education’s 2008-09 school budget in the April 18 election. Meanwhile, they reelected the school board president, Joanne Carroll, who was the only candidate who filed for the…
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Four get voters’ OK, but not the budget
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer JAMESBURG – Board of Education President Don Peterson was reelected last week, but he was not in much of a celebratory mood. Peterson and other school officials were disappointed by the defeat of their proposed school budget, which went down 143- 114 during the April 15 election. Voters gave Peterson…
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5K celebrates memory of East Brunswick native
The Jersey Shore Running Club will host its fourth annual Lake Como 5K Run Saturday, and as in the past two years it will honor the memory of the late East Brunswick resident Grania Maggio. The Jersey Shore Running Club’s fourth annual Lake Como 5K Run will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in memory…
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Helmetta Mayor Nancy Martin and Jamesburg Mayor Tony LaMantia flank New Jersey League of Municipalities President Bob Bowser, mayor of East Orange, as he speaks out against the municipal aid cuts proposed by Gov. Jon Corzine April 17. The bipartisan group of over a dozen mayors visited Trenton to draw attention to the effects of…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Shawn Hoskins, of Monroe, enjoys a jog in Thompson Park Saturday, a perfect spring day with sunny skies and warm temperatures.
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Chamber seeks vendors for wellness, fitness expo
Vendors are being sought for the East Brunswick Regional Chamber of Commerce’s fourth annual Healthy, Wealthy and Wise Expo set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 10 at the Brunswick Square Mall, Route 18, East Brunswick. The East Brunswick Health Advisory Council and the East Brunswick Recreation Department will join the chamber in…
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Coach can’t bow head, take knee as team prays
Judges: Borden’s history would signal religious endorsement BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Afederal appeals court has sided with the school district in prohibiting East Brunswick High School football coach Marcus Borden from participating in team prayers, but the legal decision may not be the last in a case that has received national media attention. East…
