Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Artists descend on J’burg for show opening Sunday

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer JAMESBURG- The Jamesburg Public Library is adding art to its palette of offerings for March. An art show and sale, opening Sunday with a reception from3 to 4 p.m., will showcase the work of area artists for residents to enjoy. “With our idea of being a cultural center aswell as…

  • DEP, EPA reps expected to meet with Milltowners

    Contamination at Ford Avenue site topic of 3/6 meeting BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MILLTOWN- Agroup of concerned residents hasmanaged to get regional, state and national attention for a controversial environmental issue in the borough. The Milltowners for a $ensible Ford Avenue Redevelopment have teamed up with the Edison Wetlands Association (EWA) to put together…

  • Happy Birthday, Abe

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Sera Stoddard (), of South River, watches as Alyssa Stoddard, 4, makes a fan like the ones Mary Todd Lincoln would use, during a birthday event for Abraham Lincoln at the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture in North Brunswick on Feb. 16. Carly Price, 15, of Monroe, plays with a…

  • Stahl questions town’s role in developer’s flier

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Toll Brothers should pay for its own public relations, according to one township official. Irked that the township played a role in paying for a mailer put out by the developer, whose controversial Golden Triangle redevelopment project has been delayed, Councilman David Stahl said the township should…

  • Jazzed up

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Dave Schlossberg, 24, of East Brunswick, performs for a large audience at the Old Bridge Public Library on Feb. 16. Schlossberg, whose music runs the gamut from traditional Jewish songs to jazz and everything in between, treated listeners at the library to unique renditions of Broadway favorites.

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    JEFF GRANIT staff A man pedals his way through the snow in downtown Jamesburg Friday, when the region got its first major snowfall of the season.

  • Stahl will run against Neary in June primary

    Outspoken councilman, two running mates will challenge fellow Dems BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer East Brunswick Councilman David Stahl announced Monday he will challenge Mayor William Neary in the Democratic primary election in June. This will be the first contested primary for Neary, who was first elected in 1996, and has been reelected twice. Stahl…

  • Towns will be sprayed for gypsy moth problem

    Insects could destroy up to 45,000 acres of trees in N.J. in ’08 BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer While environmental destruction can often be attributed to human beings, smaller culprits are doing their part to wreak havoc, and they are multiplying quickly. “The devastation caused by gypsy moth caterpillars in 2007 was apparent last summer,…

  • Esteemed dance troupe set to tap into Monroe

    Tap City includes nat’l treasures Harold Cromer, Mabel Lee BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE – The township’s Cultural Arts Commission has some first-class entertainment on tap for Saturday. TonyWaag’s Tap City on Tour ismaking its way around North America and will be making a stop in Monroe. “It’s just a great family program,” commission…