Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • YMCA focuses on getting the whole family in shape

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The Raritan Valley YMCA is looking to help residents keep their New Year’s resolutions. The Tices Lane facility has new programs aimed at keeping its members fit, and Executive Director Gina Stravic said the YMCA is trying to promote general health and wellness and fight the country’s…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Virohin Shakelli (l-r), Laurant Spatola, Jason Hong and Gabriella Palfey practice some yoga in the preschool enrichment program at the Raritan Valley YMCA in East Brunswick Friday. The Y offers a variety of programs for 3-5-year-olds with a curriculum that includes language arts, pre-math skills, art, music and games.

  • Despite aid increase, new formula seen as flawed

    E.B. schools to get $2M more in aid for next school year BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The state’s new school funding formula has some skeptics among members of the Board of Education. During the board’s Jan. 10 meeting, school Business Administrator Bernardo Giuliana gave a presentation on the new reform act,…

  • Report: Police force ‘extremely deficient’

    Helmetta mayor, chief agree dept. needs major improvement BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer The Helmetta Police Department is deficient in key areas, including a lack of policies, training and supervision, according to a consultant’s report. Mayor Nancy Martin Mayor Nancy Martin said she and the Borough Council were aware of some problems that existed in…

  • Split board opts to keep polling hours the same

    Analysis showed a change is unlikely to have major impact BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The times for this year’s school election will not change, despite the suggestion of some Board of Education members that the hours be extended. During its Jan. 10 meeting, the school board voted to keep the polls…

  • GOP-dominated council takes over in So. River

    Eppinger takes seat as mayor, appoints new boro attorney BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer The Republican Party has control of the governing body for the first time in over a decade. Raymond Eppinger The South River Borough Council, now made up of five Republicans and one Democrat, named its fifth GOP member after the party…

  • Staffer at music academy to present lecture

    Annamaria Stefanelli SPOTSWOOD – Lyric soprano Annamaria Stefanelli, a faculty member at the Academy of Music on Main Street, will present “A Brief History of Italian Opera” on Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. at the West Caldwell Public Library, 21 Clinton Road, West Caldwell. Widely recognized as an opera education expert, Stefanelli will explain how…

  • Telling a timeless tale

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Patrons enjoyed an afternoon of chills and thrills as Neill Hartley of the American Historical Theatre portrayed author Washington Irving and told the tale of Ichabod Crane and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” at the Spotswood Public Library Saturday.

  • Stretchin’ it out

    ERIC SUCAR staff Jason Hong is down with the yoga exercises during preschool at the Raritan Valley YMCA in East Brunswick Friday.