Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Repeated false burglary alarms wasteful for town

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Township officials are considering an increase in fees for people whose burglary alarms repeatedly go off without justification. False alarms cost the township thousands of dollars each year in terms of police hours, according to Business Administrator James White. He said almost 6,000 police hours each year…

  • Teen continues family’s Eagle Scout tradition

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer The three Drozd brothers from Spotswood, Alan (from left), Jeffrey and Zachary, have all reached Eagle status with the Boy Scouts. SPOTSWOOD – Boy Scouts who attain the highest possible rank, that of Eagle Scout, are few and far between. But one borough family now has three of them. The…

  • Indoor paintball arena opens in Spotswood

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY DANIEL HULSHIZER staff Clockwise from top: Walter Price, 27, of Chester, fires away from behind an inflatable bunker during a match at All Star Paintball Arena, which opened recently on American Way in Spotswood. David Astorita, 16, of Jackson, takes aim at an opponent. Team members run for…

  • Two new patrol officers join EBPD

    EAST BRUNSWICK – The police department is welcoming two new officers to its ranks. Michael Methner, 24, of East Brunswick, was sworn in as a patrolman in October and has recently completed his field training. Methner is a graduate of Middlesex County College, Edison, with an associate degree in criminal justice. He completed his basic…

  • Reception to mark opening of Fiddleheads’ winter gallery

    JAMESBURG – Local artists Selena Palmer, Bernice Rappoport and P.D. Swelt, all members of the Suburban Artists Guild, will host a free opening reception Sunday for the Winter 2007 gallery show at Fiddleheads Restaurant, East Railroad Avenue. The show includes complex watercolors, oils and color-pencil artworks, framed and available for sale. Also featured will be…

  • Church celebrates finish of major expansion project

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Frank Moschella, of Monroe, chairman of the building committee at the Presbyterian Church of Jamesburg, hands a few pies to his wife, Trinidad, during a recent open house to celebrate the new building addition. Dick Esch, of Jamesburg, looks on, and Tom Fordham, of Monroe, stirs up some cider in the new kitchen.…

  • SRFD puts out kitchen fire

    SOUTH RIVER – Firefighters saved a Burton Avenue home last week after flames spread from a kitchen stove to an air vent. The fire, which occurred at 3:31 p.m. Dec. 2, was determined to be accidental in nature, according to Deputy Fire Official John Ruzicki, of the borough’s fire prevention office. A resident reportedly left…

  • Jersey bands pay tribute to Johnny Cash Saturday

    Michael Patrick (front) and the Ring of Fire band, Mike Bisozio (l-r), Mike Rosenow and Dan Markovitch, will perform Saturday at the Starland Ballroom. SAYREVILLE – The music of the “man in black” will be celebrated Saturday during a benefit concert at the Starland Ballroom, Jernee Mill Road. The Johnny Cash tribute, an all ages,…

  • Religious group plans campus next to racetrack

    Raceway Park says location is bad choice for spiritual group BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Meditation involves quieting the mind and bringing oneself to a place of peace and serenity, where outside thoughts and distractions can melt away. Members of Dayalbagh Radhasoami Satsang Association of North America, an Indian spiritual movement, are…