Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 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…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Joanne LaGressa picks out a holiday plant at Gasko’s Family Farm Market on Pension Road in Monroe Monday.

  • Tireless community advocate bids farewell

    Farber volunteered for numerous causes and groups in Monroe BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Look out, Chevy Chase, Md. … Here comes Leonora Farber. Leonora Farber After 20 years of working to make Monroe Township a better place, the avid community activist is moving on. She will leave the remarkable legacy of her leadership in…