Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Junior gets 2nd go-round playing in Macy’s parade

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – One of East Brunswick’s own will help to lead this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade tomorrow in New York City. Robert Braun, a junior at East Brunswick High School, has been selected to play sousaphone in the band that leads the parade. This is the second year…

  • Wounded soldiers

    Dan Mann, president of the Veterans Council of Monroe and Jamesburg, and Congressman Rush Holt talk with veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., on Oct. 31. A busload of local veterans delivered phone cards collected by area residents and students at Applegarth Middle School, Monroe. The wounded soldiers had requested the phone…

  • Dog shows her worth as H.S. student’s helper

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer FILE PHOTO Katlin Miller with her service dog, Greta. SPOTSWOOD – The newest guest at Spotswood High School has already made herself welcome. Greta, a canine assist dog used by student Katlin Miller, proved her worth during her first week at school last week, helping Katlin safely endure two epileptic…

  • Monroe to explore idea of facility sponsorships

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE – High school sports teams may find the areas where they play bearing a greater resemblance to those of their major league counterparts. A marketing company recently approached school officials regarding corporate sponsorships for athletic facilities, and after hearing a presentation on the matter, the Board of Education voted…

  • Club honored for helping to SAVE the environment

    N.J. Department of Environmental Protection Assistant Commissioner Nancy Wittenberg (l-r), SAVE club adviser and Hammerskjold teacher Lynne Unice, club members Katie Szabo, Kevin Baron, Jason Rappaport and Hannah Moskowitz, and SAVE club adviser Sue Wolf show the East Brunswick club’s award recently in Eatontown. Not pictured are approximately 16 other students who worked as part…

  • Birth info not easily obtained by adoptees

    RegDay serves to inform residents about adoption information hurdles BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer Mirah Riben just wants to educate people, that’s all. Riben, a member of Origins-USA, a national nonprofit organization working to support families affected by adoption, tried to do just that on Nov. 10 at a small table at the entrance of…

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    Milltown resident Daniel Einbinder, 16, accepts a joint legislative resolution from State Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula after achieving the rank of Eagle Scout recently. For his Eagle project, Daniel coordinated an eyeglass collection program for the Milltown Lion’s Club International.

  • Elite racers

    ERIC SUCAR staff A bicyclist races through the course during the men’s elite race at the 2007 Verge Mid-Atlantic Championship Cyclocross Series, round 5, held at Thompson Park in Jamesburg and Monroe on Sunday. More photos, page 13. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff A bicyclist races through the course during the men’s elite race at…

  • Torpedoed ship’s last living survivor honored

    Frank Holmgren, 85, spent week in water before rescue in WWII BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent When the students at Monroe’s Applegarth Middle School and numerous veterans gathered for a special assembly last week, their guest of honor was someone with a particularly unique story. ANDREW MILLER staff Frank Holmgren salutes as the Color Guard…