Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 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…

  • Police present as school reopens after Web threat

    EBHS was closed Tuesday due to threat ‘of violent nature’ BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer STEVEN M. BARON An East Brunswick police vehicle blocks the main entrance to East Brunswick High School yesterday, when school was closed as police investigated a violent threat. EAST BRUNSWICK – The township high school reopened without incident yesterday, after…

  • Residents criticize fed’s Forney Clinic handling

    Councilman defends his involvement in federal review of plan BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer SCOTT FRIEDMAN The Forney House, on North Main Street in Milltown, would be demolished to make way for a bank branch as part of an application that has local approval and is expected to receive a federal agency’s approval. MILLTOWN –…

  • Monroe to get nature preserve, hiking trails

    Builder of 42 homes will donate land near Butcher, Etra roads BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE – Residents will have another place to enjoy the town’s natural landscapes. A developer has agreed to donate an 80- acre parcel to the town for use as an environmental preserve. “In this case, two-thirds of this property…

  • Spotswood officials hope to fend off development

    Middlesex County appraising land slated for a dozen homes BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD – The borough stands its first real shot at securing county money for the purchase of open space. The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders has approved a grant request from Spotswood to purchase 5 acres at the corner of…

  • Fleet of foot

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Amanda Montero, 3, of East Brunswick, gives Pedro a high-five during the recent 30th annual East Brunswick Road Races. The day’s events were sponsored by the township Recreation and Community Service Department and the Raritan Valley Road Runners. Kids round the bases during one of the many running events for adults…

  • Locally themed WWII exhibit to open in E.B.

    BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent ANDREW MILLER staff East Brunswick Historical Society President Estelle Goldsmith (from right) and members Rosalie Littlefield and Kathryn Sullivan look over memorabilia included in the World War II exhibit, which opens at the Milltown Road museum Sunday. See story, page 4. EAST BRUNSWICK – After months of preparation, the township’s…

  • Bradford, Republicans take Milltown election

    Council newcomers defeat incumbents Steeber, Deinzer BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer The Republican candidates swept at the polls Tuesday, indicating voters’ satisfaction with the incumbent mayor, and a desire for change on the Milltown Borough Council. “It was amazing,” said Mayor Gloria Bradford. “The amount that I won by was truly a mandate of the…