Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Accidents in E.B. spur driver-safety programs
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – In the wake of a recent fatal car accident in which a teenage driver was charged with violating the terms of his provisional driver’s license, a townwide effort has emerged to promote safe driving. Township police have instituted an awareness program regarding provisional licenses at East Brunswick…
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LaMantia, Dems win in election
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer JAMESBURG – Incumbent Democrats held onto all four seats on the governing body that were up for grabs Tuesday. Mayor Anthony LaMantia won his third straight four-year term by defeating Republican Gregory Newton by a vote of 507 to 409. Borough Council members John Longo Jr. and Barbara Carpenter each…
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Cat killed by dog had rabies
MONROE – A stray cat found in the vicinity of Schoolhouse Road and Mount Mills Road tested positive for rabies last week, bringing the total number of rabid animals reported within Middlesex County this year to 14. It marked the second rabid animal reported in Monroe Township, according to the Middlesex County Public Health Department.…
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Fumes overcome office employees
EAST BRUNSWICK – Several employees of a local business were overcome by fumes last week when roof work was being done on their building. Police, fire and first-aid units responded to 557 Cranbury Road on Oct. 30 at 2:39 p.m. after employees became sick from fumes traveling through the air vents into Suite 3, Advanced…
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Democrats victors in Monroe race
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE – Voters sent the message that they are happy with their current government, evidenced by the re-election of the longtime incumbent mayor and two incumbent Township Council members. The results kept with the town’s nearly decade-long precedent of an all-Democratic governing body. “The victory margins were substantial, and I…
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Moreno takes his place among Bulldog greats
Former Mid South RB nets third straight 100-yard performance BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer The more you cover high school football, the better you become at identifying a special player. Makes sense, right? Only it doesn’t always hold true. You’ll find there are countless times when your ready to label someone a “can’t miss prospect”;…
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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…
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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…
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Halloween hoot
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Left: Michael Allen, 12, of Spotswood, dressed as a prisoner, “breaks out” of school during the Immaculate Conception School’s annual “Trunk or Treat” event Saturday in Spotswood. More than 300 children and their parents attend each year to trick-or-treat in the parking lot, going trunk to trunk. Above: Mark Anderko, of…
