Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Healthy Halloween

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Left: Alexandra Gonzalez, 6, of East Brunswick makes her way across the obstacle course at the Healthy Halloween program sponsored by the East Brunswick Public Library on Sunday. Right: Riley Chase, 4, of East Brunswick looks at a “skeleton” on display.

  • Helmetta

    At stake: Four-year mayoral term and two three-year council terms Nancy Martin*(i) (Seeking mayoral term) Martin, 49, has a husband, George, four children, Brandon, 29, Michael, 28, Jason, 25, and Amanda, 17, and two grandchildren. She is employed as a tax collector for the borough of Hightstown. She has a high school diploma and received…

  • Jamesburg

    At stake: One four-year term as mayor, two three-year terms on the Borough Council, and one one-year unexpired council term Thomas C. Bodall* (D) Seeking one-year term Bodall, 22, has lived in Jamesburg for the past 17 years. He is employed as a research and curatorial assistant for the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission.…

  • Milltown

    At stake: One four-year mayoral term and two three-year Borough Council terms Gloria M. Bradford* (R) Seeking mayoral term Bradford, a lifelong resident of Milltown, is the widow of the late Addison Bradford, and has two grown children, Alan Bradford and Diane Salkeld, and three grandchildren. She is retired after 32 years with Johnson &…

  • Town wants to know who’s been here longest

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD – In preparation for the borough’s centennial celebration, the Cultural and Heritage Commission is looking for two people who may be able to share stories of the town’s past better than anyone. The commission is in fact running a contest in search of those two people – the oldest…

  • Octoberfest celebration

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Brianna Campanaro, 11, uses extreme techniques in jousting with her friend, Kennedy Nazario, also 11, during Sunday’s Octoberfest celebration at the Monroe Township Community Center, Monmouth Road.

  • Democrat incumbents face four GOP hopefuls

    Mayor’s seat, three council spots on ballot in November election BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer JAMESBURG – Residents will choose from eight candidates running for four seats on the governing body when the general election rolls around Nov. 6. The race includes four Democrats, all of whom are incumbents, and four Republicans aiming to unseat…

  • Authors find N.J.’s story in its cemeteries

    Local man’s graveyard expertise to be featured on NJN’s ‘Hauntings’ BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Above, the circa-1870 gate at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, which is listed on the state and national registers of historic places. Some of its graves date to the 17th century, having been moved from their original locations after the cemetery…

  • Photo

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Sarah Butler, 6, and her father, Rob, create a sand bottle sculpture during Sunday’s Octoberfest celebration at the Monroe Township Community Center, Monmouth Road.