Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Monroe teacher arrested on sexual assault charge
Blevins, 23, accused of having relations with MTHS student BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer A23-year-old physical education teacher at Monroe Township High School has been arrested on charges she had inappropriate relations with a student at the school last spring. Victoria Blevins was arrested at her Robbinsville home on Oct. 11 on charges of sexual…
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Neighbors fear affects of turnpike widening
Residents say proposed truck lane will bring hwy. closer to homes BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Florence Torok’s East Foch Avenue house in Milltown is falling apart at the seams, and it will only get worse, she believes. Doors hang askew, and a family room added on is slowly separating from the rest of the…
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Six Assembly hopefuls share views on issues
Candidates seeking two seats available in Nov. 6 election BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Candidates for state Assembly in the 14th Legislative District weighed in on various issues during an Oct. 10 debate at Monroe Township High School. Adam Bushman Democratic incumbent Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein and her running mate, Wayne DeAngelo; Republicans Tom Goodwin and…
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Commuters, officials talk about issues
Traffic around TCC, mailer sent to E.B. residents at issue BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Commuters were back before the Township Council Monday night, raising concerns about the township’s contracted bus service and traffic conditions around Route 18. Reading a lengthy note from one commuter disillusioned with the bus service, Commuter Parking…
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Old Bridge woman, 18, dies in pedestrian accident in E.B.
EAST BRUNSWICK – An 18-year-old Old Bridge woman was killed last week as she was crossing Route 18 and was struck by a car. Heather N. Allen was crossing the highway at 5:14 a.m. Oct. 11 when the accident occurred in the northbound lanes. She was pronounced dead at the scene, according to East Brunswick…
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Residents seek town’s help with flooding issue
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Chronic flooding problems have residents on Louise Drive imploring township officials to have the problem fixed. Neighbors showed up at Monday night’s Township Council meeting in hopes that officials will take action to ease the flooding that they said has plagued their properties for years. One couple,…
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Applicant: Proposed hotel would be a Hilton
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer Afirm proposing to build a new hotel made its case to the South Brunswick Zoning Board for the third time on Oct. 4. Hotel Investors hopes to build a fivestory, 116-room establishment on the South Brunswick-Monroe border off Interchange Plaza. The Monroe Zoning Board approved the plan in 2006. The…
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Intertribal group plans book discussion in park
JAMESBURG – Intertribal American Indians of New Jersey will have a book discussion and craft presentation at its meeting Saturday at the log cabin in Thompson Park. The book, “The Celestial Bear Falls Down from Heaven,” is the work of a historian who researched the culture of Munsee and Delaware Indians, of New Jersey, New…
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Pride in Milltown Day
CHRIS KELLY staff Timmy Banko, 2, and Connor Owens, 4, both of Milltown, have some fun with Sparky, who was at Pride in Milltown Day Oct. 6 courtesy of the borough’s Fire Prevention Bureau.
