Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • Demo nearly complete at snuff mill property

    Developer expected to seek final approval from boro next month BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer HELMETTA – Seven buildings down, two more to go. Most of the demolition has been completed on the 32-acre former Helme Tobacco Co. site since the work began last year, according to Mayor Nancy Martin. The nine-building demolition is being…

  • Sprint gets council OK for water tower space

    Still needs Planning Board approval before it can lease from boro BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD – The borough is moving forward carefully with a plan to allow Sprint Spectrum to place cellular antennas on the municipal water tower. The tower already has three carriers, the same number it was designed to handle, in…

  • Top Jewish rock act will perform in E.B.

    EAST BRUNSWICK – Rick Recht, a toptouring artist in Jewish music, will perform an all-ages family concert at 10 a.m. Oct. 21 at the East Brunswick Jewish Center, 511 Ryders Lane. Those attending can expect to do plenty of singing, clapping and jumping, as Recht is known for his high-energy, interactive family concerts. He will…

  • Parents plead for help finding suspect in crash

    Two teens died after allegedly being cut off by dark Jeep Liberty BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Clockwise from top: Mike and Jan Mustafa (from left), and Isabel and Ken Carness, listen as Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Nicholas Sewitch discusses the investigation into the crash that claimed the lives of…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Meg Farmer gets her mustang, Outlaw, ready for a ride at Superior Horse Farm of New Jersey, Monroe, on Tuesday. The farm is organizing a trail ride for Saturday that will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. See story, page 40.

  • Township strings together band for amateur players

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – String musicians looking for a gig will have to look no further. The township is organizing the Amateur String Players of Central Jersey, giving those who play string instruments a chance to perform with others. East Brunswick Arts Commission members Bunny Gittleman and Joan Kupchynski are organizing…

  • Girl, 16, dies in crash; another critically injured

    Car driven by E.B. teen left road, struck pole behind mall BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer A16-year-old Middletown girl died and another was seriously injured Saturday night after the car they were passengers in went off the road and struck a light stanchion behind the Brunswick Square Mall. JEFF GRANIT staff A bouquet of flowers…