Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Local man is N.J.’s first case of W. Nile in ’07
Man, 88, has had symptoms since Aug., remains hospitalized BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER – An 88-year-old borough man has contracted West Nile virus, the first confirmed case in New Jersey this year. Middlesex County Public Health Department’s Director David A. Papi announced Tuesday that the illness had been confirmed through testing at…
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Residents fear fallout of Ford Ave. changes
Age restrictions may be removed from some proposed housing BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Milltown residents on Tuesday urged borough officials not to approve an amended plan for the redevelopment of Ford Avenue. Many who spoke at the Borough Council meeting said the new plan is being rushed, and that if brought to fruition, it…
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Foundation gets wish for castle-like facility
Zoning Board OK’s plan for 7-acre site on Perrineville Rd. BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer The Make-A-Wish Foundation’s proposed New Jersey headquarters, depicted here in the foundation’s initial rendering in 2005, has received approval from the Monroe Township Zoning Board of Adjustment. MONROE – Magic will be happening here soon, at a place where wishes…
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Works of two artists on display at E.B. facilities
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The month of October is giving residents a chance to see artwork created by two premier local artists. The works of Rocco Maimone and the late Philip Richman are on display at the township’s municipal building, and the East Brunswick Public Library, respectively, part of an effort…
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No dams, floods since controversial trapping
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer HELMETTA – Now that the targeted beaver at the Jamesburg Park Conservation Area has been trapped, borough officials are hoping the town will no longer be dammed to endure flooding. A lethal trap proved successful in capturing the 31.5-pound, 40-inch-long female beaver that had built a dam and plugged up…
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New digs
Brill’s Karate students (l-r) T.J. Scarpa, Michael Cesareo, Ava Winters, Danny Homnick, Jordan Taha and Aaron Ahr work with Master Barry Brill recently at the school’s new digs at Main Street Market Plaza in Spotswood. Brill moved the facility from Milltown, saying he wanted to take his students to a large, light and bright facility.…
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Construction official may sue over lay-off
Old Bridge takes over building inspections for South River BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER – The borough’s building department has been disbanded, and Old Bridge’s employees took on its services starting last week. South River construction official David Wroblewski was laid off as a result of the change, and his attorney, Stephen Hunter,…
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Borough, unions agree to new contract terms
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD – Borough police officers have come to terms with the governing body on a new four-year contract. The deal will provide yearly pay increases of 4 percent, according to Borough Business Administrator Ronald Fasanello. The contract talks went into arbitration, but the two sides recently settled. Officials also came…
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For the Record
A Sept. 13 article regarding Monroe Township’s efforts to build a high school in a section of Thompson Park included a quote from Richard Walling, an opponent of the township’s plan, who claimed that the township’s hired archeologist, Richard Grubb & Associates, had been “paid to report that there was no Indian connection” to the…
