Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Time capsule unearths mementos from 1950s

    Milltown residents recall early days of OLL school BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent SCOTT FRIEDMAN Sophie Dudas, 3, of North Brunswick, contemplates her next brush stroke at the Our Lady of Lourdes Fall Festival in Milltown Sunday. MILLTOWN – The cornerstone of the Our Lady of Lourdes School building was pried out, exposing a carefully…

  • New laws bring limits to knocking, dropping

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MILLTOWN – Residents who prefer peace, privacy and pristine properties will perhaps pour praises onto the Borough Council for two new ordinances. The “do not knock” and “do not drop” orders will allow residents of Milltown to opt out of practices like door-to-door solicitations, and fliers and circulars being thrown…

  • Toddler dies after being hit by car in Monroe

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE – A 17-month-old toddler was killed Monday after he wandered into the street and was struck by a sport-utility vehicle. The child, Zsamel Riggins, was hit by a 2002 Dodge Durango traveling eastbound on Lower Matchaponix Avenue at 4:17 p.m. The driver, 39-year-old Joseph Lena, of Monroe, declined to…

  • Building owner to pay fine, address violations

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD – A municipal court judge recently fined the owner of the old Asbury Fuel building for various code-related violations. The owner, Evangelos Dimitrakopoulos, of Edison, was given a $1,500 fine, and agreed to drop any legal action against the borough, according to borough Business Administrator Ron Fasanello. The owner…

  • Heritage Day festival

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Nick Lazos (l) and Harold Blumenbrantz, both of Monroe, serenade the crowd with “It’s a Small World” at North Brunswick’s 25th annual Heritage Day festival held Saturday at Babbage Park.

  • Boro seeks bidders for Lincoln School property

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer MICHAEL ACKER South River officials are auctioning off the former Lincoln School site in South River. SOUTH RIVER – The borough will put the former Lincoln School up for auction. The vacant school property at William and Prospect streets was previously included in the borough’s redevelopment plan, but that was…

  • New PBA contract raises salaries, changes schedule

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Police have a new four-year contract that includes average costof living increases of about 3.8 percent per year. The Township Council voted last week to accept the agreement, which is retroactive to the beginning of the year, Township Business Administrator James White said. The contract includes a…

  • Scouts hike 70 miles in New Mexico

    East Brunswick Boy Scouts and adult leaders are pictured at the exact moment they completed their 12-day journey through the New Mexico mountains. From left are Stephen Markel, Mike Marcel, Kyle Ryan, Tim Molyneux, Jeff Newman, Colin Joyce, Vincent Buccigrossi, Anthony Buccigrossi Sr., Anthony Buccigrossi, Jaison Suprina and Darren Suprina. EAST BRUNSWICK – It was…

  • Divided council denies senior center contract

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MILLTOWN – One borough official is expressing frustration with what he said is an unnecessary delay in expanding the parking lot of the town’s senior center. Councilman Mike Skarzynski, who has served as liaison to senior citizens in town as well as HUD (Housing and Urban Development) representative for the…