Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Building spirit

    Building spirit PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Mendel Zaklikovsky, 6, of Monroe, pulls a bamboo pole destined for the roof of the sukkah at the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe on Sunday. Shmuel Zaklikovsky (r) holds up a beam while Jacob Roitman, of East Brunswick, gets set to hammer it in during construction of the sukkah.…

  • Commuter concerns at issue with bus co.’s new contract

    Resident says more guarantees needed for quality bus service BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Always a hotly debated topic, the township’s commuter service contract is again on the table. Though officials are expected to award the contract to the same bus company, Suburban Transit, several questions led the Township Council to table…

  • Last call at Lakeview before closing for fix-ups

    JAMESBURG – This Sunday will be the last time the public can step inside the historic Lakeview mansion for an estimated 18 to 24 months. The Route 522 building will undergo a longawaited, county-funded restoration project. Preliminary work has already obscured some of the public areas in the majestic 23-room mansion, but many of the…

  • Photographer’s landscape works focus of exhibition

    “Solitude,” by Glenna Rosenberg, is among the photographs that will be on display at the gallery at the Academy of Music on Main Street in Spotswood. The exhibition opens Sunday and runs through Jan. 4. SPOTSWOOD – An exhibition opening Sunday at the Academy of Music on Main Street will feature the photography of Glenna…

  • Celebrating Helmetta

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Katelyn Covington, 12, of Monroe, and Alicea Etheridge, 12, of Jamesburg, take a shot at karaoke during Helmetta Day on Saturday on the Holy Trinity Church grounds. Below: Jolynn Markus (l), 12, of Spotswood, braces for a hit from Dan Macor, 15, of Milltown, while jousting.

  • Police charge E.B. man in robbery of pharmacy

    EAST BRUNSWICK – A 28-year-old township man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly held up the CVS Pharmacy at 330 Rues Lane. Police said Jason Brenner entered the pharmacy at 4:30 that afternoon, approached the counter and stated that he had a handgun hidden in his sweatshirt. He allegedly threatened to hurt a customer if…

  • Celebrities pitch in for charity

    ERIC SUCAR staff Peter Jacobsen, a 30-year veteran of the PGA Tour, hams it up with the large crowd gathered for the Bud Light Celebrity Skills Exhibition at Forsgate Country Club Tuesday. The event followed the annual Sovereign Bank Charity Golf Classic, which also featured golf greats Lee Trevino and John Cook. More photos, page…

  • Armed men hold up bank

    EAST BRUNSWICK – Two masked men held up the PNC Bank at Route 18 and Edgeboro Road Tuesday. Both men carried guns as they entered the bank and announced that they were conducting a heist shortly before 10 a.m. The robbers took an undisclosed amount of money and fled the scene in a vehicle, a…

  • Changes likely in store for Ford Avenue plans

    Boro mulls fewer age restrictions, more affordable housing BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer In the face of ongoing litigation, Milltown officials have formulated a plan that would fulfill affordable housing obligations at the Ford Avenue site. The Planning Board voted on Sept. 11 to approve an amendment to the master plan and revision of the…