Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Boro proposes widening, repairing Wyoming Ave.

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD – Wyoming Avenue is in for an extensive makeover. Borough officials aim to widen the road, make drainage improvements and install curbs and sidewalks on sections that have none, according to Borough Council President Curtis Stollen. Much of the road is in poor condition, he noted. At a recent…

  • Two local couples dance their way to your TV set

    Ballroom dancers take part in internat’l competition on CN8 BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Garry and Rita Gekhman took first place in the International Standard category of the North American Dancesport Championships. EAST BRUNSWICK – Ballroom dancing is much more than a hobby for two township couples. Garry and Rita Gekhman and Jean Paulovich and…

  • A ‘new reality’ revealed at New Bruns. museum

    Show features works of major photographers from 1950s to present PHOTOS COURTESY OF ZIMMERLI ART MUSEUM Among the photographs included in “A New Reality: Black-and-White Photography in Contemporary Art” are Diane Arbus’ “Two Ladies in the Automat,” from New York City in 1966 (right); and Kenneth Josephson’s “Michigan,” from 1981 (above); Frederic Brenner’s “Citizens Protesting…

  • Republican quits post over phony Baroni letter

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Bill Baroni MONROE – A Monroe Republican Committee member plans to resign from her position over being asked put her name on a letter condemning Democratic state Senate candidate Seema Singh that she felt was overly negative. The committee member, Racquel Chiarella, said that staffers at Republican challenger Bill Baroni’s…

  • Local teen’s Brazil trip brings lasting memories

    Spotswood junior part of all-star soccer team on goodwill trip BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Katy Generelli meets with economically deprived children at the New Hope School in Sao Mateus, Brazil, during the August trip. SPOTSWOOD – A love of soccer and a desire to spread some good will created a memorable summer for a…

  • Concerns lead to bus stop being moved again

    South River officials respond to complaints from church members BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER – A borough bus stop will be moved from the front of a Main Street church in response to congregants’ complaints about loitering and related issues. The Borough Council voted unanimously to move the bus stop, though officials did…

  • Civic center area gets new look

    EAST BRUNSWICK – Long an unsightly area of the civic center complex, the space between the township’s senior center and municipal building is being improved. The Township Council recently approved a measure that will jump-start the second phase of the improvement project. Township Finance Director L. Mason Neely said Phase I involved clearing the site…

  • Commuter tells council switch has been a hassle

    Some say parking changes have made for longer commute BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The shifting of several hundred commuters from one Route 18 park-and-ride to another this month has some voicing concerns about a more time-consuming trek to work. About 340 daily parkers had to make the switch from the township’s…

  • 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.…