Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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ANDREW MILLER staff Patrick Vogel, 16, (r) and Mike Canfield, 15, spread the suds around to raise money for the East Brunswick High School cross-country and track teams Saturday. The runners held car washes on Saturday and Sunday at the high school, Cranbury Road.
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Archeologists say artifacts are confined to 3.6 acres
Firm, township ask state to allow work on rest of park land BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE – Most of the proposed high school site in Thompson Park is not home to any substantial historical artifacts, according to the results of the latest archeological investigation. “We recommended that restrictions be lifted in that area,”…
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Lacking state decision, board looks at options
Issues surrounding new high school to be hashed out Monday BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer As the deadline for a December referendum looms large, the Monroe Board of Education is trying to hash out a workable plan for moving forward on the new high school. Short on funds to complete the proposed school, and still…
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Gathering planned at proposed school site
MONROE – Opponents of the proposal to build a new township high school in a section of Thompson Park are planning to hold an event at the site tomorrow. Calling it “A Gathering to Protect Bethel Indian Town,” organizers described the event as a showing of support for the preservation of the site, which they…
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Split council rejects $600K for parking lot
Dems, GOP battle over land purchase next to H.R. building BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Two months after voting to acquire property for a parking lot next to the South River Human Resources building, a borough councilman has shifted gears, effectively terminating the $600,000 project. “The people in town are not into this. We know…
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Teamwork
ANDREW MILLER staff East Brunswick High School cross country and track runners use teamwork to clean a minivan during Saturday’s car wash fundraiser for the squads.
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Board worries hotel could saturate market
Members note that a very similar application was approved in 2006 BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Afive-story hotel that straddles the South Brunswick-Monroe border was discussed during a recent South Brunswick Zoning Board meeting. The firm, Hotel Investors, presented the basic concept to township officials with the understanding that, if approved, the final site plan…
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Single mothers make their lives an open book
Collaborative effort aims to empower, inspire those facing adversity BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer For My Daughter’s Keeper Inc. (MDK), mom’s the word. However, moms come in all shapes and sizes: Rich, poor. Old, young. Educated, going through school. Married, single. Therefore, MDK, North Brunswick, recently launched a new program called Project Single Moms, a…
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Parlin childhood set stage for Diaz’s acclaimed works
Best-selling author to visit Barnes & Noble in E.B. on Sunday BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer When Junot Diaz arrived in the Parlin section of Old Bridge from the Dominican Republic in 1974 at age 6, he noticed profound differences from his country of birth. LILY OEI Old Bridge native Junot Diaz will make an…
