Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Moth Night 2007
Above, attendees of Moth Night 2007 check out some insects on a lighted sheet at the East Brunswick Butterfly Park Aug. 28. The Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission sponsored the event, bringing lights specially designed to attract moths, and “sugar-baiting” trees with a fermented mixture of beer, rum, banana, brown sugar and molasses,…
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Half-pipe dream come true
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN BMX and skaters in the South River area now have a place to call their own. Many of them came out Saturday when the borough held a grand-opening celebration at the facility, located in Varga Park, William Street. The event included demos, food, music and best-trick contests. Below: Eric Dominicus, 14,…
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‘Nothing to cut’ in tab with 15-cent tax rate hike
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The Township Council has adopted a 2007 municipal budget that carries a 15-cent increase in the municipal tax rate. Though the $62 million budget grew by just 3.5 percent from the prior year due to what officials said were fixed and contractual costs and state mandates, it…
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Stable tax rate hailed as bipartisan achievement
Councilman: State has failed Milltown by reducing aid BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MILLTOWN – Residents bracing themselves for a 6-point tax hike can rejoice. Borough officials last week announced a zero increase for taxpayers. “We do have a fiscal responsibility to ease the burden of the taxpayers who put us into office,” Councilman Mike…
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Fundraisers
Aug. 30-Sept. 8 • Book Sale, sponsored by the Spotswood Public Library, during regular hours, at the library, 548 Main St. Hardcover books, paperbacks, children’s books, audiocassettes, VHS videos. Paperbacks, 50 cents each or three for $1; hardcovers, 75 cents and up; VHS videos, $1. “All-You- Can-Carry for $5,” last two days of the event,…
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Podiatrist pleads guilty to bilking Medicare
EAST BRUNSWICK – A local podiatrist pleaded guilty last week to defrauding the Medicare program and agreed to pay more than $1.2 million as part of a civil settlement and restitution. Ming C. Tung, 63, a township resident who practiced here and in Jersey City, entered his plea before U.S. District Senior Judge Joseph E.…
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Town hall meeting covers risks of teen Rx drug abuse
MCC, one of 10 in nation to get grant, holds meeting BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer Nearly one in five teens admitted to abusing prescription drugs in 2005 – more than any other illegal drug except one. According to a report published by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) studying the rising trend…
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Photo
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Sha Howard, 17, of South River, catches some air during Saturday’s grand-opening celebration at the South River Skate and BMX Park, located in Varga Park, William Street. The event included demos, food, music and best trick contests. More photos, page 33.
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Residents oppose plan for landfill expansion
Middlesex County to add three cells at Edgeboro Rd. site BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Vermin, foul odors, garbage blowing all over. This is what neighbors of the Middlesex County Landfill, Edgeboro Road, say they’ve been putting up with for years. A proposal to expand the landfill has those residents wondering just how bad things…
