Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Change at mill reduces risk of deadly release

    Plant listed as potential terror target is storing less chlorine BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer “I think it’s an excellent change. It’s very important to the community and the surrounding communities.” – Mayor Barry Zagnit SPOTSWOOD – The Schweitzer Mauduit paper mill, once considered a prime terrorism target, has reduced its…

  • August: Act III begins

    Have you ever dreamed of glorious spring and summer flowering bulbs, a garden awash in color and unique shapes? Now is the time to look at your bulb catalogs and devise a planting strategy, which offers the most varied show imaginable, with a minimal effort on your part. Order your bulbs by mid-September to arrive…

  • Parade-a-Thon

    PHOTOSBY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Michael Cerame, of East Brunswick Boy Scout Troop 252, leads the Gan B’Kayitz Day Campers in a Parade-a-Thon on Aug. 1 from the East Brunswick Jewish Center, Ryders Lane, to the township library and back. The campers raised funds per step for 1,800 steps to replace the synagogue’s tattered Israeli flag.…

  • Pair of girls are up for the challenge

    Cheerleaders won’t let disabilities keep them off sidelines BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer SCOTT FRIEDMAN Lauren Libou (far right) and Khristina Criqui (seated) focus on the direction of their coaches during practice for the North Brunswick Indians Pop Warner Cheerleading Squad. The two girls are part of Challenger Cheer, a program…

  • Middlesex top recycling county in New Jersey

    Middlesex County has been named the top recycling county in New Jersey, according to the latest data from the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). With a recycling rate of 62.3 percent, Middlesex County ranked No. 1 among the 21 counties for a third time since 1995, the first year data was compiled. The data…

  • Collectible dolls, bears to be sold for charity

    EAST BRUNSWICK – A local businessman has come up with a unique way to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities. For two weeks, from Aug. 18 through Sept. 1, Barry Blank of National Estate Jewelry Buyers Ltd. will have more than 500 collectible dolls and teddy bears available for “adoption” in his Route 18…

  • Rally for Ryan blood drive, walk this weekend

    Event will help defray costs of N.B. youth’s cancer treatment BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Let’s hit a home run for Ryan. The sentiments that have echoed throughout the season for the North Brunswick Baseball Association will particularly hit home this weekend, as a walkathon and blood drive…

  • State may help borough out of library crisis

    Jamesburg holds off on referendum to close library … for now BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer “Sticking your head in the sand and hoping that the state is going to come and save the day is foolish.” – Brian Grimes councilman JAMESBURG – After gleaning hope from a meeting with state…

  • Resident: Something must be done about rising taxes

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – One resident who says he was “unpleasantly surprised” by the increase in his summer property tax bill took his concerns to township officials and the local airwaves recently. Bernard Prohaska approached the Township Council at a recent meeting and posed a number of…