Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Colosseum shut down due to repeated fights

    Boro action comes after police respond to more violence at club BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Another night of fighting and alleged gunfire at the Colosseum nightclub has prompted the borough to revoke its liquor license. Early Monday morning, just eight days after police responded to fighting at the…

  • 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…

  • Residents: Quail Cove presents traffic hazards

    Builder argues 90 units would have minimal impact on local roads BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Residents came out in force again last week to voice opposition to a developer’s plan to build 90 age-restricted condominium units on Ryders Lane. At the Aug. 2 Zoning Board of Adjustment…

  • Movies, lectures, programs on tap at senior center

    A variety of upcoming programs will be offered at the Monroe Township Senior Center, 1 Municipal Plaza. For more information and to register for events, call the center at (732) 521-6111, unless otherwise indicated. A Western Film Festival will feature “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, at 1 p.m.…

  • Water tower

    JEFF GRANIT staff The water tower on Route 522 in Monroe is getting a new paint job inside and out this summer. The National Science Foundation-approved paints are an epoxy coating on the inside and a cloud white acrylic finish on the exterior, Monroe Township Municipal Utilities Authority Executive Director Michael Rogers said. The $379,900…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Grace Michlik, 3, of East Brunswick, takes a spin on the carousel with her grandmother, Cutty Borowinski, at the Middlesex County Fair on Tuesday. The fair runs through Sunday at the county fairgrounds on Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. For more photos, see page 3.

  • Bank files suit in Forney House battle

    Citizens group fighting bank plan is target of complaint BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Valley National Bank has filed a counterclaim against a citizens group working to save the Forney House in Milltown. The lawsuit comes in response to the group’s legal action seeking to stop the bank from razing the…

  • $200K in aid makes small dent in tax hike

    Council to adopt budget with 15-cent tax rate increase BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer The state aid awarded to East Brunswick last week will reduce this year’s municipal tax hike by a penny. The 2007 municipal budget is expected to carry a tax rate increase of 15 cents, instead of 16.…

  • Baseball team honored for triumphant season

    SHS varsity boys won their first-ever state championship BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – Local and state officials honored a varsity baseball team that took its school to new heights and captured the state title. The Spotswood High School Chargers were present at a July 23 Borough Council meeting to…