Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Cut-a-thon to benefit Couture for Cancer

    Hair Together, 3107 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville, will host an Inspire Change Cut-a-Thon from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Aug. 13. Inspire Change is the partnership Redken Fifth Avenue has formed with Couture for Cancer, a nonprofit organization that donates custom-made, nonsurgical, human-hair-replacement systems, free of charge to cancer patients worldwide. Cost…

  • Woman’s death may not have been caused by fire

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – Authorities are uncertain whether a fire that occurred on Pine View Way last month was responsible for the death of an elderly woman who was home at the time. Spotswood Police Detective Edward Schapley said emergency responders found the body of a 74-year-old woman…

  • County fair kicks off Monday in East Brunswick

    Elvis tribute, circus, pig racing among this year’s attractions Nearly 60,000 people had some fun in the sun at last year’s Middlesex County Fair, and organizers are hoping to see even more revelers this year. “That was a great year,” said Kirk Bonamici, public relations director for the county fair association. “We had fantastic weather.…

  • Monroe postal employees earn safety award

    MONROE – Officials from the federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) recently joined U.S. Postal Service senior managers and community leaders to recognize employees of the township post office on Perrineville Road for earning OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) award at the highest level. The highlight of the celebration was the presentation of the…

  • Work under way on new track, turf football field

    The $1.97 million replacement of the track and football field at East Brunswick High School is off and running. The natural grass field is being replaced with synthetic turf, and the surrounding track will be made of a rubberized material designed for longevity. The project is expected to be completed in late October, meaning the…

  • Spotswood hit by flooding … again

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – Flooding again hit the borough this weekend, causing power outages and some roads to be closed. A downpour on Sunday left the small borough reeling as the rain came down faster and harder than the infrastructure could handle. However, Mayor Barry Zagnit said that…

  • Phone company impostor steals from two businesses

    EAST BRUNSWICK – A man posing as a telephone company worker stole cash from two Route 18 restaurants in the same day last week. In both cases, the man asked to inspect the phone equipment, and after being allowed in, stole cash from behind the counter areas. The suspect entered the Makkoli Seafood Buffet in…

  • Latin dance craze sweeps into Milltown

    Resident says zumba classes feel more like a party than a workout BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Milltown resident Vasilia “Vasi” Penna teaches the zumba Saturday morning at Ron Capodanno’s Muscle Mill on North Main Street. MILLTOWN – Sweaty bodies gyrate to fast, pumping rhythms. Flushed faces show…

  • Effort being mounted to reclaim park

    Workers dismantle large ATV course in 1,700-acre expanse BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Matt Rosencranz, 17, and Dan Devincenzo, 16, roll away a tire they dug up that was used to create a jump for ATV riders in Jamesburg County Park. Middlesex County officials have set a course…