Category: Sentinel-EBS News

TOP PICK Six Flags Great Adventure’s new holiday extravaganza, “Holiday in the Park,®” runs weekends and select days through Jan. 3. More than a million lights, holiday entertainment, seasonal treats, Santa’s Village and many popular rides will magically transform into a winter wonderland. Signature attractions include: “Holiday Magic: A Celebration of the Season,” a light…

Hermann Services in South Brunswick is seeking donations for the community to fill a 53-foot tractor trailer in time for the holidays. PHOTO COURTESY OF TERRI HERMANN SOUTH BRUNSWICK — This holiday season, Hermann Services is staying local with its corporate charitable work by giving back to the community that has helped sustain it since…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer A fire destroyed eight apartment units on Willowbrook Drive in North Brunswick on Nov. 17. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Donations are needed for families who lost their homes in a massive apartment building fire last week. At approximately 8:13 a.m. Nov. 17, the North Brunswick Police and Fire Departments were alerted to…

By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Proposed federal legislation may help residents across the state who lost cell phone service and experienced power blackouts as a result of superstorm Sandy during the next emergency situation. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6) has introduced the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act (H.R. 3998) that would improve communications…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer The daily lives of area residents with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) are improved through the work of a local organization that was founded in 2005. The Joan Dancy and PALS (People with ALS) Foundation provides assistance, services and programs that support ALS patients and their families, according to the organization’s…

Middlesex County Freeholder Director Ronald G. Rios said county government has experienced great progress in 2015 in many different areas. “This has been a year of great progress and continued promise,” Rios said during the 2015 State of the County Address last month. “Middlesex County has introduced even greater efficiencies in the workplace, completed numerous…

A bill that designates swatting as a felony and establishes more stringent punishments for the crime has been signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie. “It is time to send a message that this is not going to be treated lightly,” said Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D-Camden, Gloucester), who sponsored the bill and was himself the…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Phillip Vazquez, 24, explains why the new comic series “I Hate Fairyland” is one of his favorite new additions at The Record Store in Howell. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Standing among the tens of thousands of comic books that line the main aisle of The Record Store in Howell, Phillip…

SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The difference between American and European policing was discussed by a special visitor from England last week. Chief Inspector Dave Annets of the United Kingdom visited South Brunswick High School on Nov. 18 to detail the challenges of policing in England over the past 30 years, from riots to terrorism. He highlighted…