Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Come fly with us

    PHOTOSBY ERIC SUCAR staff At left, 10-year-old Quinn Work, of East Brunswick, tries his hand at operating a remote-control plane June 16 during an open house sponsored by the Tri-County Radio Control Club at Heavenly Farm, Dunhams Corner Road, East Brunswick. Members of the public got to fly the club’s planes using “buddy box” controls…

  • Pols put positive FACE on campaign

    Some candidates have already qualified for public funding BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Legislative candidates in District 14 mostly have reported satisfaction with the way the Fair and Clean Elections (FACE) Pilot Project has so far shaped their campaigns. The program is an experiment in the use of public funds for…

  • Senate candidate off to controversial start

    Singh faces ethics probe, campaign finance criticisms BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer State Senate Democratic candidate Seema Singh’s conduct during her tenure as ratepayer advocate has become the subject of an ethics probe that the campaign insists has no merit. The complaint, filed in December, alleges that when Singh was ratepayer…

  • Snuff mill story lands reporter NJSPJ award

    JessicaSmith Jessica Smith, a staff writer for Greater Media Newspapers, has been honored with a second-place award in feature writing from the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The award recognized Smith’s story, “Buildings provide snapshot of town’s first 116 years,” which was published in the Sentinel and Suburban newspapers on Dec.…

  • E.B. Goodwill adds drive-up

    EAST BRUNSWICK – Goodwill Industries has added a drive-up donation center at its township store and has partnered with The Arc of Middlesex to handle the expected increase in volume. The nonprofit store, which is located in the Village Green Shopping Center at Route 18 and West Ferris Street, has placed a drop-off station at…

  • Council introduces bond ordinance for roadwork

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – Roadwork for Madie and Wyoming avenues is being planned, as the borough tries to get to roads most in need of repair. During its Monday night meeting, the Borough Council introduced a bond ordinance that provides the funding mechanism for work on the roads.…

  • Cultural fair

    PHOTOSBY SCOTT PILLING staff Above: Bethany Lu, 8, shows her exhibit on China during a June 7 cultural fair presented by students in Patty Dinsmore’s second-grade class at Barclay Brook School, Monroe. Students were able to recognize diversity around the globe through a project called “Creating a Cultural Mosaic,” which began in January. Below: Connor…

  • Zoners to hear testimony on contested development

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The Zoning Board of Adjustment is scheduled to hear more testimony tonight on an application to build 90 age-restricted units in an area zoned for single-family homes. Residents jam-packed the last hearing, forcing many to stand up or stand outside the chambers as…

  • Photo

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Marlee Jerrahian, 5, has fun on the flying swing ride at the carnival at Immaculate Conception School in Spotswood on Sunday, while visiting her grandfather, Edward Jerrahian, of Spotswood for Father’s Day.