Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Reward offered in bomb threat
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – The school district is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever issued a bomb threat earlier this month. The threat was scrawled in a boys’ bathroom at Spotswood High School and stated that a bomb was going…
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Fun house fun
SCOTTFRIEDMAN Robert Taverner, 9, makes his way out of the fun house at the carnival at Immaculate Conception School in Spotswood on Sunday. The carnival was the school’s first in 35 years.
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Driver ticketed after head-on collision on Milltown Road
EAST BRUNSWICK – A two-car head-on collision on Milltown Road sent four people to an area hospital with injuries June 5. The accident, which occurred at 8:26 p.m., involved a 1995 Ford wagon that was being driven eastbound on Milltown Road by Ghulam Mehboob, 62, of South River, and a 1998 Oldsmobile being driven westbound…
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Mayor calls for end to redevelopment
Council considers selling vacant school property BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER – Officials may put an end to the redevelopment process for three sites in the borough, after residents voiced opposition to the measure. The municipality’s proposal to redevelop three separate sites includes a 3.3-acre site at the intersection…
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Teacher touched by stories of would-be U.S. citizens
BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent Bhavani Raya, who recently became a naturalized citizen, shaking hands with East Brunswick Board of Education member Meredith Shaw, is also pictured with her husband and her teacher Adrienne Harris. Raya, who came to the United States with her husband after retirement to be near their…
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Lawsuit says junkyard contaminated boro land
Business accused of disturbing soil with car crusher BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – The borough has filed a lawsuit against the owners of a local auto wrecker, claiming that borough land was used and contaminated by the business. The lawsuit contends that Big A Auto Wreckers & Auto Sales,…
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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.…
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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…
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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.
