Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 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…

  • Summerhill extension debated as traffic fix

    Spotswood officials say idea is a long shot due to cost, complexity BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer With traffic in Spotswood a constant source of frustration, one long-standing idea to ease conditions remains on the table: extending Summerhill Road. The concept has been bounced around for decades, and recently council President…

  • 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.

  • Residents turn out to support local library

    State caps put Jamesburg facility at risk BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer A standing-room-only crowd packed the council quarters June 13, sharing one common goal – to keep the Jamesburg Public Library open. The mayor and Borough Council called upon the public to come out to the meeting to discuss the…

  • Sports car enthusiasts get revved up for charity

    Car enthusiasts Keith (l) and Dimitri Jean-Pierre, of East Brunswick, raised more than $2,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with their second annual poker run for owners of exotic cars. Behind the brothers is Keith’s 2001 Dodge Viper RT/10. EAST BRUNSWICK – Dimitri and Keith Jean-Pierre have a drive to help those in need.…

  • Family Day

    Above, David Smith juggles a Chinese yo-yo for kids during the recent Family Day carnival at Children’s Choice Learning Center in East Brunswick. Right, Zoe Maldonado has some fun on the trampoline inside the carnival’s “Fun Bus.”

  • Waterline cleaning on tap for next year

    First phase of work to cost $1.8M, cover length of Main St. BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer “I don’t want the people at home to think this is a magic solution. It’s going to take some time before we can clear up this problem.” – Mike Skarzynski Councilman MILLTOWN – Local…

  • Judge rules natural gas co. can take down trees

    Residents, township fought to protect large trees near pipeline BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Despite a legal battle waged by a group of residents and the township, a natural gas company has won the right to cut down trees along Timber Road. In a June 1 ruling, state…

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff Spotswood shortstop Cody Pace is lifted by an enthusiastic fan following the Chargers’ Group II championship victory Saturday over Indian Hills in Toms River. For story, see sports.