Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Fifth annual arts fest set for Saturday in E.B.

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Artists from New Jersey and beyond will display their work at Saturday’s Fine Arts Festival alongside the lake in the municipal complex. Now in its fifth year, the festival runs from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and includes works from professional and amateur…

  • “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”

    PHOTO COURTESY OF VALLEYCREST PRODUCTIONS LTD. Christine Gillies, of Milltown, has a laugh with Meredith Vieira on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” during a taping that will air at 12:30 p.m. June 13 on WABC-TV. A software tester, Gillies said before the taping that, if she won, she would use the money to pay…

  • Miracle Mall plans expansion, renovations

    Former Pier 1 Imports building to be used for offices and bank BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The mall that was formerly home to Pier 1 Imports is undergoing an expansion and other changes. The Miracle Mall, located at 275 Route 18 south, at Lake Avenue, is currently…

  • “Run for the Church”

    Some 19 runners, six bicyclists and several walkers took part in Saturday’s annual “Run for the Church” event, relaying their way from Freehold Township to South River. The event raised $2,000 for Sunday school projects at Sts. Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church in South River, but also garnered support for four other churches in…

  • Summer to be ushered in with 5-day carnival

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – After 35 years, the carnival is coming back to town. It’s been that long since the Immaculate Conception Church last held its carnival. While no one seems to know for sure why the church stopped the festivities back in 1972, organizers couldn’t be more…

  • Stahl: Township stuck if state fund goes broke

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – A local official is raising concerns that the township could be left in a multimillion-dollar lurch if the state does not replenish its open space fund. The township was expected to receive a generous helping of state and county aid for its 2004…

  • The race is on to help children with cancer

    East Bruns. boy, 10, holding benefit event at Raceway Park BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Rocky Cagno, 10, of East Brunswick, will hold the second annual “MX Kids Racing for Hope” event Saturday at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Pension Road. He may be just 10 years old, but Motocross…

  • Commencement ceremonies

    SCOTT PILLING staff Christine Gross (from left), of Spotswood, and Brandi Marie Lahrman, of Sayreville, take part in the commencement ceremonies at Middlesex County College, Edison, on May 24.

  • Fight not over yet to save Forney Clinic

    Residents rally opposition as bank seeks fed’l approval BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer FILE PHOTO The Forney Clinic building in Milltown is slated to be demolished to make way for a Valley National Bank branch. Though many in Milltown see the Forney house and clinic as being on its last legs,…