Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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13 minors hospitalized from drinking at concert
Assemblywoman calls for revocation of arts center liquor license BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HOLMDEL – In response to reports of minors being sent to the hospital from the PNC Bank Arts Center due to excess alcohol consumption at a concert, a local lawmaker has called for the venue’s liquor license…
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Spa’s license denied after visit from police
E.B.’s new ordinance requires information on spa employees BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The township recently shut down a West Prospect Street spa after a police officer visited the establishment to check on its licensing information. The Green Grass Spa failed to meet the township’s requirements for health…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Monroe resident Yvonne Zirrith, a U.S. Navy petty officer first class who has served a tour of duty in Iraq, participates in the East Brunswick Memorial Day ceremonies Sunday in Veterans Park, on the grounds of the municipal complex. The annual observance was followed by a community gathering.
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Raccoon found in Monroe tests positive for rabies
MONROE – A raccoon tested positive for rabies after being found in the vicinity of Schoolhouse Lane near Geraldine Drive, according to an advisory issued by the Middlesex County Public Health Department. The raccoon is the fourth rabid animal reported in Middlesex County this year, but was the first rabid animal reported in Monroe. On…
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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,…
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State decision pending on proposed school site
Archeologists turn up no signs of historic mission settlement BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Further archeological and historical research says that the 18th-century Bethel Mission Settlement was not located on the proposed site of the new Monroe Township high school. The latest conclusions by Cranbury-based Richard Grubb & Associates have been…
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Honoring our veterans
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Jackson Zirrith, 5, of Monroe, places a flag on top of the monument in Veterans Park at the East Brunswick municipal complex Sunday.
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Three killed in fire at Spotswood home
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff A Short Street home is charred and boarded up the day after a blaze killed its three occupants. The cause of the fire may have been a lit candle. SPOTSWOOD – Three residents of a Short Street home were killed early Sunday morning…
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Attorneys defend action in Golden Triangle deal
Councilman believes mortgage agreement was bad for township BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – An agreement signed by Mayor William Neary that allows a bank to take title to the Golden Triangle property in the event of a default by the redeveloper is standard procedure, according to attorneys representing…
