Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Teen accused of threat to shoot people at EBHS
16-year-old arrested for alleged posting on Internet Web site BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – A 16-year-old student at East Brunswick High School was arrested Monday for allegedly telling an Internet forum that he intended to shoot 35 people at the school before detonating himself. The male student, who…
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Squad seeks residents’ help with fundraising
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer MILLTOWN – Typically, when the rescue squad pays a visit to a resident’s home, it is to offer a helping hand. This month, the volunteer first-aiders are going door to door reaching out for assistance from those they serve. “The community has been very, very good…
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Helmetta funds police dept. efficiency study
Officials tell packed room they do not intend to dissolve police force BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer “We will have nothing to do with getting ridof our policedepartment. It doesn’t serve our best interests.” – Peter Karczewski Borough Councilman HELMETTA – Borough officials told a room full of concerned citizens last…
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Police warn motorists of increased seat-belt patrols
Police in East Brunswick, Monroe and South River are among the local departments participating in the nationwide “Click It or Ticket” campaign, which runs through June 3. The program, which began Monday, involves increased enforcement and education of the state’s seat-belt law. Participating police departments are conducting a “zero tolerance safety belt enforcement campaign,” and…
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Police believe man, 70, committed suicide in lake
EAST BRUNSWICK – A 70-year-old township man whose body was found in Farrington Lake at 4:45 a.m. yesterday is believed to have committed suicide. Family members reported the man missing at 11:22 p.m. on Tuesday, about five hours before his body was discovered by police. The man had last been seen leaving his residence at…
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County program could mean ‘greener’ future
Local officials meet to discuss county’s sustainability plan BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer “We are all starting together to work toward these designations. Don’t feel like you’re late out of the box.” – James Polos EDISON – Middlesex County is coming out of its industrial past and trading concrete gray for…
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Community arts center bids come in too high
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The township may have to wait a little bit longer for its new arts center and theater. The Township Council last week rejected a set of bids for construction of the community arts center, which will replace the former Playhouse 22. The bids…
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Feds come to the aid of local flood victims
Disaster Recovery Center being operated at Borough Park BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Jana Pennington of the Federal Emergency Management Association (above, left) is among the workers on hand at the mobile Disaster Recovery Center in Milltown. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has set up shop in Milltown in response…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Central Elementary School third-graders Michael Meseha (from left), Alana Sackman, Phillip Willis and Kelly Joyce do a “Cotton-Eyed Joe” line dance during Pioneer Day at the East Brunswick school May 4. Students spent the day working at centers set up to focus on farm life, home life and school life.
