Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Colorful sendoff for man who did nearly every job
BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent ERIC SUCAR staff Andy Makowski, decked out for his last day of work before retirement April 30, enjoys one last moment on the back of a garbage truck. SPOTSWOOD – After more than 35 years with the borough’s public works department, Andy Makowski decided to go…
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Harts Lane site again mulled for senior homes
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Township officials are again considering the rezoning of a portion of Harts Lane to allow for senior housing. The zone change would affect 41 acres of land near Tices Lane, where developer M. Alfieri Co. Inc., of Edison, has proposed building 396 age-restricted…
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Boro cites homeowner after Main St. blaze
Code enforcer says rooms in house were rented out illegally BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER – The owner of a house that was destroyed in a fire last week is facing charges that she allowed nine tenants to live in the single-family home. The alleged illegal housing conditions were…
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Bus crash causes minor injuries to 22 students
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer MONROE – A collision between two township school buses Monday morning resulted in the injury of 22 students and one of the drivers. None of the injuries were considered serious, and by that evening, all involved had been released from area hospitals. “Thank God all our…
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Council divided on sale of old McGinnis School
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Despite the objections of two Township Council members, the former McGinnis School could soon go up for sale. The council voted 3-2 Monday to introduce an ordinance that would declare the school property surplus. If adopted, the measure will allow the town to…
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E.B. police seek suspects
East Brunswick police are looking for the suspects pictured in this surveillance video in connection with a distraction theft that occurred Feb. 10 at Kay Jewelers in the Brunswick Square Mall. The female suspects distracted the employee by trying on several rings, and when they left the store, the employee realized that a $4,000 diamond…
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Speaker will give history of state’s earliest people
Cathy Chadwick-Ciccone JAMESBURG – Local residents will have the opportunity to learn about the life of the state’s native people from an enrolled member of the Delaware Lenape tribe this weekend. Cathy Chadwick-Ciccone, of the Six Nations Reserve in Canada, will present the “Daily Life of the Lenape” during the monthly meeting of the Intertribal…
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Helmetta will consider change in police coverage
Options include having another department take over full time BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer With questions about the Helmetta Police Department’s efficiency, borough officials are considering the possibility of dissolving the force and allowing another town to take over. “We’ve been looking into making changes in the department, but since they…
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Municipal tax rate could go up 16 cents
Mayor says budget keeps status quo in face of rising costs BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Residents would see the largest municipal tax hike in years under a newly proposed 2007 budget. The Township Council last week introduced the budget, which calls for a tax rate increase of…
