Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Teacher plans youth day camp for charity

    June 18-22 camp will raise funds for fight against cancer Richard K. Gluchowski SAYREVILLE – A borough high school teacher is planning a weeklong children’s day camp this June to raise funds for a cause near and dear to his heart. The Super Activities Camp will benefit the Lance Armstrong Founda-tion (LAF) in its fight…

  • Mayoral race will pit Bradford v. Skarzynski

    Council incumbents will seek new terms in November election BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Gloria Bradford MILLTOWN – While two council members will try to hold on to their seats this fall, a third will challenge Mayor Gloria Bradford in her bid for re-election. Bradford, a Republican, will face Democratic Councilman…

  • Mayoral race will pit Bradford v. Skarzynski

    Council incumbents will seek new terms in November election BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Gloria Bradford MILLTOWN – While two council members will try to hold on to their seats this fall, a third will challenge Mayor Gloria Bradford in her bid for re-election. Bradford, a Republican, will face Democratic Councilman…

  • Boro may lease more space on water tower

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – – The borough may soon increase the number of cellular antennae on the town’s water tower. At present, three cell phone carriers lease space on the tower, and bids were due in this week from any company interested in placing another antenna there. The…

  • Asian heritage festival returns to Manalapan

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – The second annual Asian Heritage Festival will be held May 5 from 1-5 p.m. at Manalapan High School, Church Lane, off Tennent Road. Presented by the Manalapan Arts Council (MAC) under the auspices of the Manalapan Recreation Department, the festival will celebrate all Asian…

  • Female barber happy to be ‘one of the guys’

    After years of cutting hair locally, Holly White opens her own shop BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Holly White, a longtime barber in the area who recently opened her own shop in Milltown, works on East Brunswick’s Jerry Krafgack, a former salon owner. Scala’s Barber Shop has all…

  • Celebrating the unique heritage of the Shore

    Francis Life-Car circa 1860, courtesy Twin Lights Historical Society, Navesink The unique history and culture of the Jersey Shore is the subject of a new exhibit that opens Sunday at the Cornelius Low House Museum in Piscataway. “Down the Shore: The Coastal Heritage of New Jersey” will run through June 15 at the museum, located…

  • Spotswood defeated tax hike reduced by 2 cents

    Bleacher replacements will be forgone to achieve $148,000 cut BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Spotswood borough and school officials have agreed to trim the school tax rate increase by 2 cents. The Board of Education’s proposed 9.7-cent tax rate hike, which was defeated by voters in the April 17 school election,…

  • County reaches deal to preserve 149-acre farm

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A 149-acre tract, known as the Barclay Farm, that grows Christmas trees, vegetables and fruit trees was entered into the county farmland preservation program Monday, creating a 440-acre contiguous area of preserved land in the township. The Orchardside Drive tract’s development rights were purchased in a joint effort between the township, the…