Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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R.U. a Knights fan?
Rutgers University football players Brian Leonard (r) and Anthony Cali recently visited Immaculate Conception School’s 4-year-old prekindergarten class in Spotswood. Also pictured are John Slover (l) and Anthony Melnick, both of Monroe.
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Five arrested in alleged drug distribution rings
SAYREVILLE – – Two unrelated narcotics investigations led to the arrests of five suspects recently and the recovery of some large quantities of heroin and cocaine. The two sets of arrests were the result of investigations conducted by both the Sayreville and Old Bridge police narcotics bureaus, according to Sayreville Police Chief John Garbowski. Police…
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Re-enactment
PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: Re-enactors Capt. Glenn Jones (l-r) and Pvts. Tom Edridge, Robert Suckiel and Bob Goyne, of the 43rd New York Infantry Volunteers talk with one another at the Union regiment’s encampment Friday outside Monroe Township High School. Below: Students check out one of the tents set up. The encampment was sponsored…
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Winkler helps private school raise $150,000
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Henry Winkler speaks to the crowd at the fundraising event in East Brunswick. EAST BRUNSWICK – Described as one of the most successful fundraising events in the history of the Solomon Schechter Day School of Raritan Valley, the recent “An Evening With Henry Winkler” generated more than $150,000 in donations for the school.…
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Sunday snarl
STEVEN M. BARON Route 18 in East Brunswick was shut down between Cranbury Road and Arthur Street Sunday afternoon when a Dish Network van crashed into a telephone pole, severing the pole in half and coming to rest on a car displayed for sale at Sheldon Motors. The driver of the van escaped injury, but…
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Council at odds over budget, bike path issues
Municipal budget includes tax increase; library improvements BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER – A municipal budget introduced by the Borough Council would increase municipal taxes by about $73 on the average borough home. The $13.8 million budget is up $200,000 over last year’s, according to Council President David Sliker,…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Shaina Paulraj, 15, tries on a bonnet during a living history re-enactment held Friday outside Monroe Township High School. The event, sponsored by the History Department, featured demonstrations by the 43rd New York Infantry Volunteers.
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Local volunteer charged with sexual assault
Historical group prez allegedly assaulted female family member BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer FILE PHOTO In January, Ron Becker gave the Sentinel a tour of Lakeview for a story on the need for repairs at the mansion. The president of the Jamesburg Historical Association has been jailed on charges he sexually…
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Mid State Lanes in its final frame
Route 18 alley expected to close in early May BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer When Mid State Lanes shuts its doors next month, it will mark the end of an era. A fixture in East Brunswick for about half a century, the bowling alley at the Mid State Mall, Route 18,…
