Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Business radio show finds a hungry audience
BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent SCOTT PILLING staff Milton Paris interviews Ray Fiorello of Cranberry’s Gourmet Shoppe in Monroe during a taping of Paris’ “Getting Ahead in Business” radio show. MONROE – Milton Paris is taking his show on the road. Literally. Paris is the creator and host of the half-hour…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN John Bognar and son John Jr., 7, look at a model lighthouse display at the recent opening of “Shipwrecks and Lighthouses Along the New Jersey Coastline” at the East Brunswick Historical Society museum on Milltown Road. See story, page 8.
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Rosary Society offers trip to Las Vegas
St. Stanislaus Kostka Rosary Altar Society will sponsor an Oct. 14-18 trip to Las Vegas. Cost is $599 per person (plus $46 in taxes and fees), based on double occupancy, and includes round-trip air transportation from Newark Liberty Airport, four nights at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino, bellman services, round-trip transfers and all taxes.…
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Easing traffic tie-ups at issue in Spotswood
Boro officials hold out for better option from county BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Though Middlesex County has presented options for improving traffic flow in downtown Spotswood, local officials are hoping for a better plan. Borough officials are seeking a remedy for the gridlock that occurs on and around Main Street…
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Tax relief possible via self-insurance
State bill would allow the town to self-insure school employees BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – A proposed state law has the potential of saving taxpayers millions of dollars, according to one township official. Known as S46, the bill would allow the township and Board of Education to join…
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Redevelopment plans to be heard next week
Kaplan submits plans for former snuff mill site BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer A rendering shows the proposed look of one of the large snuff mill buildings after it is renovated for age-restricted condominiums as part of Heritage at Helmetta. A milestone was reached in Helmetta’s snuff mill redevelopment when Kaplan…
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SCOTT PILLING staff East Brunswick resident Mark Miklos (right) performs with the Raritan Valley Ramblers during Friday’s grand opening celebration of the “new” township library. In addition to extended hours to 9 p.m. every night and a new online service, the township’s public library will open a cafe later this month.
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Residents slam bank proposal at clinic site
Zoning board expected to render decision March 7 BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer The fight to decide the fate of the Forney Clinic site is in its final round. With concerned citizens in one corner and representatives of Valley National Bank in the other, the deliberations have gone on for several…
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Violation jeopardizes license to run junkyard
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – – A local auto wrecker is being required to file plans for a waste containment pad by the end of the month or face the possibility of being shut down. The Borough Council held a special meeting Jan. 29 to discuss what to do…
