Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Producers offer a break from the ‘in’ sound

    Local couple brings new music program to television audience BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – For New Jersey residents tired of watching Britney, Fifty, Beyonce and Fergie on TV, there is now an alternative. “In Sound,” a 30-minute television program that will showcase non-mainstream musicians, will premiere Friday at…

  • Residents sue over town’s tax formula

    Monroe’s newer homes are unfairly assessed, lawsuit argues BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer A group of citizens filed suit against Monroe Town-ship Friday saying they’ve been unfairly taxed and seeking to force a townwide revaluation. The Concerned Citizens of Monroe Township consists of more than 1,000 homeowners who have investigated what…

  • Dancing queen

    SCOTT PILLING staff Manisha Sashital, 16, of Monroe, performs during Zalak 07, a unique competition based on Indian classical dance held at Old Bridge High School Saturday. More than 200 performers took part in the event, sponsored by Marathi Vishwa.

  • Family reflects on fight to keep daughter alive

    With mom’s kidney, East Bruns. girl, 2, has a bright future BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent SCOTT PILLING staff Jim and Debbie Gargione are happy to have 2-year-old Gabriella at home in East Brunswick and healthy after Debbie successfully donated a kidney to her daughter. Gabriella Gargione has all the charms…

  • Postcards offer glimpse into Jamesburg’s past

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Above: Karen Mayo, of Jamesburg, admires the coach once owned by James Buckelew and ridden in by Abraham Lincoln, when she visited Lakeview on Jan. 28. Visitors to the historic mansion on Route 522 can learn more about Lincoln courtesy of impersonator Robert Costello from 1…

  • Teen robbed of cash, iPod

    EAST BRUNSWICK – A 16-year-old township boy was assaulted and robbed while walking on Fetyko Avenue at 1:30 a.m. Jan. 27, according to a police report. The victim told police that a Hispanic male, about 16 years old and wearing a brown coat, walked past him and slapped him in the back of the head,…

  • Board OKs five homes for Brooklyn Avenue

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – Brooklyn Avenue will soon accommodate five new single-family homes and become a through-street traversing what is now a wooded area. The Planning Board approved the application recently, allowing DeStefano Contracting, North Brunswick, to build the new housing on Brooklyn Avenue between Burlington and New…

  • Judge: Give more info about closed meetings

    Advocate sued school board over resolutions read for closed sessions BY JESSICA SMITH Correspondent BY JESSICA SMITHCorrespondent MONROE – An open public meetings advocate has won a ruling against the township’s Board of Education. John Paff sued the board on grounds that it does not include enough information in the resolutions it routinely passes before…

  • On Campus

    Lindsay Thackara, daughter of Cindi and Wes Thackara of Spotswood, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Penn State Berks, Reading, Pa., where she is a freshman majoring in American studies. She is a 2006 graduate of Spotswood High School. Tracy Seckler, daughter of Ellen and Edward Seckler of East Brunswick…