Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Forum probes the pitfalls of life as a teenage girl

    MADD founder tells county students they can change their world BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer MONROE — Girls just wanna have fun. And learn. And be social. And share their experiences. The third annual Young Women’s Conference, hosted by the National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence of Middlesex County and…

  • Demolition approaches on Helmetta water tank

    BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff A worker for a phone company is lifted to the top of the new water tower in Helmetta last week. The last of the cellular equipment from the old tower is still being moved. HELMETTA — With the last of three cell-phone companies…

  • Scout goes to bat for oft-dreaded creature

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Keith Obzut, of East Brunswick, is pictured with Milltown Mayor Gloria Bradford during the recent sign presentation at the Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership headquarters in Milltown. Thanks to Keith Obzut, Milltown has gone batty.The 16-year-old Eagle Scout decided to earn the highest Scout rank attainable by…

  • Lisa Cospito, a first-grader at Our Lady of Lourdes School

    JEFF GRANIT staff  Lisa Cospito, a first-grader at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Milltown, adjusts her antlers as language arts teacher Lucia Oman helps her write a letter to Santa Claus last week. Seventh-graders also visited the first-grade classroom to help the younger ones make cards. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Boro seeks support for redevelopment

    Some question fact that plan would still allow use of eminent domain BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Mayor Robert Szegeti is seeking a mutual agreement with South River property owners in the three areas that are targeted for redevelopment. The borough’s once-controversial redevelopment plan is moving forward, as mayor and Borough…

  • Programs scheduled at Monroe Senior Center

    A variety of upcoming activities will be offered at the Monroe Township Senior Center, 1 Municipal Plaza. For more information and to register for events, call the center at (732) 521-6111, unless otherwise indicated. Marvin Fischer will bring “The Music of Gershwin” to life through narrative and music on the piano beginning at 11:30 a.m.…

  • Dreidel House highlights local Hanukkah celebration

    Rabbi Aryeh Goodman addresses children in front of a large Lego menorah during last year’s Hanukkah celebration inside the Brunswick Square Mall, East Brunswick. EAST BRUNSWICK — A megasized Dreidel House with a built-in theater, a colorful Lego menorah, hot latkes and doughnuts will greet shoppers at the Brunswick Square Mall on Saturday. The Chabad…

  • Holiday writing

    JEFF GRANIT staff Seventh-grader Katie La-Cava helps the first-graders at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Milltown write letters to Santa Dec. 4.

  • Colorful, digital, musical gifts a hit for teens in ’06

    BY MOLLY MAGIER Student Writer BY MOLLY MAGIERStudent Writer Like everyone else, us teens want everything. Well, we don’t expect you to wrap that in a box and put a large bow on it, but there are a few practical things that would make us smile this holiday season. For instance, anything relating to iPods…