Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Buildings provide snapshot of town’s first 116 years

    Historians document mill site and salvage artifacts left behind BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer At a glance, one might think the workers left yesterday afternoon to resume work the next day. Production machinery sits poised for action, powdery snuff lying in wait. A packaging machine is loaded with empty tins to…

  • It’s the end of the road for Route 92

    Turnpike Authority cancels all plans for proposed highway BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Expired, terminated, inert, deceased, perished, passed on, lifeless, belly up, dead. These terms and more describe the current status of the controversial Route 92 project. In a letter dated Dec. 1, Michael Lapolla, executive director of the New…

  • Redeveloper, residents discuss Ford Ave. plan

    Architect, engineer discuss project, respond to concerns from public BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer “It is early in the process, but so far the presentations have been very enlightening for the public.” – Gloria Bradford MILLTOWN – The borough’s Ford Avenue redeveloper presented updated plans Tuesday as dozens of residents looked…

  • Milltown action may cut back on taxicabs in town

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer MILLTOWN – The number of cabs cruising the streets of the borough could decrease greatly in the coming year. At its meeting Nov. 27, the Borough Council introduced an amendment to the existing taxi ordinance that will limit the number of licenses issued by the borough…

  • Holiday gift-card campaign begins in E.B.

    Due to the generosity of individuals, community volunteer groups, local businesses, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Brownie troops, the public schools, churches, religious organizations and various other civic organizations, the township of East Brunswick recently arranged for more than 85 families and senior citizens to receive assistance for the Thanksgiving holiday. The families were provided with…

  • Redevelopment Project

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Clockwise from top left: Local historians, including Joe Sapia pictured Tuesday in a vacant snuff mill room, have been visiting the mill buildings in part to salvage items prior to the pending redevelopment project and also to take photos and document their findings. The Helmetta mill,…

  • Free buses to Freehold introduced in Monroe

    MONROE – Residents who want to travel to Freehold no longer have to get behind the wheel and brave the traffic. A free round-trip shuttle service started Monday, bringing passengers to CentraState Medical Center and Freehold Raceway Mall. The shuttles pick up passengers at various points in town, making two morning and two afternoon trips.…

  • Jewish group plans show, giant menorah kindling

    MONROE – The Clearbrook Mandolin Ensemble will play a “Chanukah Lights and Music” benefit concert Dec. 20 in the cafeteria at Monroe Township High School, Perrineville Road, in support of the new Chabad Community Center. The concert is being arranged by the Chabad Building Fund and Jerry Sperling, conductor of the Clearbrook Mandolin Ensemble. “The…

  • Boro to strengthen law due to noise complaints

    Ordinance change follows many complaints against local club BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – After more than a year of complaints and court hearings over noise from a local nightclub, borough officials are taking action. The Borough Council on Monday introduced an amendment to the town’s nuisance ordinance. The move…