Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Cops find themselves the target in bar fight
Crowd turns on police as they respond to dance floor altercation BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Police on security patrol at a local bar found themselves fending off a crowd of attackers last weekend after they attempted to break up a fight. The early Sunday morning fracas inside…
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Cheery competition
CHRIS KELLY staff Shannon Franey is held up by fellow cheerleaders with the St. Bart’s Buffalos, of East Brunswick, during the Garden State Pop Warner cheerleading competition Saturday at the Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton.
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Contract deal struck in marathon session
More than a thousand rally for East Bruns. school workers’ union BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff East Brunswick teachers Dana Zimbicki and Jo-Anne Bijas rally the crowd outside Chittick School Tuesday night. A negotiations session that lasted more than 14 hours ended yesterday morning with a tentative contract…
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GOP: Recount likely in E.B. council race
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Following a Township Council race in which the final seat was decided by 20 votes, the Republican Party will soon decide whether to ask for a recount. Party Chairman Charlie Bruno said last weekend that a recount is likely, but that the East…
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County jail visits now done by videoconference
Officials say change will stop contraband from getting in, cut costs BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Freeholder Christopher Rafano demonstrates how to use the new video visitation system on Oct. 31. The Middlesex County Adult Correction Center unveiled a new video visitation system, the first of its kind in New Jersey,…
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‘Support system’ keeps up son’s spirits in Iraq
E.B. native dedicated to serving his country, writing his mother BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer PHOTOSBY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Michele Jabin, of East Brunswick, holds a photograph of her son, Josh, a U.S. Marine Corps captain now stationed in Iraq, during the township’s Veterans Day observance Saturday morning at the municipal complex.…
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Candidates await word on provisional ballots
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER – The tie between two candidates for a Borough Council seat could be broken by 12 provisional ballots being tallied this week by the county election officials. Tallies after the Nov. 7 election had Democratic Councilman Anthony Razzano and Republican challenger Michael Trenga in…
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Bank postpones hearing on Forney Clinic plans
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer MILLTOWN – Residents hoping to have input on the fate of a historic building proposed for demolition to make way for a bank will have to wait until next year. Valley National Bank postponed the remainder of its hearing for a new branch location because of…
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Hat trick
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Lauryn Owusu (r), 9, holds a cat puppet on her head as friend Sara Gibbs stands by during a show that featured children’s entertainer Yosi on Saturday at Helmetta’s St. George’s Church, Main Street.
