Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Wetlands park will be created next to 41 homes
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer MONROE – Some 41 single-family homes will be built alongside 71 acres of preserved open space under a development plan approved last week. The Planning Board gave preliminary approval Oct. 26 to Georgetown Estates LLC/Rocky Brook with the stipulation that the open space be turned over…
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Craft fair on agenda at E.B. Senior Center
The annual East Brunswick Senior Center Craft Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 4 at the senior center, Jean Walling Civic Center Drive. The event will feature holiday gifts and decorations; handmade quilted articles; knitted and crocheted baby items, afghans, etc.; and homemade baked goods. For more information, call…
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Milltown cleanup scheduled for Nov. 5
The Milltown Environmental Commission, the Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership, New Jersey Community Water Watch and Milltown Girl Scouts will sponsor an environmental cleanup around the borough waterways beginning at noon on Nov. 5. Volunteers will meet at the police entrance at Milltown Borough Hall, 39 Washington Ave. Refreshments will be provided. Participants should wear stout…
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Musicians to rock for a cause Saturday
South River benefit features Spook Handy, seven other artists BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER – Local musicians will perform this weekend for a developmentally disabled man who recently underwent costly surgery. Annette Cunnius, of Sayreville, organized the event to assist her older brother, Daniel, 48, who was born and…
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Sinagra: U.S. must finish important work in Iraq
Joe Sinagra Joe Sinagra says that he’s just an ordinary guy, and thus he understands the issues important to the ordinary guy. “I believe I represent the average person. I’m not a born politician, I don’t have a war chest of $2 million. I go to work, I pay my bills, I pay my mortgage,…
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Bear stroll
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Erin Lortz and Teresa Thorne, inside the bear, check out some of the scarecrows lining the street in downtown Jamesburg Oct. 21.
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Father of E.B. shooter likely to serve 5 years
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The father of the boy who shot and killed his 12-year-old friend last June is expected to serve prison time after pleading guilty last week to endangering the welfare of a child. Michael Guerriero would receive a five-year prison sentence under the plea…
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Donations sought for winter coat drive
Monroe Chiropractic Care and Fiddlehead’s Restaurant and Elks Lodge No. 2180, both Jamesburg, are collecting clean, new or gently used coats for Jersey Cares, the New Jersey-based arm of New York Cares, made famous by the television commercial of the Statue of Liberty shivering. Coats may be dropped off at Fiddlehead’s, East Railroad Avenue, Jamesburg,…
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‘Tribute to the Count’ next up at music center
The Imperial Band will present “A Tribute to the Count,” a concert honoring legendary musician Count Basie, from 2-4 p.m. on Nov. 5 at the Imperial Music Center, 48 Appleby Ave., South River. Lunch will be served from noon to 2 p.m. For more information, call (732) 238-0310.
