Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Some TCC parkers to use Tower Center for period

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Commuters who use the daily parking spots at the township’s Transportation and Commerce Center (TCC) lot will be able to park at the Tower Center while a new parking deck is being built. The Township Council approved a lease with the Tower Center…

  • War vet, 26, recalled for courage, character

    Spotswood native, who served in Iraq, killed in motorcycle accident BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Michael S. Kissling is shown during his service with the U.S. Army in Iraq, where he served from August 2004 to October 2005. For Michael S. Kissling, bravery was a way of life.Whether he was serving…

  • 9/11 service

    JEFF GRANIT staff Sandra Santorelli, 12, reflects tearfully on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, which killed her uncle, Vincent Gallucci, of Monroe. Pictured at her side during Monroe Township’s 9/11 ceremony Monday evening are her grandparents, Angela and Joseph Gallucci.

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Angela and Joseph Gallucci pay respects to their son, Vincent, at the Monroe Township Memorial Tree Park Monday evening, when the township held a service recognizing the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Gallucci, 36, was one of two Monroe residents killed at the World Trade Center, where he worked as a…

  • Center’s anniversary events kick off Sunday

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Ten years ago, when the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life was just getting started at Rutgers University, Yael Zerubavel was not given much to work with. There was no stationery, no office supplies, not even an office. But there was…

  • Riggs leaves council to take township job

    Longtime councilman succeeds Montanti in environmental role BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer John Riggs After 17 years on the Monroe Township Council, John Riggs announced this week he will resign that position in order to take on a full-time job with the township. Riggs said he has accepted the position of…

  • Residents rally to raise awareness about Darfur

    Three moms start N.J. chapter of Committee on Conscience BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent Clockwise from left: Robert Kolchmeyer, 11, of East Brunswick, takes part in last Thursday’s candlelight vigil “Shine a Light for Darfur,” designed to raise awareness about the violence taking place in the Darfur province of Sudan. David…

  • Neighbors say district neglected quality of life

    Rachel Drive residents confront board on issues surrounding new road BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Residents of Rachel Drive last week blasted the Board of Education for building a road along the rear of their properties on the grounds of the Hammarskjold Middle School. The school district has…

  • Town leases property to Verizon for tower

    Wireless carrier will pay Monroe $24,000 per year BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer MONROE – Township residents may no longer find themselves asking in frustration, “Can you hear me now?” A cell tower is expected be built on township-owned property on Gravel Hill-Spotswood Road, filling a need for better coverage in…