Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Aid reduces municipal tax increase
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The municipal tax rate will be reduced to approximately 6 cents, since officials learned they will receive $350,000 in state extraordinary aid this year. Mayor William Neary said the township is “very happy” to be receiving the money, for which it applied earlier…
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Fundraisers
Aug. 4, 5 & 6 + “Way Off Broadway,” a musical revue using songs from Broadway shows in a comedic context, presented by the East Brunswick Young Adult Charity Players (EBYACP), to benefit the Daisy Parents Association, East Brunswick, 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 4 and 5, 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 6, at Churchill Junior High…
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Council cuts penny off potential tax hike
Town awaits word on aid that could bring tax hike below 8 cents BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – After a number of meetings and some budget cuts, the Township Council has shaved 1 cent off a proposed municipal tax increase. The council amended the 2006 municipal budget Monday…
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New Jersey gets its first ‘Parade of Ponds’
Public invited to tour water gardens at 18 homes Saturday A brass heron looks over a water garden that includes two waterfalls, fish, aquatic plants and a meandering stream with a stepping stone path. The eco-system pond is among 18 open to the public as part of this Saturday’s “Parade of Ponds.” Call it an…
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Jr. Police Academy
PHOTOSBYSTEVEN M. BARON Above, Spotswood Police Chief Karl G. Martin addresses the 18 high school students who took part in the borough’s Junior Police Academy last week. Martin spoke during a graduation that featured military-style drills and cadence at Memorial Middle School Friday. At right, students listen as Sgt. Chris Bierman speaks at the ceremony.…
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Rally for a cure
Women from the Forsgate Country Club celebrate after completing 54 holes of golf during the club’s Rally for a Cure Golf Marathon July 13 in Monroe. The 28 participants, including four breast cancer survivors, raised $30,000 for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Pictured are (l-r) Gloria Wasserman, Karen Tremarco, Leslie Meltzer, Malissa Franke,…
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Dems look to bring bike park to So. River
Sides debate whether money would be better spent on existing parks BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER – Borough officials are setting the wheels in motion to bring a new bike park to the borough. The bike park would be 70 feet by 100 feet in size and would become…
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Second round of bids sought for Ave. K Park
Rec. facilities will be developed in 3 phases, starting this year BY Christine Grimaldi Staff Writer MONROE – When it comes to planning for Avenue K Park, the funding and phases of development must fit together like the matching pieces of a puzzle. The municipal budget had allocated about $800,000 for Phase I of construction…
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Up in flames
RYAN D. FENSTERMAKER An explosion at a home on Hershey Road in East Brunswick Monday afternoon destroyed the garage as well as a classic car, reported to be a 1938 Buick Special. Three teenagers who were home at the time heard an explosion and went outside to find the garage engulfed in flames. Brookview and…
