Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Garbage cleanup

    STEVEN M. BARON The top of a waste management truck had to be cut off by the East Brunswick Independent Fire Co. yesterday to remove the driver after the truck overturned on Route 18 north at Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Trans-Med workers transported the driver to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Police…

  • Grandparents on infant duty as mom, dad serve

    BY SHARON LEFF Correspondent BY SHARON LEFFCorrespondent Sara Ravaioli, 6 months old, is being cared for by her grandparents, Maria and Gerald Ravaioli, an East Brunswick police officer, while mom and dad serve in Iraq. With her son and daughter in-law deployed in Iraq on active military duty, Maria Ravaioli awaits their safe return to…

  • Stollen back as prez. on Spotswood council

    Drozd, Barlow begin their first full terms on governing body BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – Changes approved by voters in the borough’s nonpartisan election took effect Monday. And members of the Borough Council took it one step further by electing Curt Stollen as council president. Stollen in recent years…

  • Circus show

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Shannon Longmore and her grandmother, Paula Schulman, watch with amazement during Gustavo’s Wheel of Destiny performance at the Alain Zerbini Circus June 24 at John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Jamesburg.

  • Man’s best friend

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Griffin Hooper, 3, of South River, introduces his golden retriever, Bowie, to friend Jacob Iacullo, 2, of East Brunswick, during the Sheldon-Sheinfiene Park pet expo Friday in South River.

  • Man charged in burglary spree near Racetrack Rd.

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Police arrested a 30-year-old township man after he allegedly attempted to break into two homes on Susan Lane. Police said Shawn Hollabaugh also allegedly broke into three vehicles in the neighborhood near Racetrack Road and Route 18 prior to his arrest in the…

  • S.R. moves ahead with library expansion

    Boro funds design to add space for staff, activities, materials BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER – The borough’s public library may soon be doubled in size, with an expanded parking lot and additional services. The library conducted a study last year, determining that a larger building is needed. The…

  • Fundraisers

    July 13 + Used Inkjet and Laser Computer Cartridge Collection, sponsored by the Spotswood High School Band. Drop-off boxes located at all Spotswood schools; Spotswood Public Library, Spotswood Post Office and Kearny Bank, all Main Street; KrisKell Creations Hair Salon, Summerhill Road. Proceeds benefit the band. (732) 723-0101. July 14 & Fridays through Oct. 20…

  • Local man badly burned after touching live wire

    EAST BRUNSWICK – A Spotswood man was badly burned Saturday when he touched a power line on the property of the former Anheuser-Busch plant. Steve Herczegh, 38, had reportedly been climbing a tower near a power substation on the Main Street property around 4:06 p.m. when he touched a live wire. Police are uncertain why…