Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Monroe bans political signs on public property

    Officials: Oversignage in past has created distraction for drivers BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDI Staff Writer Monroe residents may notice something missing when election season arrives this fall. The Township Council on Monday voted to ban the display of political signs on all public property, though such signs can still be posted on private property. In a…

  • ‘Tiger Rescue’ on tap for July 29 at S.R. Library

    Youngsters ages 5-10 are invited to “Tiger Rescue,” a simulated mission to save and rescue a Siberian tiger, set for 1 p.m. on July 29 at the South River Public Library, 55 Appleby Ave. Participants should wear comfortable clothes to be an active team member on the mission. Master Robert Z of Jump Tiger Taekwondo,…

  • Community shaken over shooting death

    Boy, 12, is killed by gunshot while playing at friend’s BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Alex Khoudiakov Summer got off to a tragic start in East Brunswick Monday when a 12-year-old boy died as the result of a gunshot wound to the head. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that Alexander…

  • Junior police

    PHOTOSBYJEFF GRANIT staff Clockwise from top left: East Brunswick police officer Michael Tota and dispatcher Joann Lesko talk to students in the Junior Police Academy at Churchill Junior High School, which offered those entering grades 6-8 a glimpse of the many aspects of police work, including crime-scene investigation and patrol duty. Aylisa Montenegro, 11, asks…

  • Rescue teams search lake for missing man

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer STEVEN M. BARON East Brunswick firefighters board search boats Tuesday afternoon at Farrington Lake. Teams continued searching Tuesday night and yesterday for a 34-year-old Edison man who went missing after going for a swim. EAST BRUNSWICK – Police continued to search yesterday for a swimmer who…

  • Krome shooter gets 45-year prison term

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – An 18-year-old Union County man was sentenced to 45 years in prison last week for the August 2004 shooting death of a patron at the former borough nightclub Krome. Donte Williams, of Rahway, was convicted of aggravated manslaughter in the death of Che Broadus,…

  • Couple takes to the seas aboard the Golden Eagle

    E.B. residents take ownership of longtime boating operation BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – A township couple is setting sail on a new business venture that they feel represents a golden opportunity for fishing and fun. Greg and Nancy Markert have purchased the Golden Eagle, a charter fishing vessel…

  • EBHS goes for trophy in interstate challenge

    BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent SCOTT PILLING staff News 12 New Jersey anchorman Tom Layson talks with four of the five members of the East Brunswick High School Academic Team during a May pep rally held at the school. Seated to Layson’s left is team co-adviser Shirley Read. EAST BRUNSWICK –…

  • Longtime town clerk bids farewell to E.B.

    Kiss has seen many changes since taking job in clerk’s office in ’74 BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Elizabeth Kiss EAST BRUNSWICK – Elizabeth Kiss, the township’s longtime clerk, is retiring after serving more than three decades with the township. Kiss, who began in March 1974 as a secretary in the…