Category: Sentinel-EBS News

By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Proposed federal legislation may help residents across the state who lost cell phone service and experienced power blackouts as a result of superstorm Sandy during the next emergency situation. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6) has introduced the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act (H.R. 3998) that would improve communications…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer The daily lives of area residents with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) are improved through the work of a local organization that was founded in 2005. The Joan Dancy and PALS (People with ALS) Foundation provides assistance, services and programs that support ALS patients and their families, according to the organization’s…

Middlesex County Freeholder Director Ronald G. Rios said county government has experienced great progress in 2015 in many different areas. “This has been a year of great progress and continued promise,” Rios said during the 2015 State of the County Address last month. “Middlesex County has introduced even greater efficiencies in the workplace, completed numerous…

A bill that designates swatting as a felony and establishes more stringent punishments for the crime has been signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie. “It is time to send a message that this is not going to be treated lightly,” said Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D-Camden, Gloucester), who sponsored the bill and was himself the…

By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club is calling for development of offshore wind energy to move the state toward a clean-energy future following the veto of a proposal for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) port off the coast of Long Branch. “The veto of…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Muslims from the area are condemning the terror attacks in Paris, which left 129 dead and hundreds injured after a soccer stadium, concert hall and restaurants were attacked by gunmen and suicide bombers last Friday. The Islamic Society of Central Jersey (ISCJ) in Monmouth Junction released a statement expressing its…

EDISON — The New Jersey Comic Expo (NJCE) is coming to the township. MAD Event Management will debut its newest comic convention Nov. 21 and 22 at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center, 97 Sunfield Ave., Edison. The biggest event of its kind to come to the Garden State, according to organizers, the NJCE…

Football rivalries keep tradition alive By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer MATT DENTON The staples of Thanksgiving have always included family, turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie and high school football for many across New Jersey. What was once a traditional game for virtually every high school across the state is becoming a rarer occurrence as many of…

By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer Voters have chosen to fund various improvements throughout the Spotswood School District’s four schools. “I would like to thank the community for supporting the referendum. These upgrades will bring much-needed improvements to the district,” said Superintendent of Schools Scott Rocco, who in the months leading up to the vote campaigned…