Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Police captain to attend FBI Nat’l Academy

    EAST BRUNSWICK – A township police captain with 21 years experience has been invited to attend the FBI’s National Academy in Quantico, Va. The academy, which offers enrollment by invitation only, serves to improve the administration of justice in police agencies at home and abroad and to raise law enforcement standards, knowledge and cooperation worldwide.…

  • You dig?

    SCOTT PILLING staff Evan Anouna, 8, of Cub Scout Pack 61, East Brunswick, plays by the water at Bicentennial Park during the pack’s family picnic Saturday.

  • On Campus

    Jessica Brooke Steinberg, daughter of Bobbie and Stephen Steinberg of East Brunswick, recently earned a bachelor’s degree in special education, cum laude, from Kean University, Union, where she was named to the dean’s list and was a member of the Lambda Alpha Sigma honor society. She teaches special-education Hebrew school at the East Brunswick Jewish…

  • Catch of the day

    Austin Taylor, 7, of Spotswood, won first prize June 10 in the borough’s fishing derby, held at DeVoe Lake. The catch was an 18.5-inch pickerel.

  • Engineer presents ideas for layout of rec. fields

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – Borough officials on Monday got a look at four design plans for sports fields on land being donated by the Schweitzer-Mauduit plant. The Main Street paper manufacturer is expected to donate about 10 acres of land across the street from its plant, and the…

  • Fund-raisers

    June 22-30 + Collection to benefit the American Cancer Society Relay for Life, sponsored by the J.C. Penney Salon at Brunswick Square Mall, Route 18, East Brunswick. For every dollar contributed, the salon will enter the donor’s into a drawing to win a spa pedicure and spa manicure. All pro-ceeds go to the American Cancer…

  • New pastor on board at Presbyterian church

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Trinity Presbyterian Church’s focus on missions to help those inside and outside the congregation will continue as a new senior pastor is brought onboard. The Rev. Robert Carter has been called as new pastor of the church, located on Cranbury Road. He succeeds…

  • Silverline can keep gate open after all

    Milltown officials reach agreement with manufacturer BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN – The borough will close the issue with a local factory by keeping its security gate open. Officials have reached an agreement with Silverline Building Products, located in the North Brunswick portion of an industrial park off Van Liew…

  • Traffic mishap

    STEVEN M. BARON Two teenagers escaped injury when the Toyota Highlander they occupied struck a telephone pole on Fern Road near Jason Drive in East Brunswick at 8:15 p.m. Friday. The East Brunswick Independent Fire Co. responded to spread Speedy Dry on leaking fluids and disconnect the battery. East Brunswick police directed traffic until PSE&G…