Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Boro takes measures to reduce school costs

    Helmetta makes cuts in transportation; requires reregistration BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer HELMETTA – In a special meeting Friday morning, the Borough Council resolved to cut about $150,000 from the defeated school budget. The action came three days after the council, which originally proposed greater cuts, reached a compromise with the…

  • Fundraisers

    May 25 + 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. + Cell Phones for Soldiers Drive, ongoing,…

  • Council discusses impact of tax appeals on budget

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – As the Township Council examines the municipal budget, residents are gaining a huge insight into what makes up a local budget and how much those items cost. Those attending or watching the township’s recent budget workshops learned everything from how much public telephones…

  • Woman faces DWI, drug charges after car accident

    EAST BRUNSWICK – A township woman was arrested on charges including drug possession after the vehicle she was driving reportedly struck a parked car on Gage Road. Tarji Simmons, 44, was found to be in possession of suspected heroin and had allegedly been driving under the influence when she was involved in the accident at…

  • Photo

    SCOTT PILLING staff Heather Appleby, a student at South River High School, works on a chalk sketch during an artists workshop at Middlesex County College, Edison, May 18. Hundreds of students from area schools participated in the two-day arts and music workshops.

  • Married couple arrested on several drug charges

    SOUTH RIVER – Police arrested a husband and wife for allegedly dealing drugs out of their borough home on May 12. Borough police, along with the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force, executed a court-approved search warrant at the house on Lee Street at 3 p.m. that Friday. Police charged Marybeth Andrew, 36, at…

  • Area towns to honor nation’s military vets

    Parades, services planned throughout Middlesex County BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDI Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDIStaff Writer MICHAEL ACKER staff Veterans gather American flags this week at the office of Joseph Ziemba, Middlesex County supervisor of veterans interment, in anticipation of the Memorial Day holiday. From left are John Adamusik of American Legion Post 214, South River,…

  • Dances, music, prayer mark annual powwow

    Hundreds turn out to celebrate culture of American Indians BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Lance Whiteeagle and his cousin, Aaron Miller, 11, perform a Pan-Indian dance at the 21st anniversary Powwow and Festival sponsored by the New Jersey American Indian Center at Kennedy Park in Sayreville May 20.…

  • Blossoming hobby lands E.B. man on ABC show

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Teddy Pena, who lives off Rues Lane in East Brunswick, plants several types of flowers in an effort to beautify his yard Saturday. EAST BRUNSWICK – Assuming she could stand the traffic, even Bree Van De Kamp would be proud of what she’d…