Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Resident finds some extreme help for friend
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – When township resident Rachelle Burk first met Beverly Turner, it was when Turner’s son needed some mundane stitches. Ten years later, Burk was helping Turner get an entirely new, and customized, home thanks to ABC’s hit show Extreme Makeover. It’s been quite a…
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Borough to take chunk out of 83-cent tax hike
Council to vote on compromised plan tomorrow morning BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer HELMETTA – School and borough officials have reached a tentative agreement to cut about 23 cents from the proposed school tax increase. The 2006-07 school budget, as proposed by the Board of Education, would have raised the school…
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Fund-raisers
May 19 + Oldies Dance, sponsored by the borough of Jamesburg, to benefit the Jamesburg Presbyterian Church Deacons Food Pantry, featuring music of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, 7-11 p.m., at the Jamesburg Knights of Columbus Council Home, Lincoln Avenue, off Helmetta Road. Music by a DJ. Donation is $30 per person. Make checks payable…
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Ethics board asked for legal analysis of vote
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer The state is asking the Middlesex County Ethics Board to clarify its dismissal of a complaint alleging the acceptance of illegal campaign contributions by three county officials. Republicans Andrew Tidd, Jay Boxwell and Joe Sinagra filed the complaint last year against Democrats Freeholder Director David B.…
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Roll out
JEFF GRANIT staff Zachary Elman (r), 5, of East Brunswick, along with Joshua Plaztman, 3 (being helped by mom Esther), roll along to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at the East Brunswick Jewish Center Wednesday.
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For the Record
A May 11 story, which reported on the reorganization of the East Brunswick Board of Education and mentioned the number of years each member has served, inadvertently omitted the name of board member Gene Ryan, who was elected to his first term in April.
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Council cuts $1M from school budget
Tax increase stands at $185, or $25 less than Board of Ed. proposed BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The Township Council voted unanimously to slash 2.5 cents off what would have been a 21-cent increase in the school tax rate. The council officially approved the cut during its…
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Roadside assistance
CHRIS KELLY staff Members of Boy Scout Troop 33 and other volunteers gather trash collected during a cleanup of the Sawmill Brook in East Brunswick Saturday. Helpers, including members of the Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership, picked up trash near Harts, Tices and Ryders lanes.
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Signs will give details on 16 combat veterans
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN – Already adorned with the names of local war veterans, about 16 street signs will soon tell motorists not only where they’re going, but also where the roads’ namesakes have been. An anonymous donor has given the Milltown Revitalization Committee $1,000 to have an additional…
