Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Council meets with dept. heads on budget

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – While Township Council members say they want trim a proposed 9-cent municipal tax hike, they found out Monday just how difficult it may be to cut from various departments. The 2006 municipal budget stands at about $60.5 million, an increase of roughly $1.16…

  • Council looks for fluff, mistakes in school tab

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN – Borough officials are reviewing the narrowly defeated school budget in the hopes of saving taxpayers money without removing educational programs. Council President Kevin Bosworth said he was disappointed, but not surprised, that the 2006-07 school budget was defeated, and added that officials do not…

  • Residents tell council noise is still a problem

    Kabaret owner says the night spot tries to be a good neighbor BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – Residents of Polonia Street say they are still putting up with late-noise from a nearby restaurant, though its owner disputes that claim. The residents told the Borough Council last week they were…

  • Future fun

    Top photo, dignitaries look on as students at Schoenly School, Spotswood, perform a symbolic groundbreaking last week on the site of the new playground. Below, an artist’s rendering shows the future playground that has been long sought by Spotswood parents, and school, borough and state officials. Marturano Recreation is expected to install the playground, complete…

  • Campaign Web address printing sparks debate

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Two Republicans have filed a complaint alleging that a Middlesex County freeholder misused taxpayer dollars to advertise for the county Democratic Party. The accusations by Republican freeholder candidates Andrew Tidd and Geoffrey Champion stem from a county Public Works and Transportation newsletter in which Freeholder H.…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Hannah Hafeez, sophomore at the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High School, takes down cones during a simulated drunken driving exercise Tuesday in East Brunswick. The school district is joining the HERO campaign to prevent drinking and driving. See story, page 36.

  • Police pedal for those fallen in line of duty

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – It’s almost 20 years to the day that township police officer Guy LiMato was involved in a gunfight. Luckily for LiMato, he lived to tell his story. But not all police officers do, and that is why a group of East Brunswick officers…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Steve Hendershott, of Lawrenceville, and Bill Flemer, of Princeton, entertain the crowd at the official opening of the Mapleton Preserve Saturday.

  • Mapleton Preserve opens to the public

    A former tree nursery, 200-acre site has been preserved as open space BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Dayton’s Evan Sooby, 5, is a bit small to drive this fire truck at the Mapleton Preserve on Saturday. Five years of negotiations and collaborations between South Brunswick, Princeton University, Princeton Nurseries, the Department…