Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Business owners say ban has had few effects so far
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer The smoke is clearing for local restaurant and bar owners.The Smoke-Free Air Act took effect April 15, prohibiting smoking in bars, restaurants and bowling alleys. After some initial worries about how the ban would affect business, some local tavern owners say the first two weeks have…
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Fund-raisers
April 27 + Comedy Night at the Stress Factory, to benefit the special children of Camp Daisy, East Brunswick, food served at 6 p.m., show begins at 8 p.m., at the Stress Factory, 375 George St., New Brunswick. Headliner: comedian Joey Kola. Raffle prizes: tickets to Trenton Thunder basketball games and shows at Paper Mill…
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Youth drama workshops scheduled in Sayreville
The Sayreville Main Street Players will sponsor its second session of youth theater classes in the theater space at Garden of Friends, Bordentown Avenue, Sayreville. Classes for youngsters ages 6-8 are planned for 10-11 a.m., Saturdays, May 6-June 17. Enrollment is limited. A summer program also will be offered five mornings a week from 10…
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State agriculture dept. will make deer fencing available
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Charles M. Kuperus has announced that a deer fencing program will be run cooperatively by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture and Rutgers Cooperative Research and Extension. The cost-share program will provide fencing material, plus up to 30 percent of the line posts at no cost to qualified farmers who…
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Mayor: Veto necessary to avoid ‘costly’ lawsuit
Council may overturn veto regarding Silverline access on Van Liew BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN – Mayor Gloria Bradford has vetoed a Borough Council decision to dead-end an access road from Van Liew Avenue to a local industrial park. The council voted 4-2 on April 10 to close the road…
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Fiber artwork is the focus of New Bruns. exhibition
“Dancer,” by East Brunswick’s Kevan Lunney, is part of “Fiber Revolution: Renewal.” NEW BRUNSWICK – The Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters Gallery is presenting the exhibition “Fiber Revolution: Renewal,” featuring works by 25 artists. The artists belong to Fiber Revolution, a network of 35 textile artists from New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania.…
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4 juveniles charged with weapon possession
EAST BRUNSWICK – Four township juveniles were arrested last week after they broke into an abandoned pickup truck and stole a shotgun and shells, according to police. The four male juveniles, two age 13, one who was 12 and the other 14, noticed the shotgun inside the vehicle as they were walking through private property…
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E.B. council is likely to trim increase in school tax
Officials believe many residents support tab, but can’t afford hike BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer By all signs, the East Brunswick Township Council will cut the defeated school tax levy, although the extent of that reduction is yet to be determined. The $122.2 million school budget for 2006-07 carries a 21-cent tax rate hike. That…
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Developer unveils transit village plan
Train station would join variety of stores, apts., public buildings BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer The architects hired by the contract purchasers of the Johnson & Johnson property in North Brunswick have designed a comprehensive transit village plan for the redevelopment of the Route 1 site. Hillier Architecture presented the schematic…
