Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Proposals vary from 4 tax cut to 83-cent hike
School board races contested in Monroe, Milltown, E. Bruns. BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer Residents of Middlesex County will have plenty to choose from when they vote in the April 18 school elections, with crowded contests in some Board of Education races and school budgets that, in most cases, carry tax…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Avi Elk (l) and Ephraim Ness, both 3, watch as Sholomber Ginsberg mixes flour and water to make matzah during the hands-on Matzah Bakery event held Sunday at ShopRite, West Prospect Street, in conjunction with the Chabad of East Brunswick. Guests who helped prepare the matzah also watched Passover video presentations.
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Plan to raze historic J’Burg home opposed
Land Use Board to decide on proposal for 3 new homes BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff The Jamesburg Land Use Board is reviewing an application that would see the Abraham S. Davison House on Gatzmer Avenue, Jamesburg, demolished to make way for three new homes. Local officials are…
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Lawsuit likely as boro votes to dead-end road
Council majority goes against Silverline in closing off gate BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN – A North Brunswick factory’s efforts to allow restricted use of its Milltown entrance gate may have hit a dead end. The issue involving the Van Liew Avenue gate has divided borough officials, who have discussed…
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Arabian nights
PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Appleby School fifth-graders, including Alex Carros (center) as Alladin and Lauren Critelli as Jasmine, staged three sold-out performances of “Aladdin Jr.” in Spotswood last week. The show featured 79 students and was directed by Chris Slavicek, with musical direction from Barbara Cottrell. Below, Lauren Harris and J.C. Murawski, both of…
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Seven throw hats in ring for 3 Boro Council seats
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – In what could shape up to be one of the more hotly contested elections in years, two teams of candidates and one who is independent will vie for seats on the Borough Council this spring. Incumbents in the race include Howard Keenan, Curtis Stollen…
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Congregation looking to leave South River
Officials hope move, possibly to E. Bruns., will boost membership BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Almost 90 years ago, a building on Whitehead Avenue in South River became a religious hub, and began to draw worshippers from East Brunswick, Sayreville and Old Bridge to the borough. Now, more than 50 years…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Scott Braun and sons Danny, 6, and Greg, 4, look over their findings during Monroe’s annual Egg Hunt and Bonnet/Top Hat Contest at the Community Center Saturday.
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Helmetta tab brings $595 average tax hike
Transportation, tuition costs drive $600,000 increase BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Helmetta residents are facing a school tax increase that would amount to nearly $600 on the borough’s average-assessed home. Officials had expected an increase to come with the $4 million school budget for 2006-07, but were surprised by how sharp…
