Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • Monroe set to rezone mostly developed areas

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE – Township officials are amending the master plan with the stated goal of benefiting several homeowners and easing potential drainage issues. The Planning Board unanimously recommended the rezoning of three neighborhoods near the Jamesburg border so the areas can be made conforming residential zones. The…

  • County gives builder 10 days on roadwork

    Township ceases issuance of permits, COs at Woodhaven BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – The clock is ticking. Middlesex County officials have given a local builder 10 days to comply with some unmet conditions of approval on the Woodhaven housing development at Old Bridge-Englishtown and Texas roads, and has…

  • On Campus

    Tim Capanna, son of Terry Capanna of South River, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, where he is a communications major and a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. Ryan Marsa of Monroe was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at…

  • Builder, Sayreville get busy on National Lead effort

    LNR plan splits redevelopment project into five districts BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Top, the site plan of LNR Property Corp. divides the Sayreville Waterfront Redevelopment Area into five districts, including (A) Sayreville Office Park, (B) Riverfront and Basin, (C) Raritan Commons, (D) Sports and Entertainment and (E) Bayside. At right,…

  • Bill would require signs on proposed building sites

    Towns would post signs about construction plans at builders’ expense A state assemblyman from Middlesex County wants to require towns to erect signs notifying residents of proposed building applications. Assemblyman Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. (D-18) introduced legislation recently that would require the signs and alert communities about upcoming public hearings. The effort comes in the…

  • Man beaten; car taken by unknown suspects

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A township man was injured Friday night in a carjacking that took place near Route 18. Three unknown suspects committed the carjacking in the area of Pine Tree Boulevard shortly after 8 p.m., beating a man and taking his car. Police responded to…