Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Fair and open process yields familiar faces
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Contracts have been awarded under the township’s new “fair and open” procedure. The Township Council earlier this year voted to use what the state refers to as a fair and open process for awarding all professional contracts. This involves advertising for services and…
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Greater Media Newspapers to feature Future Leaders
In the week of May 31, Greater Media Newspapers, which publishes the Sentinel, will present a very special section honoring and showcasing young people from our circulation areas. The Future Leaders section will focus on youthful leaders from all walks of life, not just on the brightest scholars. We will feature young people who excel…
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Efforts of many ensure baseball league is a hit
Spotswood volunteers eager to gain new fields, courtesy of Schweitzer BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – Like many youth athletic leagues, the borough’s baseball program is largely a volunteer effort. That was evident on Sunday when nearly two dozen people took to the fields behind Spotswood High School to plant…
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Efforts of many ensure baseball league is a hit
Spotswood volunteers eager to gain new fields, courtesy of Schweitzer BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Derek Zelesnick, 4, lends a hand to volunteers involved with the fixup and beautification of the fields. Bottom photo, Jeff Szatkowski clears debris from one of the dugouts at a ballfield behind Spotswood High School Sunday.…
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Parents can keep tabs on students’ progress
Program gives access to records dealing with academics, behavior BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER – A new Web-based computer program is allowing parents to better monitor their children’s academic progress. Called ParentConnect, the program gives parents access to students’ records and, in general, affords them the opportunity to keep…
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E. B. unlikely to switch location of parking deck
Commuters asked for idea to be explored due to layout, costs EAST BRUNSWICK – Despite recent discussion, the township is unlikely to relocate a proposed commuter parking deck to Harts Lane. The idea to build the new deck there instead of at the Golden Triangle, Route 18, where the township currently operates the Transportation and…
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Poems from long ago form basis of new CD
Laurence Hart returns to music scene with ‘Fragments’ BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Laurence Hart Audiences may have to listen to “fragments” to get a complete picture of Laurence Hart’s life and career. About a year ago, Hart, an East Brunswick native and veteran of the Jersey Shore rock scene, came…
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Facility expansions to cost Monroe $20M
Library, rec. center to be expanded; new senior center planned BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Monroe is expected to bond for $20 million to fund major expansions of the township’s library and community center, and to buy land for a new senior center. The Township Council introduced a bond ordinance Monday…
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GOP miffed by state’s demands on ethics issue
Former candidates may need attorney to pursue complaint BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer A state board wants more information before ruling on the appeal of an ethics complaint alleging pay-to-play infractions on the part of three Middlesex County officials. The ethics complaint was filed by 2005 county Republican candidates Andrew Tidd,…
