Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Six-acre zoning case reaches end of the line

    N.J. Supreme Court denies petition from East Brunswick BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The township’s attempt to have its 6-acre zoning case heard by the state Supreme Court has been denied. Township officials are now exploring their options with regard to the zoning restrictions that made up the…

  • Event will spotlight range of kosher wines

    BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent EAST BRUNSWICK – A local synagogue will prove this Saturday that there is much more to kosher wines than one may realize. Temple B’nai Shalom, located at Fern Ave and Old Stage Road, will hold a Passover Wine Tasting, which organizers expect will become an annual…

  • EBHS club marches out ‘The Music Man’

    Award-winning show to be presented tonight through Saturday BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Above, Shipoopi dancers with the East Brunswick High School Drama Club rehearse a scene from “The Music Man” Tuesday. The shows will be staged tonight through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. At left, East Brunswick students Justin Devery, as…

  • Jamesburg looks at tax hike again in 2006

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer JAMESBURG — For the second straight year, the municipal budget has been introduced with an 18-cent increase in the tax rate. But officials hope outside revenues will arrive before the $5.15 million spending plan for 2006 is adopted, possibly later this month. The budget carries a…

  • Eight escape as blaze destroys borough home

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff A home on Levinson Avenue in South River is boarded up this week after fire swept through the house Sunday night. SOUTH RIVER — A fire in an older section of the borough destroyed a home on Levinson Avenue late Sunday night. South…

  • Deck options proposed amid debate over project

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — It seems even a discussion about the appearance of a proposed commuter parking deck can’t go by without an argument. Toll Brothers, the developer in charge of building the new deck, has presented three options for the exterior of the planned deck. The…

  • Police report dramatic improvement at mall

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Police have noticed a considerable change at the Brunswick Square Mall since officers began a Friday night detail there in February. Far fewer teens were congregating at the mall this past weekend, and there were no arrests or problems on the grounds of the Route 18 shopping center, according to township Police…

  • S.B. planners deny warehouse complex

    Flood concerns lead to 4-4 vote; developer unsure of next move BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer A proposal to build a 1.8-million-square-foot warehouse complex in South Brunswick near its borders with Monroe and East Brunswick has been rejected. After a 4-4 vote taken Feb. 15 by the South Brunswick Planning Board,…

  • Walling in jail over probation violations

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Former township official and vo-tech school teacher Richard Walling has been jailed due to violations of his sentencing on theft charges. Walling, who pleaded guilty last year to charges he stole $32,500 from the Friends of Monmouth Battlefield, of which he was president, was sentenced in October to repay the nonprofit group…