Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • 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…

  • Municipal taxes flat under ’06 Monroe tab

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE — Despite a spending increase of more than $3 million, the municipal budget for 2006 has been introduced without a tax increase. Under the $35.6 million plan, the municipal tax rate will remain 56 cents per $100 of assessed valuation for the second consecutive year.…

  • A cut above

    After hearing about a young patient at her mother’s pediatric practice who could not grow hair, Haley Mosseri, of East Brunswick, decided to help by donating her own locks to the girl. Haley, a second-grader at Frost Elementary School, grew her hair for 10 months to get it to the proper length. On her eighth…

  • Officials say new sweeper will help road

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Though the purchase of a new street sweeper may seem routine, it will be a big help to drivers coping with the effects of winter storms. Without a proper street sweeper, the borough has not been able to properly remove the sand used to…

  • Police stop yields drug charges

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A Middlesex County man received drug and warrant charges after police found him driving erratically Monday, and his passenger was also arrested. Patrolman Don Carruth observed 48-year-old Raymond J. Sawicz, of South Amboy, nearly back his red Nissan into several parked cars in the Loehmann’s Plaza parking lot around 5:47 p.m., according…

  • Photo

    SEAN DWYER Among the local Scouts in attendance for Scout Sunday at South River’s Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Sunday were (from left) Ryan Donnelly, 6, of Edison; Adam Szegeti, 10, of South River; Shelby DeSarno, 10, of Sayreville; and Alexa Horchak, 9, of South River.

  • Towns team for project to repair Old Stage Rd.

    East Brunswick, Spotswood receive state funding for work BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer A heavily traveled, worn-down road that runs through both East Brunswick and Spotswood will soon be reconstructed through a team effort. Both towns have received grant funding to help with their share of repaving Old Stage Road, along…