Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Firehouse referendum goes to voters Saturday
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE — To keep up with the population growth and improve response times, Fire District No. 2 officials will ask voters on Saturday to approve the construction of a new firehouse. The referendum is for a $5.4 million shared fire and EMS facility. The fire district…
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Local pair robbed, one stabbed outside store
EAST BRUNSWICK — Two township residents were robbed early Tuesday morning while sitting in a parked car outside a Ryders Lane drug store. The suspects, later arrested in New Brunswick, used Mace during the 1:42 a.m. robbery outside Walgreens and stabbed one of the victims before making off with a purse and a backpack. Police…
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New officer on board
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE — The expansion of the township’s Police Department continued last week when officials swore in the squad’s 47th officer. Elvis Leung, 27, was welcomed to the force at the Feb. 6 meeting of the Township Council, and will be assigned to the patrol division. Leung,…
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In tribute
Above, family members of Ashley Streeter, a Monroe teenager who died at the age of 18 last month after being struck by a car in Jamesburg, look on during a memorial service for Ashley at Monroe Township High School Saturday. Pictured, from right, are her parents, Robert and Trina; her brother, Robert Jr.; and his…
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Local Muslims take offense to cartoons
Hope to see an end to violent reactions throughout the world BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Local Islamic leaders have made no secret of their contempt for the anti-Muslim political cartoons first published in the Danish press. However, they have also condemned the violent reactions from the Muslim community as against…
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Land swap opponents appeal state’s decision
Park Savers, other groups say Monroe application was incomplete BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Three environmental groups have appealed the state’s approval of a land swap that would allow a high school to be built in what is now Thompson Park. Filed Friday in state Superior Court, the appeal claims that…
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Local teens soar to rank of Eagle Scout
Five members of troop earn honor achieved by only 4 percent of Scouts BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Not one but five members of Boy Scout Troop 83, based in South River, were recently awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. East Brunswick residents Zach Vajda, Matthew Marshall, Gregory Pinkin Salwitz and…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Leo Tong, of Monroe, uses a snowblower to clear the sidewalk in front of his Mott Avenue home Sunday after more than a foot of snow blanketed the region.
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Large teen presence spurs patrols at mall
Uniformed, undercover cops monitoring mall on weekend nights BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Police are on detail at the Brunswick Square Mall, hoping to end troubles because of the large presence of teenagers who congregate there. Police said their presence was requested by the mall, which is owned by Simon Properties…
