Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Planners mull over new warehouse complex

    1.8 million-square-foot space proposed near Monroe, E.B. borders BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer A three-warehouse complex totaling 1.8 million square feet is being proposed for a tract at Davidsons Mill Road and Cranbury-South River Road in South Brunswick. The development, which would be located along Monroe’s northern border and just west…

  • Abracadabra!

    Above, Brendan Leonard (l-r), 6, Brandon Grover, 7, Blake Janeczek, 6, and Tea Janeczek, 9, enjoy a magic show Saturday at Holy Trinity Church in Helmetta, while Richie Karczewski, 6, (right photo) lends a hand — and a head — to Great Scott the Magician. PHOTOS BY SCOTT PILLING staff

  • Cleanup at Ford Ave. is at center of dispute

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — A state official has outlined several issues to be addressed during the investigation and cleanup of the former Michelin Tire Co. site. Opponents of the borough’s plan to redevelop the Ford Avenue property say the contamination issues now outlined by the state Department of…

  • Fund created in honor of retiring schools chief

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — He may be retiring in June, but Anthony Vaz won’t be forgotten. The school district has created a new college scholarship fund in honor of Vaz, who served as superintendent of schools for nearly six years. The Tony Vaz Commitment to Education Excellence Scholarship…

  • Annual grant of $60K to fund unique program

    Jamesburg gets funding to help children develop world skills, avoid risks BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer JAMESBURG — Stop, think, then act. That, according to Schools Superintendent Shirley Bzdewka, is the philosophy behind a new program designed to teach the borough’s youth to make safe choices when confronted with potentially dangerous…

  • Two injured in accident that closed Route 18 lanes

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Two drivers were injured Monday morning when their cars collided on Route 18 northbound at Arthur Street. The accident took place at 9:49 a.m. after a silver Ford, driven by 47-year-old Helena Swiderski, of South River, had stopped at Arthur Street westbound and Route 18, but for an unknown reason entered the…

  • New firehouse proposed at commercial-office site

    Construction needs approval of voters in Monroe fire district BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Monroe residents served by Fire District No. 2 will vote this month on the construction of a new firehouse. A referendum on the firehouse will be included on the ballots for that district’s election on Feb. 18,…

  • Minor injuries reported in flat-bed, pickup crash

    MONROE — One man was hospitalized for injuries he received in an accident involving a commercial truck and a pickup truck last week. Oscar Perez, of Trenton, was attempting to make a left turn from Centre Drive onto Applegarth Road southbound. Perez, driving a Toyota pickup, was struck by a flatbed truck heading north. The…

  • Photo

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff First-grader Mikayla Helmold gets help from brother Daren and mom Mariana in working “Mikayla’s Lemonade Stand,” a school-wide event held at East Brunswick’s Frost Elementary School last week to raise money for the Institute for Children with Cancer and Blood Disorders in New Brunswick. The school community is helping Mikayla battle a…