Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Barlow wins 6-month term on council

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Thomas Barlow will have a Borough Council seat, at least for six months. Barlow won an unexpired term in Tuesday night’s election, narrowly defeating Marge Drozd. Barlow received 936 votes, while Drozd garnered 904. The figures include absentee ballots, but not provisional ballots, of…

  • Road racers

    Clockwise from top left: Anne Kim Gee, of Princeton, crosses the finish line at the 26th annual Frost on the Pumpkin 10K Road Race Oct. 30 in South River. Eric Gliese, 4, of South River, and A.J. Lee, of Sayreville, stretch out to prepare for the 10K. Runners get ready. Olivia Maton, 6, of Tinton…

  • Denied cell tower plan headed to court

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK –– Omnipoint Communications is challenging the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s denial of its plan to put up a cell tower on Cranbury Road. The application for a 150-foot monopole on the site of the Soma Travel Agency was turned down in June after several…

  • Crabiel, Fernicola keep seats on county board

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer David B. Crabiel Voters in Middlesex County re-elected Democrats David B. Crabiel and Camille Fernicola Tuesday in a 3-2 margin over their Republican challengers. Crabiel, who garnered 98,362 votes, and Fernicola, with 97,688, defeated a GOP ticket that included Jay Boxwell Jr. and Andrew Tidd, who…

  • Residents complain new biz is too loud

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Polonia Street residents are asking the borough for help with a restaurant they say is waking them up at late hours with loud music. Residents said they can almost feel the bass thump that emanates from the Cabaret, which opened several months ago in…

  • Residents’ ideas sought for nearing centennial

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Borough officials are asking for the community’s input on how to mark the upcoming 100th anniversary of the borough’s incorporation. At Monday night’s Borough Council meeting, Mayor Barry Zagnit noted that the anniversary is approaching in 2008, so officials want to hear residents’ thoughts…

  • More land considered for possible purchase

    Monroe to review updated list of land sought for open space BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Monroe officials are picking up the pace in an ongoing effort to preserve some of the town’s smaller farms. Planning Board member Joe Montanti, who is spearheading the project, in December began compiling a list…

  • Webmaster learns site is not ‘all’ things Milltown

    Posting of letter prompts council to take control of page BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — Chris Grotkopf is pleading the First. Grotkopf, the lone webmaster of the borough’s Web site, was recently ordered to remove content from the “Letters” page of the site after a letter appeared from a…

  • Spooky spirit

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT PILLING staff Nicholas Sapia, 4, gets a kiss from dog Roxie during a Halloween costume contest at the Monroe Township Community Center on Saturday. Below, Jack Mula, 2, gets some help with his costume from his father, John, during the event.