Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Borden returns to football team
EBHS coach rescinds resignation, will adhere to prayer guidelines BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer Ten days after his resignation as coach drew national attention and ongoing debate on the separation of church and state, Marcus Borden returned to the East Brunswick High School football field on Monday. Borden rescinded his resignation…
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Four-day haunt to help boy, 3, battling cancer
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — A Parlin neighborhood is doing its best to scare up some help for 3-year-old Michael Midrano. Michael was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, NK nasal T-cell lymphoma, three months after his third birthday. He started chemotherapy at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia…
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Land swap hearings set for next two months
State officials will hear residents BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Middlesex County has scheduled two public hearings on a controversial land swap proposal that would allow the construction of a new Monroe Township High School. The hearings were the request of the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), which is continuing…
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EBHS coach’s resignation sparks nationwide debate
Borden steps down after being told not to pray with his team BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer BY DOUG McKENZIEStaff Writer FILE PHOTO In happier times, East Brunswick High School football coach Marcus Borden celebrated winning his first sectional title last December. On Friday, he walked away from his position after being told he could…
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Celebrations planned as church turns 250
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Main Street, will celebrate 250 years of religious and community service in Spotswood next year. A committee has been planning a series of events to mark the occasion. SPOTSWOOD — One of the oldest churches in the state is…
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Police: ‘Sex offender’ flier possibly a prank
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Police are looking for the party responsible for distributing unfounded information about a sex offender living in the borough. Many residents on and around a section of Main Street last week were surprised to discover a letter in their mailboxes warning them of…
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Student, 13, charged with groping classmate
East Brunswick EAST BRUNSWICK — A 13-year-old township boy is being charged with criminal sexual contact after he allegedly groped another student while riding home on a school bus last week. The boy is accused of wrongfully touching a 13-year-old female student on the late bus that was taking them and other students home from…
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Tradition marching on despite loss of organizer
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Jamesburg JAMESBURG — The borough is trying to make it 124 in a row. With the passing of its chief organizer, the borough’s Memorial Day parade was briefly in doubt — for the first time since 1883. But instead of letting go of the event, officials…
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Hay, man
JEFF GRANIT staff Lou Boka, of Jamesburg, works on a scarecrow last week with his wife, Debbie, and daughters, Allison, 9, and Nichole, 6. The scarecrow is among many posted along East Railroad Avenue.
