Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Stadler joins Daly, Gulbis at Forsgate

    MONROE — Longtime PGA golfer Craig Stadler will take the place of Peter Jacobsen at the Forsgate Country Club this weekend for the annual Charity Golf Classic. Jacobsen has been sidelined by emergency knee surgery, and will be out of action until mid-October. Stadler, affectionately known throughout the golf world as “The Walrus,” will now…

  • Flynn, Sinagra vying for 5-year clerk term

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer A10-year veteran of the Middlesex County Clerk’s post will be challenged in the Nov. 8 election by a candidate whose past public service includes nine years on his local governing body. Incumbent Democrat Elaine Flynn, seeking a third five-year term, will face Republican Joe Sinagra, a…

  • Residents remain angered over handling of truck biz

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Nieroda Transport is leaving its location on McGuire Street, a township official confirmed last week. Township Attorney Michael Baker told residents upset about the trucking company operating near their homes that he has learned the business will be leaving. “It’s just a matter…

  • Report lays out goals, possibilities for Rt. 33

    A graphic showing Monroe’s stretch of Route 33 categorizes various areas looked at by the land use task force. The area labeled N3 is the proposed location of Monroe Marketplace, which would include a minor league ballpark. Area S1 would be home to Monroe Town Center, while S2 is the proposed site of Monroe Business…

  • Rutgers anticipating visit from Dalai Lama

    Monks to create sand painting over 4 days at Zimmerli museum BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer JOHN DUNPHY The art of Mandala sand painting has been practiced for centuries. The works are destroyed upon completion to signify the impermanence of existence. New Brunswick is considered by many to be the birthplace…

  • Photo

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Frank LoSacco, a diver with the East Brunswick Police Department Scuba Team, was one of several officers Friday to help retrieve cars submerged at Sayreville’s “Acapulco Lake.” For story, see page 20.

  • Theater group readies final show at theater

    Community Players raising funds for move to Cranbury Rd. site BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer The show will indeed go on for the East Brunswick Community Players. After one final production at Playhouse 22, the theater troupe will leave its longtime home on Dunhams Corner Road for a new theater to be built at Heavenly…

  • Potential use of eminent domain disputed in E.B.

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township could see resistance if it tries to bring a local car wash property into a Route 18 redevelopment plan. Officials have discussed adding the property, now home to the Tices Corner Car Wash, to the Golden Triangle, the term used to…

  • Main Street building turns 200 this year

    South River Museum formerly housed church, borough clerk BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer FILE PHOTO The 200th anniversary of the South River Museum, pictured here during a 2004 ceremony celebrating the restoration of its two war memorials, will be honored Sunday in a 2 p.m. ceremony. SOUTH RIVER — If buildings…