Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Monroe schools look to stay ahead of curve

    New programs, clubs, positions abound as BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Monroe students may soon be singing the praises of the high school administration. Among several new programs the school district will offer this year is Women’s Chorale, an advanced chorus for female students in grades 10-12. Christopher Tienken, the district’s…

  • Soaring cost of gasoline begins to ease – slightly

    Local station owners pass along rising costs in supply of gasoline BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff A gas attendant fuels a pickup truck at Sunoco on Main Street in Milltown Tuesday. Ouch!Feel that pinch? Just about everyone has in the last couple of weeks, thanks to the skyrocketing…

  • Middlesex County shows its compassion for victims

    Countless residents, organizations find creative ways to help BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer Nicole Lisanti (l-r), Caitlin James, Valentina Pannullo and Sara Crane raise money for Katrina victims last Friday in Monroe. Middlesex County residents of all ages and backgrounds are helping to take some of the pain out of Hurricane…

  • Parents, students play role in schools’ success

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — The students of the month will do the talking. And after those students are rewarded for using their heads, all students will get to use their feet with the district’s new after-school soccer program this year. Schools Superintendent Linda Madison said that every month,…

  • Town will look into commuter complaints

    Frequency of bus trips, communication issues are subjects of concern BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Spurred by complaints from commuters, the township is forming a committee to look into a wide range of busing issues. Council President David Stahl announced recently that he wants a committee to look…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff   MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Mark Heter and his Band perform their “Circus Time” show from the gazebo in Thompson Park, Jamesburg, in an Aug. 24 afternoon show sponsored by Middlesex County Parks and Recreation.

  • Group explores focus of flood commission

    Officials from seven towns to sit on new panel with freeholders BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer Local, county and state officials on Tuesday brainstormed a commission that will work to prevent disasters like the flood that damaged hundreds of area homes in July. The South Central Middlesex County Flood Control Commission, which is expected to…

  • Group looks at bright side, despite mill plan

    Society: Year has brought renewed interest in history BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer Society: Year has brought renewed interest in history BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer Progress will not prevent preservation. At least, not if the members of the Helmetta Historical Society can help it. At the society’s annual meeting Monday, leadership team member Kathryn…

  • Stahl goes back to law; takes prosecutor’s role

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer David Stahl EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township Council’s president can add two more roles to his daily workload: borough prosecutor and an assistant county counsel. David Stahl, a Democrat in his third year on the East Brunswick governing body, began serving about a month ago as…