Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Author takes in-depth look at baseball legend
East Brunswick writer explores life and work of Casey Stengel BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer East Brunswick’s Steven Goldman has recently authored the book, “Forging Genius: The Making of Casey Stengel,” available for purchase in bookstores and on the Internet. Casey Dillon Stengel was one of the most intriguing sports characters…
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So. River pooch has plenty to bark about
Bowie, 4, fares well in competitions for skills, obedience BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Inga Hooper with Bowie outside their home in South River. SOUTH RIVER — It’s a dog’s life. Bowie, a 4-year-old golden retriever and lifelong Monticello Way resident, took sixth place in the novice division…
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Town enters newspaper biz with E.B. Quarterly
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer East Brunswick EAST BRUNSWICK — Taking publicity matters into its own hands, the township is now producing its own newspaper. The East Brunswick Quarterly was launched recently with its inaugural issue appearing in residents’ mailboxes last week. The publication contains information about the township services and…
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Residents hope to stop sale after finding heirs
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Residents seeking to stop the township from selling the Weber School site have found information that could help their cause. Ronnie Collins, who lives next to the former school, said she has located at least one of the heirs to the property, which…
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Ballot question sought on ballpark funds
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer He wasn’t running a booth, but county freeholder candidate Andrew Tidd attracted plenty of participants at the recent Middlesex County Fair. Tidd, of Helmetta, was obtaining signatures for a petition to have a county-wide referendum added to the November election ballot, and he accumulated most of…
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Official lives a life of purpose despite HIV
Personnel director talks candidly about his illness and his good fortune BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer COLLEEN LUTOLF Woodbridge Township Personnel Director Jim Ringwood in his town hall office. At 60, Ringwood has survived with HIV for 18 years. Jim Ringwood is like any other working professional in many ways.He wakes…
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Wish-granters look to call Monroe home
Castle-like building expected to be part of ballpark complex BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer An artist’s rendering of the proposed Make-A-Wish headquarters. Described as the first of its kind on the East Coast, a castle-like facility that would house the Make-A-Wish Foundation is being proposed for Route 33. The nonprofit organization…
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Residents adjust to a changing neighborhood
Group forms to fight warehouse expansion on their side of turnpike BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer Warehouse, NJ The calm before the storm.This all-too-familiar feeling is what members of the Eastern Village Association (EVA) say they have been living with since an application was brought before the South Brunswick Planning Board…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Andrew Thompson, 6, cools down at the Brookside Swim Club on Washington Avenue in Milltown Monday afternoon.
