Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Patrol boat among many homeland security buys

    Middlesex County officials will use a $1.65 million federal grant to buy a patrol boat, computer equipment and other supplies designed to improve security in the area. The county’s 12-member Homeland Security Implementation Committee came up with a list of allocations, which are being funded with an annual grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland…

  • Frustrated residents storm council meeting

    Boro professionals to answer drainage questions Aug. 24 BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer After receiving an anonymous note encouraging them to attend last week’s Helmetta Borough Council meeting, residents filled council chambers to capacity to question the borough’s storm drainage system. Many blamed the drainage pipes for the intense and prolonged…

  • Contest entry makes birthday wish a reality

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer Parlin resident Colleen Carey gets airborne Sunday after turning the key to win a car as part of a contest sponsored by Optimum Autos car-shopping service. SAYREVILLE — When Colleen Carey’s husband told her he wanted a new car for his birthday, she jokingly told him…

  • Battlefield group adds voice to MOM dissent

    NJ Transit study on impact of three rail proposals due in BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Despite new opposition to a Lakehurst to Monmouth Junction rail line, NJ Transit will continue to study it as one of three possibilities for future passenger rail service in the area. Meanwhile, two assemblymen from…

  • Mayor’s job, biz dealings questioned by residents

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK –– The governing body was grilled last week by residents who are unhappy with the mayor’s job and the township’s business relationships. At the Aug. 8 Township Council meeting, the governing body was taken to task regarding Mayor William Neary’s new full-time job as…

  • ‘Stuff the Bus’ drive

    PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Above, United Way of Central Jersey President Gloria Aftanski and executive assistant Patricia Desiderio chat during Saturday’s “Stuff the Bus” drive outside Office Depot in East Brunswick. Many local businesses and residents dropped off new school supplies for area children in need. Donations are being accepted at the United Way…

  • Fire damages E.B. home

    STEVEN M. BARON East Brunswick firefighters prepare to go inside a Harvey Circle home where a fire is believed to have started due to items left too close to a water heater. EAST BRUNSWICK — A basement fire resulted in heavy damage to a Harvey Circle home Monday around 4:30 p.m. The home did not…

  • Police charge teller in robbery of bank

    BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — A bank teller who told police she was assaulted by a man during a robbery of the PNC Bank on Main Street last month now stands accused of staging the events. Police last week arrested Theresa Martinez, a 19-year-old borough woman who worked…

  • Rt. 33 panel will wait for tax, traffic studies

    Report on progress of task force expected in coming weeks BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Monroe officials are examining possibilities for rural areas along Route 33 westbound near Perrineville Road that could be used for a baseball park, commercial, residential and open space purposes. MONROE — The township…