Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Hercules to clear site, mull options for future
Explosion at former manufacturing site sent flames 100 feet into air BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — Demolition proceedings are being expedited at a defunct manufacturing plant in light of an early morning explosion last week. Officials at Hercules Inc. also said they are researching redevelopment options for the 700-acre…
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Gov’t agencies band together for solution
Local, state, federal officials look at issues related to flooding BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer How do you stop a 100-year storm from causing flash floods? That was the question that local, county and federal officials set out to answer last week as they toured sections of Middlesex County that were…
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Enthusiasm high for opening of new school
K-2 facility to hold 600 students come start of school Sept. 6 BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff South River Superintendent of Schools Ronald Grygo shows off the media center/library of the borough’s new K-2 primary school on Johnson Place in South River. Not to scare the little ones,…
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Town answers call to shut trucking biz
Residents have argued that operation is not a permitted use in zone BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township is looking to shut down a trucking business that has been the subject of numerous complaints from nearby residents. Officials announced at Monday night’s Township Council meeting that Nieroda…
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At the fair
Bright lights and spinning rides (top photo) were a common sight last week at the Middlesex County Fairgrounds in East Brunswick. The seven-day fair closed Sunday. Above, a young girl enjoys a bungie bounce on the Gravity Storm ride as the sun sets on the fair last Thursday. PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff
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Boro well shut down due to contaminants
Spotswood now using two other wells; officials say no risk to residents BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Water problems in the borough have run the gamut from leaky pipes to discolored water and, last month, flooding problems. Now, the town can add another — the presence of radionuclides, a…
