Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Bank robbed, woman assaulted in South River

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred next door to headquarters Friday. An employee of the PNC Bank on Main Street, located adjacent to the South River Criminal Justice Building, was outside smoking a cigarette when a man forced her inside the…

  • Young adults playing for charity once again

    Production will benefit Daisy program for handicapped children BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — While “The Fine Art of Double Crossing” would sound like a political novel in some circles, it’s actually something that’s taking place right in East Brunswick. The East Brunswick Young Adult Charity Players (YACP) will…

  • Official takes stand against cable proposal

    Federal bill would take cable negotiations out of towns BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer JAMESBURG –– A change in the cable television landscape may not be for the better, some local officials believe. A congressional bill, dubbed the Video Choice Act of 2005, would end the current system that allows cable…

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    STEVEN M. BARON Shawn Zeplin tries to walk a straight line wearing “fatal vision” goggles as Spotswood Police Officer Kevin Palmer looks on during National Night Out Against Crime at the Spotswood municipal complex Tuesday evening.

  • Bogs’ owner: Flood was not our fault

    Property overwhelmed by water runoff from Monroe, owner says BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer When floodwaters inundated part of Helmetta last fall, residents and officials talked about the nearby cranberry bogs as a possible culprit. And when the area was struck by massive flooding after a July 17 storm, the bogs…

  • Jacobsen back with Daly, Gulbis for Forsgate event

    Monroe MONROE — Golf legends John Daly, Natalie Gulbis and Peter Jacobsen will participate in the third annual Charity Golf Classic at Forsgate Country Club Sept. 25-26. Television personality Matt Griesser, known in part as “Sign Boy” in FootJoy’s commercials, and for his roles in sitcoms and major motion pictures, will serve as master of…

  • Midnight fire

    STEVEN M. BARON Firefighters from South River and East Brunswick battled a blaze that began shortly after midnight Tuesday on Prospect Street in South River. One occupant of the home was treated for smoke inhalation during the fire, which is believed to have started in the basement. Much of the house suffered heat and water…

  • Most back in business in Jamesburg district

    Flood repercussions could still present major setback to local economy BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Collin Horsch throws another box of garbage onto a heaping pile of debris that lined West Railroad Avenue in Jamesburg Friday. Collin, Derek Melnyk (c) and James Pellino were cleaning the DiBrizzis’ storage…

  • Monroe board seeking new elementary school

    Officials say school is needed in addition to new high school BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer With plans still in the works to build a new high school, the Monroe Township Board of Education will ask residents to approve a new elementary school this December. Officials, noting that the district will…