Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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Residents: Town ignores calls to address truck biz
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Residents of the McGuire Street area criticized township officials Monday night for failing to address concerns about a trucking business on their street. Residents said the trucking use is not permitted on the street under township zoning laws. They said it wakes them…
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Area student awarded for volunteer service
Community service has long been the focus for Monroe native BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Ian Craig MONROE –– If you’ve got an idea for volunteer work, Ian Craig is all ears. Craig, a sophomore at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, was recently recognized for his efforts as the coordinator of…
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House at low point no stranger to floods
Resident: Flooding has damaged Baker Drive home 5 times in 5 years BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer HELMETTA — While the borough was hit with its second flood of the year, Janet and Joe MacConnell saw the ground floor of their home flooded for the fifth time since they moved in.…
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County awaits word from feds on flood aid
BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer RYAN D. FENSTERMAKER A groundhog sits on a roadside guardrail on Adirondack Avenue in Spotswood during the July 17 flood. Firefighters from East Brunswick District 3 and New Brunswick responded to that area with engines and boats to assist residents. The groundhog survived the flood. The…
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Washed out
JEFF GRANIT staff Jason and Rachel Levinson, both of Jamesburg, make their way through the flooded intersection of Gatzmer Avenue and Courtney Street Sunday as Jon Vuocolo, North Brunswick, trails behind.
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Helmetta hit again
Streams of water inundate borough hours after rainfall BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Lightning may never strike the same location twice, but Helmetta residents found out the hard way that no such rule applies to flooding. For the second time in nine months, the borough was flooded after heavy rains hit…
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Residents take issue with truck biz, town
Transport operation opened on McGuire St. in December BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Residents on McGuire Street are preparing to once again stage a fight against a nearby business. Frank Coury and wife, Mary McGuire, said they had to dish out $7,000 to take a trucking company to…
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Learning the ropes
PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above, Spotswood Patrolman Nicholas Mayo instructs a drill Tuesday during the Junior Police Academy being run by the department all this week. Cadet Adam Lowe does push-ups. Below, Mayo checks the hand position on a cadet during a standing-at-attention drill.
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Spotswood pumping out after downpours
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Some residents and local officials may be having nightmares about water. The borough has long faced problems with water discoloration and costly piping and system repairs, and on Sunday, Mother Nature brought fierce flooding to parts of the town — the result of unusually…
