• business brief 

    Spotswood Jewelers has opened next to the Spotswood Diner, located at 12 Snowhill St. On premise is a jeweler with 25 years of experience in designing and repairs. For more information, call 732-416- 9900.

  • SAG figure-drawing workshop Jan. 11

    The Suburban Artist Guild of Central New Jersey (SAG) will offer a figure-drawing workshop during its next monthly meeting at 2 p.m. Jan. 11 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center, Ryders Lane. Members will practice drawing from a clothed model. Both long and short poses will be included in the session.…

  • CODA

    I need another woman in my life, and her name is Siri GREG BEAN There we were, sitting around on the night before Christmas Eve, shooting the breeze and trying to figure out what to do about dinner. Someone suggested pizza, and that sounded pretty good. Where was the closest pizza place? Did they deliver?…

  • Decision on use variance should be overturned in East Brunswick

    This letter is in regard to the article titled “Council Weighs Merits of Charter School Appeal” that appeared in the Dec. 20 issue of the Sentinel. The East Brunswick Township Council should overturn the use variance granted by the Zoning Board of Adjustment that would allow the Hatikvah charter school to relocate to a warehouse…

  • Why allow few to hold school plans hostage?

    I have been a resident and taxpayer in East Brunswick for 18 years. Three of my children graduated from East Brunswick High School. I was reasonably happy with the education they received. One special needs child attended school out of the district, and I appreciated having that option available to us. I believe that parents…

  • E.B. council seemed to display accusatory tone

    Having taught in public schools for 32 years prior to my retirement, I tend to follow local school-related issues. As a 40-year resident of East Brunswick, let me make it clear that I have no personal connection to the Hatikvah International Academy Charter School, neither through the students nor the employees. Nonetheless, I did attend…

  • Photo

    In a photo taken on Dec. 30, a northern harrier, also known as a marsh hawk, flies off from the East Brunswick Dog Park, Dunhams Corner Road, East Brunswick. The northern harrier had just been hunting for small mammals, flying only a few feet off the ground above a field. The species is considered endangered,…

  • Auditions for ‘Twist of Faith’ Jan. 15, 17

    Playhouse 22 will hold open auditions for “Twist of Faith,” an original comedy by Richard Fink and directed by Gerry Appel, at 7 p.m. Jan. 15 and 17 at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Callbacks, by invitation only, will be Jan. 20. Show dates are March 15 to 24…

  • E.B. rabbi arrested following accusation

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Rabbi Aryeh Goodman, director of the East Brunswick Chabad, has been arrested by the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office. According to a Pennsylvania State Police report obtained by Greater Media Newspapers, a male told authorities in the summer of 2012 that he had been assaulted by Goodman, 30,…

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