• Local businesswoman sentenced for failing to report income

    EAST BRUNSWICK — One of the owners of Route 18 Carpet, an East Brunswick retail carpet store, was sentenced Sept. 12 to five months in prison and seven months of home confinement for filing fraudulent personal income tax returns. U.S. District Court Judge Claire C. Cecchi also ordered Siew Leng Cheong, 52, a resident of…

  • Tickets on sale for Oktoberfest gala

    Our Lady of Victories (OLV) Parish will hold an Oktoberfest 7-11 p.m. Sept. 29 in the parish’s Monsignor Dalton Hall, Main Street, Sayreville. German music will be provided by Bernie’s Orchestra. The Bayern Verein dancers will entertain throughout the evening. A German dinner and German desserts will be served. Beer, wine, soda and water will…

  • Police investigate whether dog in car was factor in fatal crash

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Authorities last week released further details of an investigation into a Sept. 15 motor vehicle crash that killed two people and injured four others as they walked home from a religious service. While no charges were filed last week, the driver of the vehicle was identified as Naglaa H. Armanious, 49, of…

  • Harvest Weekends on tap at Giamarese

    Country-Style Fall Harvest Weekends at Giamarese Farm, 155 Fresh Ponds Road, East Brunswick, are set for 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 29, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 30, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 6, 7, 8 (Columbus Day), 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 and 28. The events will feature hayrides, a corn maze, pony rides, food, mums…

  • Hadassah slates Membership Dinner

    East Brunswick Hadassah will hold its annual Membership Dinner, open to all paid-up annual and life members and associates, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 3 in the East Brunswick Jewish Center Ballroom, 511 Ryders Lane. Guest speaker author Nava Atlas will offer a presentation titled “Healthy in a Hurry.” Catering will be by Veggie Heaven of Teaneck.…

  • Monroe man continues to defy odds after 2011 snowboarding accident

    Community to come out once again for 5K in support of Matt Collura BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Matt Collura MONROE — Last year’s 5K to benefit Matt Collura was a success in many ways, and the Collura family is looking to make this year’s event, scheduled for Oct. 7, a triumph as well. Following a…

  • CODA .

    The home improvement store is my second home GREG BEAN I had to force myself to sit down and write my column this week because, as one of the 47 percenters who receives a government handout, Social Security, I would have much preferred sitting in a darkened room bemoaning my victimhood, knowing that I shouldn’t…

  • Criticism is of MCIA bonus justification, not programs

    I am writing in response to the letter written by Leonard J. Roseman, chairman of the Middlesex County Improvement Authority (“MCIA Programs Touch Lives of Many,” Sentinel, Sept. 13). Mr. Roseman was responding to an earlier letter in which the executive director of the MCIA and three other employees were criticized for being given large…

  • Sewer problem resolved, thanks to expertise

    On Sept. 5, 2012, at 3:30 p.m., there was blockage in the sewer line between the curb of my property and the main line. The East Brunswick Water and Sewer Utility has top-shelf equipment, portable power snakes, portable sewer-line cameras (from home line to main), a vacuum truck for line-water removal, a main sewer-line camera…

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