• Former NFL player to speak at temple

    Aprogram titled “From Super Bowl to Super Jew,” featuring Alan Veingrad, a former NFL offensive lineman with the Green Bay Packers and a member of the Super Bowl XXVII champion Dallas Cowboys, is set for Jan. 29 at Young Israel of East Brunswick, 193 Dunhams Corner Road. Abrunch will begin at 10:30 a.m. The program…

  • Wacky Wings set for Wednesdays at VFW

    Clark-Moetz Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2319 hosts a Wacky Wings Night 5-8 p.m. every Wednesday at the post home, 45 Broad St., Milltown. Guests are invited to try the post’s sauces or to bring their own. Wings cost 50 cents each. For more information, call 732-828-2221.

  • Friday-Night Dinners continue at post home

    East Brunswick Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133 will host its next Friday-Night Dinner 6-8 p.m. Jan. 27 at the post home, 485 Cranbury Road. The meal will feature fish, macaroni and cheese, salad, vegetables and more. Cost is $9. For more information, call 732-254-9674 or log on to www.vfwpost133.org.

  • Animal control service at center of Jamesburg debate

    Council majority approves ACO salary as borough returns to an in-house service BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Despite having appointed Joseph Intravatola as animal control officer at their prior meeting, officials continued debate over the nature and costs of the service during the Jan. 18 Borough Council meeting. Intravatola is a borough public…

  • Elvis, fabulous ’50s to come to life at Elks

    East Brunswick Elks Lodge No. 2370 will sponsor a Double Elvis Dynamite ’50s Festival 7 p.m.-midnight Feb. 4 at the lodge, Oakmont Avenue. Snow date is Feb. 18. The fundraiser will feature the Blue Smoke Band with Joe Inacio and Tony Liquori. Ahot buffet, tap beer, wine and soda will be provided. Tickets cost $30…

  • Income-tax talk planned at library

    Local income-tax professional Glenn Bartram will present a free discussion titled “How to Maximize Your Income-Tax Refund” 10-11:30 a.m. Feb. 4 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Topics will include preparing an individual 2011 return, deductions and recent changes in the tax laws. Call 732-570-8987 or email [email protected] to reserve a…

  • Middlesex County budget to cut spending by more than $1M

    Restructuring plan began at beginning of 2011 BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer The Middlesex County Board of Freeholders announced its proposal for a $404,234,000 operational budget for 2012 during a meeting on Jan. 17. The operating budget cuts spending by more than $1 million from last year and $2 million from 2010. The decrease is part…

  • CODA

    No more Twinkies? Now that’s a real nightmare GREG BEAN Here are three stories you might have missed due to the 24/7 coverage of the South Carolina Republican primary and Newt Gingrich’s marital peccadilloes last week. We start with Zingers and Ding Dongs: Over the last few years, the crummy economy has made most of…

  • for the record •••

    The Sentinel has no evidence that any enrollment figures reported to the state Department of Education by the Hatikvah International Academy Charter School of East Brunswick were misrepresented, as was indicated in a statement made by an East Brunswick School District Board of Education member in a Jan. 19 article. According to a recent state…

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