• Holiday events scheduled in Helmetta

    The borough of Helmetta will hold three upcoming holiday events. A dinner for Helmetta residents ages 55 and above will be held at 5 p.m. Dec. 10 at St. George’s Church hall, 56 Main St. For more information, call 732-521-4946, ext. 100. The Helmetta Children’s Holiday Party, which will include a Mad Scientist Show and…

  • fundraisers 

    Dec. 1-4  Holiday Grave-Blanket Sale, sponsored by St. Mary’s Altar Rosary Society, South River. Cost is $24 for a 36-inch blanket decorated with pinecones, poinsettias, bow. Orders taken after all Masses at St. Mary’s Church, Jackson Street, South River. Pickup planned for noon-2 p.m. Dec. 10. Call Lydia at 732-432-8381, Joan at 732-254-2282. Dec.…

  • Armed robbery crew member sentenced to 12 years in prison

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Another member of an armed robbery crew that targeted businesses and homes in Middlesex County in 2009 has been sentenced to 145 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Raffaele Danise, 25, had pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz in September 2010 to a charge of one count…

  • Pet photos with Santa set at animal hospital

    Members of the community are invited to have their pet’s photo taken with Santa 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Monroe Animal Hospital, 179 Prospect Plains Road. The event is free of charge. The pet’s photo will be posted on the hospital’s Web site (www.monroevet.net) and Facebook page. To schedule a time for the…

  • Flapjack Breakfast to aid Project Grad

    Spotswood High School Project Graduation will host an Applebee’s Flapjack Fundraising Breakfast 8-10 a.m. Dec. 10 at Applebee’s, 324 Ryders Lane, Milltown. Tickets cost $10 each and may be purchased by calling Debbie Andren at 732-723- 0655 or emailing [email protected].

  • Milltown Historical Society recognizes teen volunteer

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Nicholas Fontaine receives the President’s Volunteer Gold Service Award from Kathy Heilman, president of the Milltown Historical Society. MILLTOWN — Over the course of four months, 14-year-old Nicholas Fontaine got down and dirty into the depths of borough history. His endeavor secured him the Presi- dent’s Volunteer Gold Service Award…

  • CODA

    Sometimes, it’s fair to blame the messenger GREG BEAN Here’s something you might not realize about the newspaper, or publication website, where you’re reading this column — the company that publishes the news and information for Greater Media Newspapers has more moral integrity than many of the national news organizations, at least when it comes…

  • Speak up to oppose phone, cable deregulation

    A ARP New Jersey adamantly opposes S2664, a state Senate bill to deregulate basic telephone and cable television services. The bill would leave consumers without regulatory oversight of either rates or quality of service by removing essentially all powers of the Board of Public Utilities to protect consumers. In other states where similar legislation has…

  • Calls for help to get fair share in state aid

    I want to take this opportunity to thank the Sentinel and staff writer James McEvoy for his coverage of our last Monroe Township Board of Education meeting (“Monroe Board Approves New Teacher Contracts,” Sentinel, Nov. 23). I just want to clarify my comments that were misinterpreted by the Monroe Township Education Association (MTEA) leadership, as…

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