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Committee works to make Main St. a better place
On July 16, the Sentinel ran an article titled, “Milltown shop owner to sell strictly via web,” about the impending closing of Ommie’s Treasures, a children’s clothing shop in Millltown. In the article, the owner of Ommie’s, Emily Lovuolo, lamented the absence of a chamber of commerce in Milltown, and stated that the town was…
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Sport Shorts
A 2009 Field Hockey Camp, run by Sticks Down Field Hockey, will be held Aug. 10-14 at Carl Sandburg Middle School, Route 516, Old Bridge. Old Bridge High School field hockey coach Tammy Heitmann will coordinate the program with assistance from the school’s field hockey program. The camp, for kids ages 10 to 15 from…
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Women invited to free self-defense class
Brill’s Karate, 508 Main St., Main Street Marketplace, Spotswood, will host a free women’s self-defense clinic 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 15. Participants will learn basic defensive skills to help them feel more secure and enable them to defend themselves and their family in various situations. Areas to be covered will include: how to avoid looking…
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Kenneth J. Slawinski
Mr. Slawinski, 66, of East Brunswick, died July 18, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by his parents, Adam and Anita Cipkowski Slawinski, and by two sisters. Surviving are his wife, Barbara Pesanello Slawinski; a daughter, Kristen Sabad, and her husband, Ronald, of Trumbull, Conn.; a son, David, and…
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Tax amounts in a poor economy seen as unfair
Officials blame state for failing to reform education funding BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Concordia resident Manny Silverman said he has watched the value of his home decline by 60 percent, while his property taxes have risen 20 percent since he moved in four years ago. At the July 27 Monroe Township Council meeting, he…
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Foerter Farm should be protected from development
In keeping with our mission of responsible stewardship of our watershed, the Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership has paid close attention to the application before the East Brunswick Planning Board to build 10 huge houses adjacent to Farrington Lake on Riva Avenue’s Foerter Farm. We have several concerns regarding the effect this development could have upon…
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The boys of summer
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Spotswood’s Chris Stout stretches to make a putout as Edison’s John Reinhart runs to first during a GMC Summer Baseball League game at Spotswood High School on July 20. Below: Spotswood’s Dean Vitale fields a grounder on the run.
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Events in E.B. honor longtime director
Events are planned this weekend to honor Elliott Taubenslag, who is retiring as director of East Brunswick’s Children’s Summer Theater program after serving for 50 years. Every summer, Taubenslag has directed the program for kids age 7-12 in the program, which runs four days a week and has received numerous awards. A dinner will be…
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Robert “Bob” Bermel
Mr. Bermel, 71, of Old Bridge, died July 17, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, New Brunswick. He was a banker at Chemical Bank of New York, retiring in 1998. He is survived by his wife of 17 years, Penelope “Penny” Janet Kures; six daughters and four sons-in-law, Colleen and Charles Thompson, Donna and…
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