• Youngster at the head of veggie contest at fair

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Andrew Budrow entered a cabbage he grew as part of a school project into a contest at the Middlesex County Fair last week, and won first place for the largest vegetable grown. PHOTO COURTESY OF KELLI BUDROW With the closing of Milltown’s Our Lady of Lourdes School in June, third-…

  • VFW to sponsor Family Sunday Drive

    Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133 will host its Family Sunday Drive 1-6 p.m. Aug. 18, rain or shine. Start will be 1 p.m. at the post home, 485 Cranbury Road. Motorcyclists are welcome. There will be stops at the VFW posts in Milltown, South River, Sayreville and Old Bridge. Riders will collect points…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Dave Ambrosy DeVry University has announced a new Career Catalyst Scholarship, designed to support students along their educational journey toward graduation. More than $15 million has been set aside for the next three years, which will be awarded to qualifying students who enroll in the September session by Aug. 29. The scholarship value is up…

  • More grants allotted for buyouts in Sayreville and South River

    A pproximately $14.18 million in federal grants were announced Aug. 8 to fund voluntary buyouts of flood-prone properties in South River and Sayreville. The grants, part of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, will supply the state Department of Environmental Protection with funds to purchase 76 homes in South River and nine in Sayreville.…

  • Resident unimpressed by Greenstein’s efforts

    The Sentinel issue of July 18 contained a letter to the editor from Henry Sloan of Monroe touting the work of state Sen. Linda Greenstein (D-14). Sen. Greenstein did absolutely nothing for the citizens of Monroe during superstorm Sandy. Greenstein made appearances at some of the adult communities, commiserating with the residents about their plight.…

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    Sunflowers along Pension Road, Manalapan. IRENE P.

  • Good news: At least they’re more popular than Fidel

    Greg Bean Our nation’s 112th Congress broke for its five-week summer recess last Wednesday, July 31, having achieved the shameful record of being the least productive Congress in history, while at the same time becoming the most hated Congress in history, according to a plethora of respected polls. As a matter of fact, only about…

  • Peeling back the label

    Jack Murtha might as well kick off this column with a confession: I still use the same brand of deodorant that I wore 10 years ago. From high school gym class to the cubicle, I’ve relied on a single company to ward off attacks on my personal hygiene. It’s not that I’m a shill for…

  • Timing of revaluation ‘not a political decision’

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MONROE — Although the results of a township-wide tax revaluation won’t be known until after the Nov. 5 election, the timing was not politically motivated, according to one Monroe official. At the Township Council’s Aug. 5 meeting, Business Administrator Wayne Hamilton said officials did not have the election in mind…

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