April 17, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

Hole-in-one

PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Left to right: At hole 15 on theminiature golf course,Mike Cann helps daughter Danielle, 4, with her putt. Curtis Holick, 7, gets a close look at the Crime Scene Hole, one of 18 set up in the social hall at St. More...

E.B. schools wins appeal in Borden case

Editor's note: Ruling was made on deadline for this issue. For full coverage, see next week's edition of the Sentinel. More...

Helmetta's Lake Ave. to get $200K makeover

BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer

HELMETTA- The borough will receive $185,000 from the state to help fund the reconstruction of Lake Avenue. More...

Officials scrutinize budget with nearly $300 tax hike

State aid, other revenues down in '08 municipal tab
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

MILLTOWN - Borough officials are working to make additional cuts to a proposed budget that would hit the average taxpayer up for close to an additional $300 this year. More...

Special-needs school gets lesson in matzah baking

EAST BRUNSWICK - While many youngsters enjoy a good pizza pie, young adults from central New Jersey's specialneeds program, Jacob'sHands, got together to bake a very different kind of pie: a handbaked, round matzah pie. More...

Survey to gather info on Jewish population

Demographic study to help groups address social service needs
BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent

Alocal group that supports Jewish humanitarian needs is hoping to garner more information about the area's Jewish population through a telephone survey commencing this June. More...

Annual Sgt. Pat's 5K Run

CHRIS KELLY staff Rob Ballon, of South River, participates in the 19th annual Sgt. Pat's 5K Run recently on the Long Branch oceanfront in Monmouth County. The event pays tribute to the memory of slain Long Branch Police Sgt. Patrick King. More...

Martial arts family helps police with free training

Certified instructors offer quarterly seminars at Black Belt academies
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer

A local family is using its knowledge of martial arts to give back to the police who protect their communities. More...

Letters

Public urged to press for passage of Lyme bill

As president of LymeQuest Support Group & Advocacy Project, I have watched with sadness as Lyme disease has devastated our communities and our state, disabled countless victims, and destroyed lives. More...

Governor's actions show him to be a man of great courage

It's time for New Jersey's citizens and politicians to face reality. While nobody can be happy about Gov. More...

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Obituaries

Jacob Rand

Mr. Rand, 86, of Monroe, and formerly of the Elberon section of Long Branch, died Feb. 29, 2008. More...

Dorothy T. Thibeau Ward

Mrs. Ward, 84, of East Brunswick, died March 30, 2008, in St. Joseph's Care Center, Woodbridge. Prior to her retirement, she was a factory worker at Westinghouse, Edison. More...

Ruth Sass Glaser

Mrs. Glaser, 88, of Monroe, died April 11, 2008, at home. She was predeceased by her first husband, Eric Preuss, and by her second husband, Seymour Glaser. More...

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Sports

Tryin' to turn two

Monroe Township High School shortstop Lindsey Curran (No. 11) attempts to complete a double play, as Old Bridge's Alex Haberman (No. 13) tries to break it up on April 14 at Old Bridge. Monroe would go on to lose the game, 4-0. CHRIS KELLY staff More...

South River baseball trying to get on base in early season

Rams off to 1-5 start
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer

Though the South River High School baseball team has been hitting the ball well in the early going, the Rams have nonetheless struggled to a 1-5 start. More...

Rutgers Roundup

The Rutgers football team will close out spring practice with the annual Scarlet White game on Saturday, April 19, at 2 p.m. at Rutgers Stadium. More...

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Families honor couple's memory, one year later

Parents support bill, start scholarship fund in memory of victims
BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent

Expressions of affection usually found in high school yearbooks are scrawled across two crosses that mark the East Brunswick site where Jon Mustafa, 18, and Lesley Carness, 16, died on April 8, 2007: "We had amazing times," "Best friends always," More...

Spotswood land spared from 12 planned homes

County doles out $2.4M for purchase of nearly 5 acres
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

Spotswood has received its first open space grant from Middlesex County, and it's a big one, at $2.4 million. More...

Council trashes plan for privatizing service

Hundreds of residents turn out to oppose garbage proposal
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer

South River officials scrapped a plan to privatize the borough's garbage service after several hundred residents voiced their opposition to it Monday. More...

Court rules in bank's favor on Forney House

BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

MILLTOWN- A Superior Court judge's decision has brought Valley National Bank one step closer to replacing the historic Forney House with a bank branch. A group trying to save the structure is saying the fight is not over, however. More...

Jamesburg native wins Emmy for work on TV

Jennifer Emens can be heard nightly on numerous shows
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

JAMESBURG - Those who don't know Jennifer Emens, a borough native, probably know her voice. More...

Comedy club event set to benefit E. Bruns. man, 18

EAST BRUNSWICK - A series of fundraisers to help Tommie Lukowski, an 18-year-old township resident recovering from cancer treatments, will begin with an April 27 comedy show at the Stress Factory in New Brunswick. More...

Newspaper group takes home 30 awards in NJPA contest

Greater Media Newspapers received 30 awards from the New Jersey Press Association for excellence in writing, photography and advertising in the NJPA's Better Newspaper Contest for 2007. More...

Museum improvements stress interactivity, community

Plans for Menlo Park Museum expansion presented to residents
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer

Plans for a vast expansion to theMenlo Park Museum in Edison, which is dedicated to the life and work of famed inventor and township namesake Thomas Alva Edison, were introduced to the public during anApril 3 meeting at the municipal building. More...

Officials review variety of areas in $64M budget

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK - Township officials continue to mull over this year's municipal budget, assessing everything from the township's new commuter facility to its swimming pool. More...

Bulletin Board

Monroe Mother's Club schedules open house

The Monroe Township Mother's Club will hold an open house at 7 p.m. on May 8 at Garvey's, 405 Spotswood-Gravel Hill Road, Monroe. More...

Environmental panel to conduct nature walk

The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership (LBWP) will sponsor a nature walk along the Ireland Brook, East Brunswick, beginning at 1 p.m. on April 20. More...

Curtain will rise on 'Pirates of Penzance'

The Monroe Township High School (MTHS) Footlights Club will stage Gilbert and Sullivan's musical comedy "The Pirates of Penzance" at 7:30 p.m. on April 24, 25 and 26 and 3 p.m. onApril 27 in the Richard P. More...

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Opinion

For the Record

South River Board of Education Vice President Gregory Palaski served on the borough's Downtown Development Commission in the late 1990s. More...

Real issue is cleanup of site to residential soil standards

Your Turn
RICHARD W. CHAPIN Guest Column

I'm writing in reference to the "Your Turn" guest column by Anthony J. Zarillo Jr. ("Redevelopment Panel Chairman Responds to Comments," March 13). Mr. More...

The best local politicians do it for love of their towns

GREG BEAN Coda

I've often wondered since I moved to New Jersey why any sane individual would run for most elected offices here. More...

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