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      May 1, 2008  RSS feed
      CHRIS KELLY staff Parkview School students Matthew Tarrant (l-r), Nin Aprile and Justin Dekovics, dressed as immigrants, wait in line during a re-enactment of the Ellis Island experience on Immigration Day Friday in Milltown. The second-graders completed a unit on the subject, including researching family members who came to the U.S. long ago. For more photos, see page 31. More...
      New state COAH regulations may also affect redevelopment

      The redeveloper of Helmetta's historic snuff mill is proceeding with the $70 million housing and retail project despite delays. Highland Park-based Kaplan Cos. demolished nine buildings and an old water tower on the 32- acre former Helme Tobacco Co. site, which has been vacant since the snuff mill closed in 1993. More...

      Teachers plead with E.B. officials to uphold budget

      Though it has yet to decide how much to cut from the defeated school budget, East Brunswick Township Council members said they will heed voters' call by making reductions. That word comes despite pleas for township schoolteachers that the council uphold the budget as proposed by the Board of Education. More...


      PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Many couples enjoy the dancing during the fourth annual "Senior Prom" at Monroe Township High School April 15. The event, organized by high school students, included dinner, dancing and music performed by the school bands. Right: Sylvia Katz (center) and other local seniors dance to the Village People's "YMCA" during the April 15 student-run dance at Monroe Township High School. More...


      The Unitarian Society, 176 Tices Lane, off Ryders Lane, East Brunswick, will hold its annual Spring Festival and Rummage Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 10. The event will feature household items, small furniture, glassware, plants, books, clothing, toys, baked goods, hot dogs and veggie dogs. For more information, call (732) 246-3113 or log on to www.unitariansociety. More...
      How can anyone think that Gov. Jon Corzine is courageous ("Governor's Actions Show Him To Be a Man of Great Courage," Letters to the Editor, Sentinel, April 17)? He has been in office almost two years and has done absolutely nothing to help the financial problems of the state. More...
      If either the East Brunswick school district or longtime football coach Marcus Borden were hoping to get a clear opinion on the school prayer issue that has divided the community, they sure didn't get it from the federal appeals court that recently released a decision on the case. More...
      Mr. Jacobs, 91, of Monroe, formerly of Spotswood, died April 12, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement in 1984, he was employed with Continental Can Co., Milltown. His wife, Wilma, died in 1993. More...
      PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above, Jesse Sowell takes the oath of citizenship with his classmates. Below, Justin Dekovics watches as Gloria Jozefowicz looks over the passport he created for Immigration Day at Milltown's Parkview School Friday. More...
      Joe Petosa is congratulated by head coach Glenn Fredericks after hitting a two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning en route to his team's 10-5 victory over the Metuchen Bulldogs at Michelin Field on April 24. More...