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December 31, 2008 / Front Page

New-look Pine Ridge Park now one of E.B.’s ‘jewels’

Photos add missing pieces to cemetery database

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DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS

Students get hands-on ecology lesson at DeVoe

E.B. officer honored for record of combating drunken driving

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Bears have a lot to play for in tourney games

Kenney has EB baseball moving in right direction

Council OKs $350K for firehouse plans

To be built on site of current station, museums

BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

Local officials are moving toward the construction of a new firehouse that has been years in the planning. The Milltown Borough Council adopted a $350,000 bond ordinance Dec. More...

State grants funding for Old Stage Rd.

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

SPOTSWOOD — The borough is receiving a $290,000 state grant for improvements to Old Stage Road. The state Department of Transportation has informed Spotswood that it will award the money as part of the agency's 2009 municipal aid program. More...

Van smashes through front of restaurant

BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

MILLTOWN — The Tomato Factory may not be a drive-through restaurant, but it became one on Dec. 23 when an unlicensed New York man drove a van through the front of the building. Around 9:55 a.m. More...

Hanukkah workshop

Chabad of East Brunswick recently provided education about the holiday of Hanukkah the fun way, with an olive press. During a Dec. More...

Letters

Family grateful for officials' response to fire

On Sunday night, Dec. 21, at 11:45 p.m., we were awakened by the dreaded alarm of the smoke detector in the upper hallway of our home. More...

Bank should look elsewhere for branch site

It is disgraceful that Valley National Bank would consider demolishing an historic structure such as the Forney House in Milltown. More...

Demise of Forney House distresses resident

With a heavy heart, I read in a recent Sentinel that it appears the old Forney House is imminently destined for the wrecking ball despite the disastrous turn of events in the banking industry. Dr. More...

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Schools

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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Joanna Eaton, 14, and Danielle and Ashley Tyrenyila, ages 14 and 10, wrap presents at Appleby School in Spotswood for the PTA's adopt-a-family program the Giving Tree. More than 270 gifts were collected and distributed through the St. More...

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Sports

Monroe, E.B.-Spotswood teams national champs

Local cheerleading squads win at Walt Disney World

Two area Pop Warner cheerleading teams took home national championship titles in their divisions while competing in Walt Disney World earlier this month. More...

Spotswood wrestlers participate in quad meet

CHRIS KELLY staff Top: Spotswood's Matt Salge tries to force North Brunswick's Robert Ahad onto his back during their 135-pound match on Dec. 27. Right: Spotswood's Trevor Visokay and North Brunswick's Brad Barnhard sprawl for control at 152 pounds. More...

E.B. girls hoops off to solid start

BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent

The word"transition" is often used to describew hat takes place when a team replenishes its roster with new faces. But that's not the case with the East Brunswick High School girls basketball team, because the 2008-09 edition is pretty much intact. More...

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Group brings holiday cheer to 20 families

Volunteers have kept program going since '80s

BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

Almost 20 years since it started, the South River Adopt-A-Family program is still going strong. It was a cold, blistery night on Dec. More...

Neary reflects fondly during final meeting

Longtime mayor thankful to supporters, even critics

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

After 12 years of countless, often contentious meetings, East Brunswick Mayor William Neary served his last one as head of the township administration last week. It was a night of accolades for Neary on Dec. More...