Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Woman, 75, duct-taped in home robbery

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A 75-year-old woman suffered minor injuries after burglars assaulted and duct-taped her in her Hartland Commons home last week, according to police. The victim told North Brunswick police that when she answered her front doorbell at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 14, two men…

  • Gibbons named scholar athlete for August

    Linwood Middle School student plays several sports, cheerleads BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Nicole Gibbons NORTH BRUNSWICK — If she wasn’t a cheerleader, Nicole Gibbons said she would try out for football. The 11-year-old Linwood Middle School honors student who cheers, swims, plays softball and basketball, had the chance to play…

  • Rail proponents press on with call to build MOM

    Plan has support in Monmouth, Ocean; stiff foes in Middlesex BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Members of the Central Jersey Rail Coalition are seeking additional support for the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail line. The MOM line — which is one of several regional rail lines being studied by NJ Transit…

  • Group appeals farm rezoning

    NBR attorney claims master plan change wasn’t sound planning BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer North Brunswick residents will challenge the township’s validity in rezoning the Pulda farm for a planned adult community in court. North Brunswick Residents Against High Density Housing (NBR), a nonprofit located in North Brunswick, filed a civil action lawsuit in Middlesex…

  • Residents object parking lot plan

    Say work at Constable School would damage neighborhood BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer Peace and quiet and turkey buzzards.Those could be missing from the fields beyond Dawson Road if parking additions planned for Constable Elementary School in South Brunswick are finalized. The construction plans, part of the school’s expansion project, were met with heavy criticism…

  • Sweet defeat

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Ashley Petrasek, a North Brunswick Township High School cheerleader, was creamed during a fund-raiser at North Brunswick Heritage Day on Sunday.

  • Mobile home residents ask for council’s help

    Tenants upset with owners over rent, maintenance fee hikes BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Rent increases and maintenance woes have tested the patience of mobile home residents. Residents of two South Brunswick mobile home parks, Oakdale and Brookside, have brought their grievances to the Township Council, resulting in…

  • Rutgers, county plan master gardener program

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Planting seeds of knowledge at Davidson’s Mill Pond Park. Beginning this October, the park, now the new Middlesex County EARTH Center, will host a Master Gardener Environmental and Community Stewardship Program, giving the public a chance to use their green thumbs. Sponsored by…