Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • 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…

  • North Brunswick to honor its ‘boys in blue’

    19 graduate from township BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer 19 graduate from township’s first Junior Police AcademyBY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer North Brunswick Township police conducted their first ever Junior Police Academy in August. Above, North Brunswick’s Kacy Vanatta learns how to lift fingerprints. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Local youths now comprise some of the township’s “blue…

  • Linwood Middle aids storm-torn community

    Zolfo Springs, Fla., hit by Hurricane Charley and Tropical Storm Francis BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Linwood Middle School students will extend a helping hand across thousands of miles to a community devastated by Hurricane Charley. Students in grades six through eight will work together to collect monetary…

  • Initiative encourages local tech sector growth

    No. Brunswick one of three N.J. areas included in Innovation Zones BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The state just made it easier for technology-based companies to bring their business to the township. Gov. James E. McGreevey committed $50 million last week to creating three Innovation Zones in Central…

  • Sept. 11 a day for unity

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Cousins, Lauren Yurch, 3, and Kayla Toohey, of South Brunswick, wave their flags after receiving prizes form the YMCA booth at Community Unity Day. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Residents came together in a show of unity to celebrate South Brunswick’s annual Charlene J. Austin…

  • Body found with crate of fake Christmas trees

    South Brunswick police working with Chinese officials on investigation BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Employees of Home Depot made a gruesome discovery when they opened a shipment of Christmas decorations last week. Two employees found a body Sept. 8 lying atop boxes of artificial Christmas trees, shipped in…

  • A cappella concert will benefit Women Aware

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Local a cappella groups will raise their voices on Oct. 9 in concerted support for victims of domestic violence. Five top area a cappella groups will hold a concert to raise funds for Women Aware, the Middlesex County-based nonprofit that provides services for…