Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Official: Use channel to combat domestic violence
BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Domes-tic Violence Task Force has recommended changes to the way South Brunswick handles violence against women. At Tuesday night’s Township Council meeting, members from the task force requested minor changes they believed would help increase awareness and provide critical information to domestic…
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Police seek two men in Rt. 130 bank robbery
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Two masked bandits held up a Route 130 bank and escaped with over $30,000 last week, according to police. The men, armed with black automatic handguns, reportedly entered Synergy Bank through the front door at 1:10 p.m. on Sept. 1, demanded cash from…
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Police: Man sold tobacco to inmate
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Police arrested a commissary employee for allegedly smuggling contraband to a corrections facility inmate on Sept. 3. Carlos Camancho, 26, a Perth Amboy resident and delivery truck driver for Keefe Commissary of Edison, reportedly smuggled six packages of cigarette tobacco to a Middlesex…
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Community Unity Day celebration Saturday
BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — South Brunswick residents will have an opportunity for reflection and education at this year’s Charlene J. Austin Community Unity Day, scheduled for Saturday. Sponsored by the South Brunswick Municipal Alliance on Substance Abuse, Community Unity Day seeks to promote awareness of alcohol, tobacco…
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Jazzed-up Heritage Day in store for No. Brunswick
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — With summer’s end comes the township’s traditional celebration of history and heritage in Babbage Park. North Brunswick’s 22nd Annual Heritage Day Festival will take place from noon to 9 p.m. Sept. 18. “We invite all to come out and enjoy this long-standing tradition…
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Freeholders stepping up transportation services
Middlesex County hiring director to oversee new department BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Middlesex County hiring director to overseenew departmentBY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Middlesex County is getting its own Department of Transpor-tation, a move that officials say will improve the quality of transportation services for county residents. The new department will be headed by a…
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Class resumes around contaminated grounds
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Officials were worried, but most North Brunswick Township High School students made it to school on time yesterday. During the Township Council’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack asked students to leave their homes 20 minutes earlier than they normally would…
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Skywalker
FARRAH MAFFAI staff Matt DiBenedetto, 16, of South Brunswick, enjoys the Edison Skate Park Sept. 2.
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Garage/yard sale to aid Aldersgate Crisis Room
The Crisis Room Ministry at Aldersgate United Methodist Church will hold a garage/yard sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 18 indoors and outdoors at the Crisis Room and at the church, both 568 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. The ministry serves needy families in Middlesex County by providing clothing, food and financial assistance.…
