Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Cops say vandal left blood evidence at school

    Student may havebroken in, left English paper past deadline BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Cops say vandal left blood evidence at school Student may have broken in, left English paper past deadline BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A principal’s assistant found blood-stained papers in a teacher’s mailbox after a reported break-in at the…

  • Knife wielded in robbery

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A man with a knife robbed the Livingston Avenue Krauszer’s early Monday morning, according to police. A Krauszer’s employee told police a 6-foot-tall man wearing a long-sleeved white shirt and yellow ski mask entered the store at 1:47 a.m. and demanded money, according…

  • Police charge VFW treasurer with thefts

    Allege organization BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer Allege organization’s funds were transferred into personal accounts BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Township police have arrested the treasurer of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9111 on various charges of thefts from the organization. According to a police press release, a six-week investigation led by Detective…

  • Volunteers hit streets to curb development

    BY JOHNDUNPHYStaff Writer Volunteers hit streets to curb development BY JOHNDUNPHY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — In 40 years, most of Middlesex County’s open space could be gone. That sobering proclamation comes from a Rutgers University study on open space in New Jersey. It’s also one of the main points that canvassers, who were out soliciting…

  • Student carves his own piece of history 19-year-old being named Jamesburg’s town historian

    BY SETHMANDELStaff Writer Student carves his own piece of history 19-year-old being named Jamesburg’s town historian BY SETHMANDEL Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Tom Bodall, in front of the Lincoln carriage at the Buckelew Mansion, has taken a great interest in the borough’s past, creating three Web sites and a walking tour. Tom Bodall is…

  • WWII veteran fondly recalls meeting Kerry

    BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer WWII veteran fondly recalls meeting Kerry BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer South Brunswick resident Al Kady walks with presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry at the Democratic Convention in Boston last month. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Al Kady said he was reuniting with a family member when he got the opportunity to meet…

  • Youngsters encouraged to eat well, exercise

    Library programaimed to combatchildhood obesity BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer Youngsters encouraged to eat well, exercise Library program aimed to combat childhood obesity BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Story-time at the South Brunswick Library was more than just wizards and princesses this summer. For South Brunswick preschool students, it was about confronting an…

  • Restaurant manager shot in Route 1 parking lot

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A manager at Chili’s suffered a gunshot wound during an attempted armed robbery in the Route 1 restaurant’s parking lot Sunday night. At approximately 11:50 p.m., a man, described as Mexican with a medium build and a mustache, jumped out from behind bushes…

  • Hartz holds first public meeting about old Ford site

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer EDISON — If you’re going to build a mammoth mixed-used hub and cannot count on people coming to it, you’re inviting trouble. That’s the philosophy of Secaucus-based Hartz Mountain Industries, the contracted developer of the Ford Motor Co. site on Route 1. Hartz last…