Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • 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…

  • Congressional hopeful faces Holt in 12th District

    Spadea lists health care, safety and dependence on oil among main issues BY MICHELLEROSENBERGStaff Writer BY MICHELLEROSENBERG Staff Writer Bill Spadea, who is running as a Republican for the Congress of New Jersey’s 12th district, says that he is a "kitchen table" politician who will fight for the issues that people discuss over dinner. "I…

  • Center to memorialize local overdose victim

    Jason Surks, 19, diedlast year due to his abuse of prescription drugs BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Center to memorialize local overdose victim Jason Surks, 19, died last year due to his abuse of prescription drugs BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Jason Surks The abuse of prescription drugs can be just as deadly as with illegal…

  • Planners approve Rt. 1 Home Depot

    Mayor hopes storewill revive struggling shopping center BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Planners approve Rt. 1 Home Depot Mayor hopes store will revive struggling shopping center BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer After a few months of private talks between South Brunswick officials and the applicant, the Planning Board unanimously approved a new Home Depot…