Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Overflow from body shops to be banned

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Automotive shop owners should start looking for a new way to accommodate their patrons’ cars. As a result of numerous complaints to the township’s Code Enforcement Department, officials plan to put up no parking signs in front of automotive repair businesses, township police…

  • NBTHS pool now open for registration

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NBTHS pool now open for registration BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Parents looking for a safe, cool place for their kids to play this summer, should register to use the township pool. Families and residents can take advantage of the public pool at the North Brunswick Township High…

  • Smith wins GOP chair election

    BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Former Township Council candidate Dawn Smith is now the new leader of the municipal GOP committee. Smith, who ran for council in 2000 and 2002, was voted in as chairman during a meeting at Pierre’s Restaurant June 21. Smith works at…

  • Slide injures eight at Islamic school

    Probe continuesinto ride collapseduring festival BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer Probe continues into ride collapse during festival BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer The inflatable slide that collapsed Sunday injuring eight children has been reinflated so police can investigate the incident at the Islamic Society of Central New Jersey in South Brunswick. An inflatable slide…

  • Nominees are sought for community awards

    Organizations lookto honor volunteersin North Brunswick BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Nominees are sought for community awards Organizations look to honor volunteers in North Brunswick BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township is seeking nominees for its annual volunteer awards. Those who want to show their appreciation for an outstanding resident can nominate…

  • Sister remembers brother’s kindness

    Golf outingin August to raisescholarship funds BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Golf outing in August to raise scholarship funds BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Lisa Rogers pictures her brother in the driver’s seat of his blue 1970 Ford Taurino GT, and smiles. Her brother, Anthony J. Grieco, bought the "muscle car" for $800…

  • Lakehurst fought to be on M-O-M line

    First potential station viewed as a returnto the past BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer First potential station viewed as a return to the past BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer A potential rail station has the borough of Lakehurst in Ocean County cheering. "It is something we had and did away with," Borough Administrator Norbert…

  • Annual Lebanese Festival of Somerset opens this weekend

    For more than 15 years, the Lebanese Festival of Somerset, hosted by St. Sharbel Maronite Catholic Church, has been an annual tradition. The outdoor festival is known to the Lebanese as a "Mahrajan," which is a gathering of families, friends and neighbors for authentic Middle Eastern food, music, dance and culture. This year, the festival…

  • Walling awaits trial;

    says he is not guilty BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Walling awaits trial; says he is not guilty BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A township zoning board member says he is not guilty of sexually harassing a female student in the vo-tech class he teaches. Richard Walling continues to await trial, which will…