Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Old prints solve 1999 criminal mischief case

    BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A set of fingerprints of a security guard applicant helped solve a five-year-old case this week, according to police. South Brunswick police charged a 21-year-old man this week with breaking into an unoccupied home on Kimberley Court in 1999. The man,…

  • Officers extinguish Eastern Drive fire

    BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — An alert neighbor and two police officers are credited with putting out an attic fire in a home Monday afternoon, according to police. Police said the incident took place at around 2:30 p.m., when Leon Merriweather looked out the rear window…

  • S.B. spending plan approved by voters

    Battle for third board seat settled by absentee votesStaff Writer by absentee votes BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer As the votes were tallied in the South Brunswick school election Tuesday night, nine votes separated an incumbent and a challenger. Newcomer Michael Mahan led Board of Education member Paul Prodromo for the final seat by a…

  • Gov.: New task force

    will make N.J. saferInitiative includesadding 27 bomb-sniffing dogs to NJ bomb teams BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer will make N.J. safer Initiative includes adding 27 bomb-sniffing dogs to NJ bomb teams BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Middlesex County Fire Academy played host to Gov. James E. McGreevey last week as he unveiled details…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Ken Bongiovanni pulls daughter Mollie and son Kyle on the walk for multiple sclerosis in Babbage Park in North Brunswick on Sunday. He walked with Michelle Scott and Marita Troncone for his wife, Chrissy (in pink).

  • Incumbents lose two seats on school board $66M spending plan approved at the polls

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Incumbents lose two seats on school board $66M spending plan approved at the polls BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer North Brunswick residents voted Tuesday for a school budget that will raise tax rate by 15 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. Of the 1,996 voters who turned out for the school budget and…

  • Legislation hopes to make Route 1 safer

    Township to be included in Safe Corridor regulations BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer CHARLES W. KIM Assemblyman Bill Baroni (R-14th District) and South Brunswick Police Chief Michael Paquette announce new legislation to make Route 1 safer in the township. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — State Assemblyman Bill Baroni (R-14) thinks Route…

  • Blood drive officials cite need for more donors

    Daylong drive nets153 pints of life-giving liquid for community BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer Daylong drive nets 153 pints of life-giving liquid for community BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer CHARLES W. KIM Harold Schneider of North Brunswick prepares to donate blood to the South Brunswick Community Blood Bank on Saturday. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Despite…

  • Community prepares Earth Day programs

    Robot to teach the value and benefit of a clean environment BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Although the nation celebrates Earth Day today, the township began new environmentally conscious initiatives on Sunday. In conjunction with Earth Day and in an effort to improve the overall quality of life…