Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Family’s baby story to be aired on TLC

    Spotswood coupleto be featuredon afternoon series BY SANDI CARPELLOCorrespondent Spotswood couple to be featured on afternoon series BY SANDI CARPELLO Correspondent CHRIS KELLY staff Melanie and Don Carballo, and their children, Cassidy, 2, and Sara Mae, 4 months, at home in Spotswood, anxiously await their appearance on TLC’s “A Baby Story.” SPOTSWOOD — While giving…

  • Residents invited to camp at park

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — For the first time, the township will open Sabella Park from dusk until dawn. Residents can enjoy the company of their family, friends and neighbors by starlight on May 22 during the first township campout sponsored by the Department of Parks, Recreation and…

  • Citizen groups, official tout ‘Clean Elections’

    Citizen groups, official tout ‘Clean Elections’ SAYREVILLE — At a press conference held in one of the first towns in New Jersey to restrict "pay-to-play" campaign contributions, a state official and members of two advocacy groups last week urged passage of the "Clean Elections" pilot program. State Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-19) teamed with New…

  • Cause unknown in fire at circa-1700s house

    Charlotte Ely saddened by destruction of family BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Charlotte Ely saddened by destruction of family’s former homestead BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MONROE — A farmhouse that was built in the 1700s and was slated for demolition has burned to the ground. The fire at the old Ely farmhouse at 257 Cranbury…

  • Chase ends in arrest

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff WriterNORTH BRUNSWICK BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A Township police officer apprehended a county fugitive after a high-speed chase through residential streets on April 3. Patrolman Mark Ventura arrested East Brunswick resident Kenneth R. Walker, at 2:34 p.m. after the 29-year-old crashed his blue BMW into a parked van…

  • Police charge fraud suspect

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Police have charged a West Windsor man with credit card fraud. Police arrested Christopher May, 20, at the Princeton Radisson on Route 1 Tuesday night. According to police, May convinced credit card companies to open or activate accounts of people he knew. He then went onto the Web site www.hotels.com and booked…

  • Trailer fire ruled arson

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A suspicious fire Sunday evening has been ruled arson, according to police. The fire was located behind a commercial office complex on Route 130, and destroyed four tractor-trailers. Police said the fire was reported at 8:30 p.m. by a passing motorist. The trailers, which contained construction equipment, were parked to the rear…

  • S. Brunswick principal moving to NBTHS

    New position willstart tenure clockat the beginning BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer New position will start tenure clock at the beginning BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Frank Ingargiola is poised to leave South Brunswick High School to work in North Brunswick. North Brunswick Schools Superin-tendent Robert Rimmer confirmed that Ingargiola, the current South…

  • Saved by the cell

    MICHAEL C. BAIRD A man who became stuck in a mud bank at Farrington Lake near the South Brunswick-East Brunswick border is pulled out by firefighters (l-r) Scott Miller, Ryan Fenstermaker and Edward Bowne of the Brookview Fire Co., East Brunswick. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A cell phone helped a local man that was sinking in…