Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Gov. addresses state developers group

    NAIOP supportscontroversialRoute 92 project BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer NAIOP supports controversial Route 92 project BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer CHARLES W. KIM National Association of Industrial and Office Properties Executive Director Mike McGuinness, Gov. James McGreevey and chapter President Alex Klatskin pose for a picture during a conference in New Brunswick last week.…

  • Store donates $1K to library expansion plan

    BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer An architect’s rendering of the planned South Brunswick Public Library expansion. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The new Stop & Shop on Route 1 donated $1,000 for the library expansion fund on Wednesday. Store management presented the check yesterday afternoon. The new supermarket held a grand…

  • Two parks open new features to public

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Township officials invite residents to celebrate the recent enhancements to two neighborhood parks. The township’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Service will host community gatherings at Brunswick Knolls Park on Seneca Drive at 10 a.m. on March 13 and at Luke Park…

  • Locals celebrate Purim holiday with party

    Annual Jewishfestival features foodand dancing BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer Locals celebrate Purim holiday with party Annual Jewish festival features food and dancing BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer CHARLES W. KIM Michaela Gogerman, 5, of East Brunswick (l), joins twin sisters Heather and Rebecca Kizner, both 5, of North Brunswick, as they design sand-art…

  • Community members read with students

    Importance of literacy demonstrated during annual event BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff District human resources director Kerry Rizzuto reads to Laura Puccio’s first-grade class during Read Across America at Livingston Park Elementary School in North Brunswick last Thursday. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Township elementary school students shared in the…

  • Town approves $50K for more soil tests

    School district agreesto pay back fundsto township BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer School district agrees to pay back funds to township BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township will commission more extensive soil testing on three residential properties near the high school. Township Business Administrator Robert Lombard urged the Township Council to authorize…

  • Manhunt yields stabbing suspect

    N.Y. man charged with attackingstation attendant BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer N.Y. man charged with attacking station attendant BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer After a two-hour manhunt South Brunswick police charged a New York man with stabbing a gas station attendant. Varinder Singh Virk, 25, of New York, was charged with aggravated assault for allegedly stabbing Harshiv Sing,…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Schools Business Administrator Marshall Sigall reads to Allison Hart’s fourth-grade class during Read Across America at Livingston Park Elementary School in North Brunswick on March 4. For story, see page 6.

  • Tractor-trailer crash closes Route 1, causes fire

    BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer Tractor-trailer crash closes Route 1, causes fire BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer CHARLES W. KIM The canopy at the Mobil gas station on Route 1 and Deans Lane is damaged after a tractor-trailer hit two pumps early Friday morning. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — There were no injuries following a car…