Category: Sentinel-NBS News

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    STEVEN M. BARON A heavily damaged automobile that police said was involved in a hit-and-run accident in New Brunswick finally came to rest on Chrome Street, near Milltown Road, in North Brunswick at 6:20 p.m. on Dec. 21.

  • Dump truck flips on car, trapping riders on Route 522

    Rescue workers try to free three trapped victims of a motor vehicle accident on New Road and Route 522 in South Brunswick Tuesday morning. SOUTH BRUNS-WICK — Three Plains-boro women survived a crash with a dump truck Tuesday morning. According to police, a 2000 Mack truck, fully loaded with sand, struck and then overturned on…

  • State money to fund new ambulances

    Towns to share $360,000 in grant funds to buy emergency equipment BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer JAMESBURG — South Brunswick, Jamesburg and Monroe will get new emergency equipment thanks, in part, to the state. State Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D-14th District) announced the award of some $360,000 in state grants…

  • Flag football team heads to tournament

    Township youth excited to compete in national games BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Flag football team heads to tournament BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The Hightstown NFL Flag Football team, the Titans, won the Northeast Championship this year, and will advance to the finals in Florida in January. NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Titans football team members…

  • Promoting peaceful days at Linwood Middle School

    Program awardsstudents forresolving conflicts BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Program awards students for resolving conflicts BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Linwood Middle School administrators hope to change society, one student at a time. Concerned about the future of our nation and the world at large, the Linwood staff has implemented Days of Peace,…

  • Mayor lights menorah

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer STEVEN M. BARON North Brunswick Mayor David Spaulding lights the menorah on Sunday, the third night of Hanukkah, at the North Brunswick municipal building. NORTH BRUNSWICK — A local Rabbi believes freedom of expression overrules the separation of church and state. Bundled in warm winter clothing,…

  • Trio charged with shoplifting

    More than $3,000in merchandiserecovered from van BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer More than $3,000 in merchandise recovered from van BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Police arrested three Trenton residents on a holiday shoplifting spree on Route 1 Friday night. North Brunswick Township Police said they recovered "thousands of dollars" worth of merchandise from…

  • Womack to appoint new police director

    Says promotion should come from within as promised BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Mayor-elect Francis "Mac" Womack intends to keep a promise he made to the North Brunswick Police Department in 2000. When Womack takes the mayor’s seat on Jan. 1, he will fulfill the promise of promoting a police director from within…

  • Airport marks 100 years of flight

    Owners have improved facility during the years with private lessons BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Many celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first flight yesterday by taking to the skies. Above, the shadow of a Cessna airplane on New Jersey farmlands. Few events changed history…