Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Gambatese wins mayor’s seat

    Killmurray defeats Smith for open council seat Mayor-elect Frank Gambatese South Brunswick Deputy Mayor Frank Gambatese will be sworn in as the township’s second directly elected mayor on Jan. 1. Gambatese defeated GOP challenger Larry Gildenberg Tuesday by a vote of 4,884 to 3,708. According to figures from the township clerk’s office, 8,965 of the…

  • Council candidates debate the issues

    Smith, Killmurray take on questions at municipal bldg. By jennifer kohlhepp Staff Writer South Brunswick Township Council candidates took to the podium to illustrate their different strategies for controlling residential growth and keeping local tax rates stable. Democrat Chris Killmurray and Republican Dawn Smith answered questions posed by audience members on these and other issues…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Brunswick Acres Elementary School students play with a round sculpture in the new sculpture garden at the South Brunswick school last week.

  • Brazen bandits lift ATM from popular eatery

    South Brunswick restaurant robbed for fourth time this year By charles w. kimStaff Writer By charles w. kim Staff Writer It only took about 20 seconds for thieves to remove an automated teller machine from Pierre’s Restaurant in South Brunswick early Wednesday morning, according to police. The theft took place at the popular Georges Road…

  • Holt, Soaries square off in District 12

    By charles w. kimStaff WriterCandidates debatedefense and SocialSecurity plans By charles w. kim Staff Writer Candidates debate defense and Social Security plans Rush Holt Leadership skills and constituent service are two of the main issues in this year’s congressional race in District 12. Democratic incumbent Rush Holt is seeking a third two-year term in the…

  • Slack House improves

    South Brunswickhistoric home safe from wrecking ball By charles w. kimStaff Writer South Brunswick historic home safe from wrecking ball By charles w. kim Staff Writer Even South Brunswick officials said it should be torn down, but the historic Slack House on Georges Road now has a new lease on life. Thanks to the effort…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Carley Jova, 3, of Brick takes a walk with her “horse” through a hay maze at the Von Thun Farm in South Brunswick on Oct. 19.

  • MCIA gains from N.B. water contract

    Financing andoversight are agency MCIA gains from N.B. water contract Financing and oversight are agency’s main revenue The Middlesex County Improvement Authority stands to make more than $400,000 in management fees from the new North Brunswick water contract. "It is not unusual. There is a certain amount of oversight (the agency will conduct)," North Brunswick…

  • Republicans say, ‘Show us the money, freeholders’

    By sue m. morganStaff Writer Republicans say, ‘Show us the money, freeholders’ By sue m. morgan Staff Writer The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders should put its money where its mouth is and give back to residents the cash it claims to have saved them, Republican freeholder candidate Roger Craig contends. Additionally, if incumbent…