Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Model aviators searching for friendly skies

    Club seeking site to fly remote-controlledairplanes; offers reward By sandi carpelloStaff Writer Club seeking site to fly remote-controlled airplanes; offers reward By sandi carpello Staff Writer PHOTOS BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI Irwin Keshner (l) and Norman Berger of the Tri-County Radio Control Club work on a 22-year-old Taube, a model of a German World War II…

  • From landscapes to Ground Zero, photographer documents …

    Moments in timeThree exhibits to feature works of award-winning photojournalist By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Moments in time Three exhibits to feature works of award-winning photojournalist By gloria stravelli Staff Writer Seven years as a photojournalist at some of New Jersey’s top daily and weekly newspapers could not have prepared Veronica Lynn Yankowski for the gamut…

  • High school prepared to deal with changes

    By dave goldbergStaff Writer By dave goldberg Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — High school administrators say they are ready to deal with the impact of the renovations being made to the building to accommodate the increasing number of students who attend. "This is going to be an exciting year," said Principal Robert Cancro. "This will…

  • 9/11 ceremony offers opportunity for reflection

    Service at high school will include patriotic songs, candle lighting By dave goldbergStaff Writer By dave goldberg Staff Writer North Brunswick Township will hold a special ceremony at the township high school to commemorate the heroes and victims of 9/11. "We’re hoping to once again bring the community together," said Department of Human Services Director…

  • Youth Sports Festival may come to an end

    Less money raisedat this year By dave goldbergStaff Writer Less money raised at this year’s North Brunswick event By dave goldberg Staff Writer The annual Youth Sports Festival in North Brunswick may be canceled. "We do not know if the festival will continue," said Mayor David Spaulding. "The amount of money that was made was…

  • Nine farms are preserved in program’s latest round

    List for preservation includes threeSouth Brunswick farms By brian donahueStaff Writer List for preservation includes three South Brunswick farms By brian donahue Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ Three generations of the Von Thun family work on the farm in South Brunswick. Pictured left to right are Tim Von Thun, 10, Robert Jr. and Robert…

  • Formal truck route on hold for moment

    Police seek other waysto make Ridge Road safer By charles w. kimStaff Writer Police seek other ways to make Ridge Road safer By charles w. kim Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The township will hold off on designating a formal truck route, for now. A formal truck route resolution and an ordinance to lower the…

  • Armed man arrested at Wendy’s

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Rubert Harrison, 36, of Maplewood was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a defaced firearm in the Wendy’s parking lot on Route 1 Aug. 23. Shortly after 11 p.m., police were called in to investigate a report of a suspicious vehicle. Police said that employees of…

  • Truck crashes into Old George’s Road home

    By dave goldbergStaff Writer By dave goldberg Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A tractor-trailer caused a chain reaction crash on Route 130 early Monday morning, according to police. Police said that the driver of the truck, Tyrone A. Young, 36, of Brooklyn, N.Y., caused the three-car collision "The road was closed for a little more…