Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Milltown home, pet lost in morning blaze No one reported injured in Friday fire

    Staff Writer By lynn K. Barra Milltown home, pet lost in morning blaze No one reported injured in Friday fire PHOTOS BY DAWNMARIE SANNWALDT Elliot Kovell and Phil Sinicropi of the North Brunswick Fire Department fight a Milltown house fire on Friday. The deck area to the right is believed to be where the fire…

  • Town council approves two new liquor licenses With 5-1 vote, additional revenue to be gained from package stores

    Staff Writer By dave goldberg Town council approves two new liquor licenses With 5-1 vote, additional revenue to be gained from package stores NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Town-ship Council approved two additional liquor licenses Monday night. The licenses were both approved in a 5-1 vote with Councilman Adam Weiss opposing both. "It would be good…

  • Town working to help Raymond Road residents DOT approval for improvements may not be needed

    Staff Writer By charles w. kim Town working to help Raymond Road residents DOT approval for improvements may not be needed SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Township officials are working with Raymond Road residents to try to calm traffic. Township Engineer Jay Cornell said Tuesday night that officials have met with the state Department of Transportation to…

  • Road to Monmouth events to be re-enacted in 2003

    Volunteers will follow British and Patriot troop routes through N.J. By ruth calia stives Staff Writer Richard Walling, director of the Friends of Monmouth Battlefield Society, recently recounted details of two weeks in American history when the British marched through Allentown and surrounding areas and ultimately met the Patriot troops on June 28, 1778, at…

  • New Route 130 ramp causes massive backups Cars wait up to 10 minutes to get from Route 1 to Route 130

    Staff Writer By dave goldberg New Route 130 ramp causes massive backups Cars wait up to 10 minutes to get from Route 1 to Route 130 PHOTOS BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI Traffic is backed up as motor vehicles attempt to drive onto the new ramp leading from Route 1 south to Route 130. NORTH BRUNSWICK —…

  • County puts 500 voters in wrong S.B. district

    County puts 500 voters in wrong S.B. district Letters to be sent to those incorrectly filed in voting District 2 By Charles W. Kim Staff Writer More than 500 South Brunswick voters received incorrect sample ballots from Middlesex County. Township Clerk Barbara Gut said Tuesday night that 527 voters in District 2 were never moved…

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    DAWNMARIE SANNWALDT The Ikuss brothers, Joey, 6, and Tommy, 7, of North Brunswick, show off their colorfully decorated bikes during the annual Memorial Day parade on Monday. DAWNMARIE SANNWALDT Members of the Continental line of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment-Helms Company shoot their rifles during the annual Memorial Day parade in North Brunswick.

  • Water contract before N.B. council Monday Rates could be reduced

    By dave goldbergStaff Writer by 15 percent if contract is approved Water contract before N.B. council Monday Rates could be reduced By dave goldberg Staff Writer The new water contract with American Water will be introduced to the public on Monday night during the North Brunswick Township Council meeting at the municipal building. "I have…

  • Building a different kind of network Former Lucent workers move on to new opportunities

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Building a different kind of network Former Lucent workers move on to new opportunities When she was laid off from her job at Lucent Technologies, Laura Jewell didn’t just formulate a business plan for herself. The former corporate marketing executive began a networking group as a resource for former employees…