Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Warsh to leave transit post in six months Director raised fares, purchased vehicles, and supported projects

    Staff Writer By charles w. kim Warsh to leave transit post in six months Director raised fares, purchased vehicles, and supported projects It is one valentine that NJ Transit Executive Director Jeffrey Warsh will not forget. Gov. James McGreevey sent a Feb. 14 letter to the authority asking for Warsh’s resignation from the $185,000 a…

  • Robbers strike Sovereign Bank in Monroe

    Staff Writer By lynn K. Barra MONROE — The Sovereign Bank at Applegarth and Cranbury-Half Acre roads was robbed Friday by two suspects who police believe may be the same culprits, who stole more than $10,000 from the PNC Bank on Forsgate Drive in November. According to Monroe police Detective Jason Grosser, two individuals entered…

  • Committee forms to negotiate with Otken family

    Staff Writer By dave goldberg NORTH BRUNSWICK — Negotiations with the Otken family over how much land the township may acquire for open space are scheduled to begin later this week. "Our goal will be to purchase as much open space as possible," said council President Francis "Mack" Womack. "That is our objective, to obtain…

  • Area man campaigns for awareness of falun gong

    Staff Writer By lynn k. barra Area man campaigns for awareness of falun gong An East Brunswick resident has been on a mission during the past 18 months to raise awareness about the so-called persecution in China against a practice of meditation called falun gong. Frank Lee, a falun gong follower, has been able to…

  • Township moves to build sidewalk in busy area

    Staff Writer By dave goldberg NORTH BRUNSWICK — Walking along Hermann Road will eventually be safer. The Township Council unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday night allowing it to acquire easements along properties on Hermann Road for sidewalk construction. "This is a walkway for residents," said Mayor David Spaulding. "It was primarily done to get seniors…

  • Township advised to move forward on water contract

    Staff Writer By dave goldberg Township advised to move forward on water contract NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township has been advised by the Middlesex County Improvement Authority to move forward with contract negotiations with Azurix North America. "It has been right on track," said Donna Rendiero. "At this point the council has taken no formal…

  • Local man’s murder said to be revenge for 9/11

    Staff Writer By lynn K. Barra MILLTOWN — A jail inmate in Dallas County, Texas, confessed during a television broadcast on NBC news last week to murdering Pakistani native and former borough resident Waquar Hasan. According to Dallas police, the inmate, Mark Anthony Stroman, asked jail officials to allow him to confess to the crime…

  • Board cracking down on out-of-district students Former police officer is investigating questionable students

    Staff Writer By dave goldberg Board cracking down on out-of-district students Former police officer is investigating questionable students NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township’s Board of Education is trying to put an end to some children illegally attending the schools in town. "They try to make an effort to lie to attend a school that is…

  • New Year’s Eve party to become a tradition

    Staff Writer By dave goldberg New Year’s Eve party to become a tradition NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township wants to be the New Year’s host with the most by making "Celebrate North Brunswick" an annual affair. The Township Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday that establishes a "Celebrate North Brunswick" committee. "I hope to make Celebrate…