Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • S.B. library study indicates problems Study recommends appointment of a fiscal director

    S.B. library study indicates problems Study recommends appointment of a fiscal director By charles w. kim Staff Writer       AAn independent study of the South Brunswick Public Library’s finances has the Township Council looking to control the organization’s funds. As a result of a study by Ernst & Young, Iselin, the township may…

  • Company says N.B. is not

    Company says N.B. is not targeted for group homes Scarillo disagrees, citing numbers in nearby towns By alison granito Staff Writer       NNorth Brunswick residents and council members expressed concern Monday about the growing concentration of group homes for the mentally ill in a single township neighborhood. The latest facility, intended to house…

  • Gone Fishing

    During Tuesday’s steamy weather, a couple cools off by fishing on Farrington Lake in North Brunswick. JEFF HUNTLEY

  • Chief petition still awaits twp. clerk’s verification

    Chief petition still awaits twp. clerk’s verification Councilman Pappas sides with police unions which want a police chief By alison granito Staff Writer   NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township clerk is still verifying signatures on a petition to let voters decide Nov. 7 who should head the police department. The two police unions would like…

  • Community Unity Day scheduled for Sunday  

    Community Unity Day scheduled for Sunday   SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The South Brunswick Municipal Alliance will sponsor the Charlene J. Austin Community Unity Day from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at Woodlot Community Center, New Road, Kendall Park. The annual event, which includes entertainment, carnival gams, arts and crafts and food, promotes a drug-free environment…

  • IRS tax lien leads to suspect in So. Brunswick identity theft

    IRS tax lien leads to suspect in So. Brunswick identity theft By CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer   SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Leave it to the Internal Revenue Service to find an impostor. South Brunswick police charged a New Brunswick man Friday with theft of identity and fraudulently obtaining a prescription at the Summerfield Suites Hotel…

  • S.B. station linked to MOM line support RR advocates, Warsh part company on declaration

    S.B. station linked to MOM line support RR advocates, Warsh part company on declaration By charles w. kim Staff Writer   YYou can’t have one without the other, according to NJ Transit Executive Director Jeffrey Warsh. By that he means South Brunswick cannot have a train station on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor (NEC) line without…

  • Voters may get say in N.B police chief issue

    Voters may get say in N.B police chief issue c As new director takes charge, unions submit petition to put question on Nov. 7 ballot By CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer   NNorth Brunswick’s two police unions want voters to decide who will lead their department. Just hours before Ronald Romano started his job as…

  • Back to school

    Students wear their first-day-of-school faces as they exit school buses at Monmouth Junction Elementary School in South Brunswick yesterday. JEFF HUNTLEY