Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • N.J. Assembly is slated to vote on MOM By CHARLESW. KIM SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The state Assembly will vote today on including the controversial Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex commuter line in the Circle of Mobility legislation. The bill, A-2245, is scheduled to be presented to the full Assembly at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon, and is expected to pass…

  • Thieves target S.B. hotel guests during breakfast Cameras show suspects distract diners, then snatch bags under tables Surveillance cameras were able to capture pictures of suspects in recent robberies at hotels on Route 1. By CHARLESW. KIM SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Township police are looking for three suspects that may be involved in a recent series…

  • South Brunswick will likely accept $500K cop grant By CHARLESW. KIM SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Township Council members said Tuesday that they will accept $500,000 in federal grant money to hire four new officers, and keep the School Resource Officer program going. "Any time the township receives $500,000 for police officers, it is certainly a plus,"…

  • SPRING PLANTING Volunteers plant flowers along Route 1 near DeVry Institute in North Brunswick Saturday as part of the township’s Clean Communities event. SEAN GUTHRIDGE

  • Corps sets hearing on Route 92 By CHARLESW. KIM SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Residents will soon have the chance to tell the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just what should be included in the Route 92 Environmental Impact Statement. The corps announced last week that it will hold a "scoping" meeting on Thursday, June 8 at…

  • Persistence gains more open space for S.B. By CHARLESW. KIM SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A 77-acre parcel on Culver Road will soon be added to the township’s growing list of open space purchases. Township Council members unanimously passed the funding ordinances Tuesday that will allow the township to purchase the property for $1,300,000. Deputy Mayor Frank…

  • S.B. moves to step up anti-MOM fight Tunnel, alternative alignment studies underway in S.B. By charlEs w. kim S outh Brunswick residents and officials said Tuesday that they plan to raise the level of their opposition to a controversial commuter rail project. South Brunswick Mayor Debra Johnson asked residents Tuesday to flood Trenton with post…

  • Spaulding adamantly against restoring police chief position Union pushes for referendum; Pappas breaks with mayor By craig yetsko N orth Brunswick Mayor David Spaulding made his feelings about switching from a police director to a police chief loud and clear Monday. No chance. "As long as I’m mayor, we won’t have a police chief," he…

  • Civil War era flag Michael Jacobsen, Plainsboro, a member of the 14th Regiment of Central New Jersey, shows students from the Upper Elementary School in South Brunswick a Civil War era flag during a re-enactment last week. JERRY WOLKOWITZ