Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Claiming bias, Las plan $10M suit against S.B. Attorney says S.B. shooting victim was not unstable der=0 bgcolor=”#D0D0D0″> CHARLES W. KIM Myung-Ok La (l-r) and Vak La, the parents of a 30-year-old Kendall Park man killed by police in December, and their attorneys, Bruce Nagel and Adam Slater, announce their intention to sue South Brunswick.…

  • Go-go is a no-go in North Brunswick Virgo’s owner rejects proposed restrictions on live entertainment der=0 bgcolor=”#D0D0D0″> JERRY WOLKOWITZ The Township Council unanimously denied a liquor license transfer to the new owner of Virgo’s (above) on Route 130 and Davidson’s Mill Road in North Brunswick on Monday, but an appeal is planned. The former go-go…

  • Temple demands apology from S.B. councilman Luciano mum on apologizing for Nazi reference By CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Remarks made by Township Councilman Edmund Luciano during last week’s council meeting are generating a strong reaction. Members of Congregation B’nai Tikvah’s Jewish Community Center on Finnegans Lane in North Brunswick are demanding…

  • S.B., N.B. only towns with display policies Majority of county towns permit holiday displays SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Of the 25 municipalities in Middlesex County, only North and South Brunswick have formally adopted a policy regarding holiday displays. According to a recent survey of towns, conducted by the Middlesex County Human Relations Commission last spring, the…

  • Holiday displays will remain banned in S.B. Council votes down holiday displays 3-2 SOUTH BRUNSWICK — After weeks of passionate debate, the Township Council rejected a resolution that would allow religious displays on municipal property. The Tuesday night vote followed weeks of passionate debate among the five council members, as well as members of the…

  • N.B. board examines 2000-2001 calendar Elko chats with Clinton during San Francisco conference trip NORTH BRUNSWICK — It may only be March but that did not stop the Board of Education from looking at next year’s school calendar Tuesday. At the workshop meeting, Superintendent of Schools Alan Elko told the board it did not have…

  • der=0 bgcolor=”#D0D0D0″> JODY SOMERS IN CONCERT — Bryan Jenner, a music teacher at Linwood Middle School and conductor and musical director of the Greater Middlesex County Band, addresses the audience at a band performance on Friday at the school.

  • Help, get rid of those Linwood Place potholes Woman’s plea has gone unheeded, but help may soon be on the way der=0 bgcolor=”#D0D0D0″> Potholes line the street on Linwood Place between Hermann and Cranbury Cross roads in North Brunswick. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Potholes are an annoyance to everyone, but for one Linwood Place resident, they…

  • Holiday displays will remain banned in S.B. A majority of residents speaking during the public session asked the council to vote the resolution down. Human Relations Commission member Martin Abschutz reported that the panel is still opposed to allowing the displays. "We don’t want South Brunswick to be another case to come before the courts,"…