Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Charity softball game will raise funds for fire department

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Emergency responders will try to strike out educators. On Oct. 6, members of the North Brunswick Police Department will challenge educators from the North Brunswick School District to a charity softball game to benefit the North Brunswick Fire Department. More than 150 firefighters from North Brunswick Volunteer Fire Cos. 1,…

  • Jury duty system evolves

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Jurors must report to the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick to serve jury duty. ADAM UZIALKO/staff The jury duty process, deeply rooted in English history and well established in New Jersey, continues to evolve. The right to trial by jury in the United States dates to Colonial times. The…

  • Married 63 years, couple finally walks down the aisle

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer This text will be replaced Joan and Larry Sanislo make their first toast after renewing their vows during a wedding ceremony at Georges Road Baptist Church in North Brunswick on Sept. 20. The two Milltown residents were married 63 years after eloping on Sept. 20. 1952. REBECCA NOWALSKI Sixty-three years…

  • North Brunswick considers honorary street sign

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer From left: Louis Tedesco and Michael Heumiller of T&M Associates; North Brunswick Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack; Lou Ann Benson, director of the North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services; and North Brunswick Business Administrator Robert Lombard discuss details of the Sept. 21 groundbreaking of renovations at Veterans Park…

  • The life of a volunteer firefighter: long workdays followed by longer nights

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Being a volunteer firefighter is taxing enough, but being a volunteer firefighter after working a full day during one of the most massive fires in the state is even more stressful. Ten employees of the North Brunswick Department of Public Works (DPW) are also volunteers with the…

  • Thinking outside the box

    FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Matt Kenny tosses a box during the “box put” event at the LogistX games in South Brunswick on Sept. 25. The four-event competition focused around the value of the logistics and distribution industry in New Jersey while also fundraising for the Wounded Warriors Project.

  • North Brunswick residents can now pay taxes online

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Taxpayers in North Brunswick are now able to use an online service to pay their property taxes. Payments can be made through the Link2Gov/WIPP payment system at https://wippii.edmundsassoc.com/Wipp12 14/ Certain fees apply to paying a property tax bill online. If a resident pays by ACH or e-check, there is a $1.05 convenience…

  • Prayer service

    PHOTOS COURTESY OF AZRA BAIG More than 3,500 people attended Eid prayer services on Sept. 24 at Rowland Park in South Brunswick, led by the Islamic Society of Central Jersey.

  • Fright Fest

    TOP PICK Six Flags Great Adventure promises its biggest, scariest Fright Fest® this fall with 22 Halloween-themed attractions including three new haunts and four new shows.The seven-week festival that features family-friendly thrills by day and a zombie-filled Fright by Night runs weekends through Nov. 1. By day, families can enjoy the new Spooky, Kooky Magic…