Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Local rabbi visits Israel with Gov. Christie

    Rabbi Mendy Carlebach, of the Chabad of North and South Brunswick, stands in the background while Gov. Chris Christie and the Jersey to Jerusalem delegation tour the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem on April 2 with Robert Rozett (r), director of the Yad Vashem Libraries. PHOTOS COURTESY OF TIM LARSEN OF GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE’S…

  • Lyme disease patient is not out of the woods yet

    However, young woman has made great strides after being diagnosed nine years ago BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — At the age of 18, most graduating seniors are focused on driving to school, picking out a prom dress, filling out college applications and making plans for after graduation. Alaina, of North Brunswick, is…

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    Shantice Germain, 8, waits patiently before participating in an egg hunt during Breakfast With the Easter Bunny, held at Linwood Middle School in North Brunswick on March 31. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Loss of ratables blamed for increase in N.B. school taxes

    Average homeowner to see increase of $170 BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Taxes are going up, and a decrease in North Brunswick township ratables is to blame. That is the stark message North Brunswick Township Superintendent of Schools Brian Zychowski sent to attendees of the March 28 Board of Education meeting. Zychowski presented the 2012-13 school…

  • New moon will shine on Oak Leaf Village apartments

    North Brunswick Crescent will have 183 redeveloped affordable rental units BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Residents of the distressed Oak Leaf Village Apartments in North Brunswick received welcome news onMarch 29 when township officials along with Community Investment Strategies Inc. (CIS) announced a comprehensive redevelopment plan. CIS representatives met with Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack and Township…

  • Easter hugs

    Above: Children of all ages huddle around the guest of honor during Breakfast With the Easter Bunny, held at Linwood Middle School in North Brunswick on March 31. Left: Nicholas Amodio, 6, of North Brunswick, hugs the guest of honor. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff

  • North Brunswick man faces charges in alleged abduction

    NEW BRUNSWICK — A North Brunswick resident allegedly abducted a 20- year-old woman at gunpoint and attempted to sexually assault her in New Brunswick on March 30, according to a press release from Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan and Director Anthony A, Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department. Porfirio Nunez-Mosquea, 25, was charged…

  • Police charge driver in crash that killed Edison man

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A Plainsboro man was charged in connection with a onevehicle accident in South Brunswick on March 31 in which one of his passengers was killed. Rohit Maddineni, 25, of Plainsboro, was charged with aggravated manslaughter following the death of Pavan Gottumukala, 25, of Edison, according to a press release from Middlesex County…

  • Conference discusses health dept. challenges

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Councilman John O’Sullivan extolled the virtues of local health departments in a presentation at the New Jersey Environmental Health Association’s annual conference in Atlantic City from March 4 to 6. O’Sullivan was joined by John Saccenti, who serves as the president of the New Jersey Local Boards of…