Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • House of wax

    Left: In honor of Black History Month, second-grade students at John Adams Elementary School in North Brunswick researched the lives of famous black Americans for the annual Wax Museum. Ohm Jariwala, as Hank Aaron (l-r), Abnishay Jain, as Michael Jordan, and Anthony Bistany, as Lebron James, portray famous athletes on Feb. 16. Above: Tiffany Fan…

  • County debuts new traffic safety website

    Information includes road information, safety data, links to county and state offices Middlesex County is now operating a comprehensive traffic safety website for traffic safety concerns and road information, including tips for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. The website, http://mctrafficsafety.com, also enables users to report road repair issues and provides a list of all traffic safety…

  • Local resident’s talent is truly in the cards

    Middlesex County College grad preparing ‘Card City’ for upcoming gala BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Alex Perricone has created playing card re-creations of Madison Square Garden, the White House and a Mayan pyramid. Stacking cards has become more than a hobby for Alex “Cardman” Perricone. “I would say it’s more like an obsession,” he said…

  • S.B. police officer helps capture suspected gang member

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force captured a suspected gang member who was wanted by several law enforcement agencies after a South Brunswick police officer positively identified the suspect on Route 1 on Jan. 28. Harry Harrington Jr., 43, of Trenton, escaped arrest during a car chase with Officer Michael Leung…

  • North Brunswick hires three new police officers

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Justin Hansen was determined to be a police officer. He took the civil service exam in 2002 and scored well, but military veterans were being hired first. So the Hamilton West High School graduate decided that he would join the military. Following in the footsteps of his father, who was…

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    Matthew Check, 16, of Fords, on guitar and vocals, and drummer Ron Wagenhoffer, of Woodbridge, members of The Knight Owls, take the stage at Frankensound in North Brunswick for a concert Feb. 10. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • So. Brunswick BOE elections moved to Nov.

    Board expects to save $36,000 due to change of date BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer The South Brunswick Board of Education unanimously voted to move board elections from April to November at its Feb. 6 meeting. The board joins more than 250 districts statewide that have decided to make the move after Gov. Chris Christie signed…

  • S.B. projects 5.5-cent tax increase for 2012 budget

    Officials cite 2011 as worst year for revenue collection BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer South Brunswick officials continue to work on the 2012 municipal budget after a proposed version was presented to the Township Council at its Feb. 7 meeting. While spending and staff have been reduced, the tax rate and budget itself will increase under…

  • Attendees have a howling good time at Super Pet Expo

    Vendors provide products, services, treats for pets of all shapes and sizes BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Cara Mitchell of the Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League plays with Paisley on Feb. 10 during the Super Pet Expo, held last weekend at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison. ERIC SUCAR staff There was…