Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • No. Brunswick resident has Christmas gifts stolen

    PBA Local 160 donates gift card to help her replace grandchildren’s presents NORTH BRUNSWICK — The North Brunswick Police Benevolent Association tried to combat some Grinch-like behavior last week. Someone stole presents from the home of a township resident on Dec. 12, who had already purchased gifts for her grandchildren, according to William Lovas, vice…

  • S.B. Zoning Board hears application for charter school

    Only appropriate land use issues are discussed BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Testimony begins anew for advocates of the Princeton International Academy Charter School (PIACS), who seek to locate their school on Perrine Road in South Brunswick. PIACS’s developer, 12 P & Associates LLC, submitted a new application to the South Brunswick Zoning Board of Adjustment…

  • N.B. discusses possibility of new group home

    Council members unsure of how funding will be handled; want to have control of the process BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Township Council is trying to decide how to fund a new group home in town. In July, Lori Grifa, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), initially…

  • Angels Among Us benefit to aid retired standardbreds

    Personal experience is catalyst for medium to offer readings at Jan. fundraiser BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Above: Millstone Mayor Nancy Grbelja, the driving force behind an upcoming fundraiser for the Standardbred Retirement Foundation, walks her horse, Bud’s A Winner, at Gaitway Farm in Manalapan. Right: Spiritual medium Gail Lionetti, who says she has a very…

  • College opens veterans center on Edison campus

    Set up to ease transition to college life, assist with educational benefits BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Middlesex County College President Joann LaPerla-Morales (l-r) discusses the new veterans center with Dave Brimmer, center coordinator, Paul Lazaro, assistant coordinator, and George Lisicki, former commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Middlesex County College now has a…

  • NBPD promotes sergeant to position of lieutenant

    John Haas has spent career as detective, K-9 trainer, road sergeant BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — To fill the position vacated by Lt. Steven Lins’ recent retirement, John Haas was promoted to police lieutenant on Dec. 8. Haas began as a North Brunswick officer in 1987. Now in his 25th year, the…

  • A cut above

    Taylor Okamura, a third-grade student at St. Augustine of Canterbury School in Kendall Park, chose to donate 10 inches of her hair to Locks of Love for her ninth birthday on Dec. 7. She is one of many students from the school who are in the spirit of giving this holiday season. Students in grades…

  • Approval needed for park-and-ride in S.B.

    Progress depends on widening of Beekman Road BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The fully funded construction of a park-and-ride near the intersection of Route 27 and Beekman Road hinges on the widening of Beekman Road in South Brunswick. The Township Council plans to pass a resolution this week to request that New Jersey…

  • Residents, officials voice mixed emotions with Turnpike plans

    BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Some good points, some bad points. That is theway residents and township officials saw the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s plan to improve the Exit 9 interchange in East Brunswick during a public hearing on Nov. 30. Most said the $27 million project was much needed, but worried…