Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Suspect arrested in Royal Oaks Apts. shooting
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — An Elizabeth man has been arrested in connection with a shooting at the Royal Oaks Apartments on July 13. South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka said 18-year-old Nurideen Alamri has been charged with aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Alamri was charged…
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Senior center seeks waste for recycling
The South Brunswick Senior Center has teamed up with eco-wise business Terra Cycle to collect waste materials that are not normally taken by local recycling. Terra Cycle then donates to the Senior Center 2 cents for each wrapper and 25 cents per inkjet cartridge sent in (they even pay the postage). The company “upcycles” the…
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‘White Wedding’ next up at film fest
The Summer International Film Festival at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center, will continue on July 19 with 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. screenings of “White Wedding,” a 2009 road comedy from South Africa. The film, which is rated PG-13, tells the story of a bridegroom and his best man who barely make…
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Pop champagne: Officials praise progress of S.B. Senior Center
July 4 marked 20th anniversary BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Senior does not mean old. That is the message staff members emphasized at the South Brunswick Senior Center’s 20th anniversary celebration on July 14. In fact, while talking with Christine Wildemuth, director of the Office on Aging, words like “active,” “hip” and “trendy”…
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Building blocks
Top: Advait Manur (l) and Anish Sharma assemble a robot during the Raider Robotix LEGO Robotics Camp on July 12 at North Brunswick Township High School. Members of the award-winning FIRST Team 25 guided participants in the fundamentals of designing, building and programming mini-robots using the LEGO platform. Above: Arjun Bansil prepares his robot for…
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A ‘hole’ barrel of fun
Mary Lou West (l) of Montclair drills a hole, while Katherine Anouna steadies the barrel during a workshop at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park on July 14. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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N.B. amends landlord registration ordinance
Resident raises concerns over additional fees BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Landlords in town will be required to register their rental information every three years, effective Aug. 1. North Brunswick Township Council members have been debating code revisions to Chapter 266, “Rental Housing,” and Chapter 197, “Housing Standards and Occupational Limits,” in…
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White Pine Road in S.B. closed for bridge repair
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — White Pine Road will be closed until further notice in order to allow Middlesex County to replace the current bridge crossing over Ireland Brook in the area of the South Brunswick and East Brunswick border. Detours have been set up in the area. There is no time frame yet for the completion…
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McCormick: Council packet delivery does not impact police
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Township police officers are assigned to deliver information packets to members of the Township Council each week, but this practice does not seem to be a disruption in manpower or time, according to officials. On the Friday before a meeting, the six elected council members receive a…
