Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Sri Ramanuja temple application denied in S.B.

    Several conditions were not met satisfactorily, officials say BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — After a year of meetings, the preliminary site plan for a proposed Sri Ramanuja temple at 17 Eiker Road in South Brunswick has been denied in a 5-2 vote by the Zoning Board. Originally, the plan called for a…

  • NBTHS Care to Walk Club makes donation to CINJ

    Students take tour of cancer center, hang Valentines in pediatric unit BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Top: The executive board of the Care to Walk Club at North Brunswick High School presented a donation for $11,000 to Dr. Deborah Toppmeyer (c) of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey on Feb. 11. Pictured l-r are Stephanie…

  • Treasures of the Jersey Shore

    Belmar offers an array of things to do Introduction to new feature: New Jersey has an abundance of places where visitors and residents alike can enjoy their leisure time. The towns along the shore have a magical draw and sparkle like gems when the sunshine hits the waves, making them true treasures. It doesn’t have…

  • Veterans’ stories recorded for national archive

    Vietnam War veteran from S.B. adds her experiences to Veterans History Project BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Danielle Peloquin Behind each war story in the media are the men and women who lived it before it was news; for them, it was reality. Iraq War veteran Justin Sasso, of Holmdel, hopes that adding his oral…

  • S.B. receives grant funding through Bikeways Program

    BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Bikers will soon be able to ride the rails in South Brunswick. The township was recently awarded $260,000 by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) through its Bikeways Program to help fund the completion of the township’s Freedom Trail bikeway, which runs from Kingston to Dayton.…

  • S.B. business owners want amended liquor-sale time

    Council favors changing opening time to 10 a.m. on Sundays BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Changing the hours of operation for local liquor stores was the topic of discussion at the Feb. 8 Township Council meeting. The main issue, according to the council, concerned the time liquor stores were allowed to open…

  • N.J. Museum of Agriculture closes to the public

    Result of shortage of state funding for next budget year BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The New Jersey Museum of Agriculture has closed to the public, as of this past Monday. Located on the Cook College campus of Rutgers University, which lies in North Brunswick, the museum closed “due to a shortage of funding,” according…

  • S.B. council OKs recommendations for block grant

    Seniors, the developmentally disabled, low-income residents would benefit BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Township Council decided how to disperse almost $90,000 in federal grant funds at its Feb. 8 meeting, based on the recommendations of the township’s Housing and Community DevelopmentAdvisory Committee. The Community Development Block Grant money, which is dispensed…

  • Trio charged in connection with baby formula theft

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Authorities responded to a call from the Target store on Route 1 at 3:25 p.m. Feb. 10 after the store’s loss-prevention personnel stopped Ashley Vohdin, 27, of Metuchen, from leaving with allegedly stolen baby formula. South Brunswick police said that two other suspects were waiting for Vohdin in the parking lot. An…