Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • S.B. resident shares stories as WWII bombardier

    Dan Stern flew 32 missions, saved a man’s life BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Dan Stern, a South Brunswick resident, recently discussed his service as a former bombardier during World War II at the South Brunswick Senior Center. SAM SLAUGHTER Seated in the nose of a B-17 — a Boeing “Flying Fortress” — South Brunswick…

  • Man fatally injured in accident at service center

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A service technician for Coppa’s Service Center on Route 1 and Moore Road in North Brunswick was fatally injured in a tragic accident on Jan. 12. Thomas M. Serinese, 47, formerly of North Brunswick, was sweeping off the deck of a diesel flatbed truck at Coppa’s Service…

  • N.B. Parks Dept. loses member of its staff

    Matthew J. Lyman passed away last week BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township lost a dedicated member of its Parks Department staff last week. Matthew J. Lyman, 30, of Somerset, passed away on Jan. 14 in New Brunswick. Lyman was born in New Brunswick and had resided in Manville before moving…

  • S.B. changes insurance funds

    Town expects to see significant savings BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer I n a move that could save the township $650,000 in 2011, South Brunswick voted at a Dec. 31 emergency Township Council meeting to switch insurance carriers. The council voted to change from the Garden State Joint Insurance Fund (GSJIF), which the township had…

  • S.B. police officer injured in auto accident

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — In the evening hours of Jan. 5, four people, including a South Brunswick police officer, were injured in a motor vehicle accident on Kingston Lane. The accident, which involved a South Brunswick police cruiser, occurred outside Crossroads South Middle School just before 5:30 p.m. as an officer was responding to a call…

  • Vets turn fabrics of war into artwork

    Combat Paper Project uses paper making as healing process BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Drew Matott works on a design during the Combat Paper Project held at the Vietnam Era Museum and Educational Center in Holmdel last month. Below: Jim Petillo, Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War, works on the project. Bottom: Linderman, executive…

  • Scott ‘opens doors’ as county sheriff

    Ex-freeholder is Middlesex’s first new sheriff in 30 years, first female sheriff BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer The Hon. Travis L. Francis (r), assignment judge of the state Superior Court Middlesex Vicinage, administers the oath of office to Sheriff Mildred S. Scott as her mother, Gertrude Lincoln, and husband, Richard D. Scott, hold the Bible…

  • Tomaro eager to take service to county level

    Democrat is first freeholder from Edison in six years BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A s Edison bid farewell to a longtime Township Council member last week, Middlesex County said hello to a new freeholder. Charles Tomaro resigned from the council effective Jan. 6 to be sworn in as the newest member of the Board…

  • Holiday time

    Aamna Azam shows off her henna and bangles, which are part of the Muslim Eid-ul-fitr celebration, during a presentation for Maureen Carter’s “Holiday Tradition Project” at John Adams Elementary School in North Brunswick on Dec. 23. Students were asked to share their holiday customs with their fellow classmates. Aamna Azam shows off her henna and…