Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Doodling habit comes in handy

    Voting open through May 25 to select N.B. student as Doodle 4 Google winner Jennifer Amato NORTH BRUNSWICK — The time to vote is now. Cynthia Liang, a fifth-grader at Judd Elementary School in North Brunswick, is among the Top 40 contestants selected out of 33,000 students in the Doodle 4 Google contest. Liang’s design,…

  • N.B. deli owner convicted as accomplice to murder

    Raymond Troxell, of Kendall Park, faces life in prison without parole Jennifer Amato NEW BRUNSWICK — A Kendall Park man was found guilty of being an accomplice to the murder of his North Brunswick deli partner, following a trial in State Superior Court, New Brunswick. Raymond Troxell, 50, looked ahead with little emotion as the…

  • Police Lt. Brian Hoiberg presented departmental awards

    Police Lt. Brian Hoiberg presented departmental awards during the North Brunswick Police Department’s commemoration of Police Week at police headquarters May 11. See story, page 3. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Suspect arrested in S.B. after 10-year search

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A man wanted by authorities for more than a decade was arrested last week after he was pulled over for having an expired license plate. Officer George Vit of the South Brunswick Police Department conducted a motor vehicle stop May 12 after observing a car with expired North Carolina plates driving along…

  • N.B. Planning Bd. approves Renaissance Town Center

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The Renaissance Town Center project has been approved for a 23-acre parcel of land off Route 130 south in North Brunswick. On May 11, the township Planning Board heard an application by Kaplan Cos. for 213,000 square feet of retail space, including a Walgreens and a bank building in Phase…

  • Zoning overlay ordinance passes in North Brunswick

    Mayor breaks 3-3 tie with his vote BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Editor’s note: The new transit-oriented mixed-use development zoning ordinance was adopted Monday night after hours of discussion. Mayor Francis "Mac" Womack cast the tie-breaking vote to approve the ordinance. An updated story will appear within the next few days and in next week’s printed…

  • NBPD commemorates annual Police Week

    Four officers promoted; special recognition given to ‘Top Cop’ Steven Dunkel BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer This year’s Police Week ceremony in North Brunswick had a special component to it: the promotion of four officers to sergeant and lieutenant.   Above: North Brunswick Junior Police Cadet Andrew Duffer stands at attention during the Police Department’s…

  • S.B. police officers honor fallen comrades with 228-mile bike ride

    Jason Gassman and Robert Jairdullo participate in Police Unity Tour BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Two township officers who lost their lives many years ago in the line of duty will not be soon forgotten by their comrades in the South Brunswick Police Department (SBPD). Patrolman John Gurnovich, who died in June…

  • Trike-a-thon

    Anna Keller (center) is ready to start a trike-a-thon with her classmates at Sand Hills Preschool of Community Presbyterian Church in Kendall Park on Friday to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. More photos, page 25 and at www.gmnews.com. JEFF GRANIT staff