Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • S.B. library improvements will not affect municipal budget

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Several improvements to the South Brunswick Public Library will soon commence at no cost to township residents. The improvements will be the final set of many that started back in 2005 as part of the library’s expansion project. “We view this as the completion of the 2005…

  • 2010 Road Program to improve eight roads in N.B.

    North Brunswick launched its 2010 Road Program last week and it includes nearly $2.5 million in improvements to eight municipal roadways. North Oaks Boulevard will be completely resurfaced along with minor improvements to the storm-water utility system. Complete roadway reconstruction and new water utility mains are designated for both Thalia Street and portions of Excelsior…

  • 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

  • Boca Salons trying to assist with a hairy situation

    Hair clippings can be made into mats to soak up oil spills As you sit in a salon or a barbershop chair, the hairdresser or barber is in control. Snip, snip, snip, the hair falls onto the smock and down to the floor, and usually someone comes by to sweep it away. Normally, the hair…

  • Doodling habit comes in handy

    Voting open through May 25 to select N.B. student as Doodle 4 Google winner By 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…

  • Arrest made in cold-case robbery in S.B.

    When a South Brunswick police officer arrested a man on May 7, he realized his description matched that of a suspect from an incident that had occurred six months prior, police said. Joshua Green, 19, was charged last week for stealing an iPod Touch. It was at that time that Officer Ken Herman realized Green…

  • NBPD officers test their shooting skills

    Qualifications for handguns, shotguns held twice each year BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The men stood in a row at the 25-yard line. They loaded their weapons, got into the proper stance and raised their arms parallel to the ground. Several North Brunswick police officers fire at targets with handguns and shotguns, part of a…

  • N.B. council votes to introduce TOD-related zoning ordinance

    Mayor has deciding vote in 3-3 split BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Transit Oriented Mixed Use Development zoning ordinance was introduced for first reading Monday night because of a tiebreaking vote by Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack. “For an introduction I generally vote yes, so then we get to have a public…

  • Brunswick Cops & Rodders

    Ryan Kloos, 13, of East Brunswick, checks out a huge towing truck from Logan Towing of North Brunswick during the 16th annual North Brunswick Cops & Rodders car show at DeVry University Sunday. See story, page 36. SCOTT FRIEDMAN