Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • N.B. unveils upgrades to water treatment plant

    Called a $19 million ‘Brita filter’ BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Upgrades to North Brunswick’s water treatment plant on Canal Road in Somerset, were officially unveiled on March 26. Jim Grootenboer, systems manager for American Water Services, explains the new filter system of the North Brunswick water treatment plant, located on Canal Road in Somerset.…

  • Official misconduct charges dismissed against NBPD’s Lt. Buckley

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Two charges of official misconduct were dismissed against North Brunswick police Lt. Keith Buckley during a hearing March 26 in state Superior Court, New Brunswick. The charges stem from a fatal motor vehicle accident in August 2008 in which Buckley was driving his brother’s rented 2006 Dodge…

  • NBPD’s Steven Dunkel to receive national ‘Top Cop’ award

    Pursued four suspects while being shot at in March 2009 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Det. Steven Dunkel NORTH BRUNSWICK — Although North Brunswick police Detective Steven Dunkel will be honored with the “Top Cop” award next month for his role in a 2009 shootout, he credits his entire department and two neighboring departments with…

  • South Brunswick must absorb $1.1 million slash in state aid

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The township will have to re-evaluate its budget to absorb an unexpected $1.1 million slash in state aid. South Brunswick took a 17.5 percent hit in its energy tax receipts, bringing state aid revenue from approximately $6.4 million last year to $5.2 million this year. “Just as…

  • Residents of Berdine’s Corner dissatisfied with living conditions

    N.B. officials say town has been successful in abating quality-of-life infringements BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Several township residents are displeased with the efforts, or what they say is a lack thereof, being made to maintain the Berdine’s Corner section of town. Although only resident Tony Nastus would go on record with…

  • E.B. chiropractor shares experiences of Olympics

    Dr. Blasé Toto worked with ice dancers, hockey players, speed skaters BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — One of the best moments of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February was when Shaun White won a gold medal for snowboarding. However, East Brunswick chiropractor Blasé Toto, a member of the United States…

  • Getaway driver gets 8 years for 2009 murder

    Andre Trott was accomplice in the death of Shakir S. McCray in N.B. BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Andre Trott, 30, of Sandys, Bermuda, was sentenced to eight years in prison on March 24 for his role as an accomplice in the murder of a man in North Brunswick last year. Trott…

  • Missing bench

    Frank Maltese, an 89-year-old North Brunswick resident and World War II veteran, had built and donated a bench to children in the neighborhood so they would have a place to sit and wait for the bus. The bench had been anchored 1 foot into the ground at the corner of Otis and Revere Roads in…

  • LMS observes Earth Hour to save energy

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The lights went dim last Friday at Linwood Middle School. No, budget cuts did not turn off the school’s electricity. Instead, students and faculty took energy saving measures into their own hands, participating in Earth Hour, a global-wide effort to have everyone shut off their unnecessary energy…