Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • 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…

  • N.B. schools face layoffs, program cuts because of slashed state aid

    Jennifer Amato NORTH BRUNSWICK — The North Brunswick school district is facing 103 employee layoffs, fewer sports teams and limited spending as a result of a recent announcement about a reduction in state aid. Superintendent of Schools Brian Zychowski held an emergency budget workshop meeting March 24 to discuss the issue and to adopt the…

  • Pack 81

    Matt Clark, a troop leader for Pack 81, shows his dog Ginger to Jared (l-r) and Avery Almanzor and Mary Mehalick, during a show put on by the North Brunswick Township High School PAWS (Protect Animals With Service) volunteer organization for the Scouts on March 19 at Our Lady of Peace. The community service project…

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

    Jennifer Amato 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 Viper while on duty, with fellow…

  • So. Brunswick to deal with $6.4M reduction in state aid

    North Brunswick to lose $4.1 million in aid BY JENNIFER BOOTON & JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writers Hundreds of staff and programs could be cut from the South Brunswick school district next year to make up for a $6.4 million slash in state aid. Gov. Chris Christie, who made an executive order last month to freeze…

  • Veterans remember wartime stories for scrapbook

    Participants wanted for project that shares memories and history BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Don Stern is a World War II veteran who served as a bombardier for the Air Force at a time when Europe was largely dominated by Nazi Germany. He started attending Queens College in September 1941 only a few months before…

  • Middlesex County unveils new ‘green’ website

    Middlesex County unveiled its new “Sustainability” website on March 9, the first result of the Middlesex County Sustainability Plan. The website, www.mcset.com, will be used as a channel for communication and reference for county departments, municipal governments, citizens, businesses and civic organizations to provide ongoing feedback on where the county is, where it is heading,…