Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Emergency repairs slated for Rte. 1 in No. Brunswick

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Traffic on Route 1 in North Brunswick in the vicinity of a bridge over an abandoned Conrail freight line will be detoured to parallel service roads March 6 and 13 to allow crews to make emergency roadway repairs. Route 1 northbound traffic will be detoured to a service road from 4 a.m.…

  • Kendall Park home designated as historic landmark

    Stevens Road home built prior to the American Revolution BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A home built just prior to the American Revolution in Kendall Park and abandoned for the last two years has recently been designated as a historic landmark by township officials. The amendment to the township’s Historic Preservation ordinance,…

  • NBTHS reacting to speculation of removal of football coach

    Students and parents are showing support for Mark Zielinski through protests, Facebook Jennifer Amato NORTH BRUNSWICK — Parents and students at North Brunswick Township High School are showing support for head football coach Mark Zielinski, based upon speculation that he is not being recommended to remain as a football coach next year. Superintendent of Schools…

  • N.J. Sen. Bill Baroni to lead Port Authority

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — State Sen. Bill Baroni will soon give up his seat on the Senate to become the next deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Appointed by Gov. Chris Christie, the Republican senator will start his new position March 5. Baroni, who…

  • Photo

    John Adams Elementary School second-grader George Benoy (c), portraying Muhammed Ali, poses like the champ as he waits for a viewer to hear the biography he wrote. In honor of Black History Month, students researched the lives of famous black Americans, and then portrayed those historical figures during a mock “Wax Museum” on Feb. 25.…

  • Princess Sami

    Sami Guadagnino and her father built a pink snow castle, complete with a moving door and a seat in the middle, at their home on Roseland Place in North Brunswick, during last week’s storm.

  • No. Bruns. school dist. asking for fair share of state aid

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The North Brunswick school district is asking residents to contact state legislators to remind them that the town has earned its fair share of school funding, despite North Brunswick schools being significantly underfunded according the Department of Education’s aid formula. According to a posting on the district’s website, under the…

  • Man charged with killing woman, abandoning child

    Police say Edison man killed North Brunswick woman and later set her body ablaze in N.Y. BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer An Edison man who was charged last week with kidnapping and abandoning his 20-month-old daughter at a gas station, now also stands accused of murdering the baby’s mother, a resident of North Brunswick. Dwayne…

  • S.B. Food Pantry in nationwide challenge to stop hunger

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The South Brunswick food pantry has a chance to win up to $40,000 to benefit local families in-need. The South Brunswick Food Pantry, part of the township’s Social Services Department, is participating in a two-month nationwide challenge to stop hunger. The nonprofit partnered with the Feinstein Foundation, headquartered in Rhode…