Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Walk this way

    North Brunswick crossing guards help students get to and from school safely BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Look both ways before you cross the street. Not only will you be avoiding entering a busy intersection without caution, but if you are in the vicinity of any township school, you could also see a crossing guard…

  • IMAX Experience comes to New Brunswick theater

    IMAX Corp. and AMC Entertainment will bring the Imax Experience to New Brunswick Sept. 18 with the opening of the new IMAX auditorium at AMC Loews New Brunswick 18 Complex, 17 Route 1, New Brunswick. New Brunswick Mayor Jim Cahill was on hand to assist in the ribbon cutting Sept. 15. Guests at AMC Loews…

  • NBPD issues warning about vehicle burglaries

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — The North Brunswick Police Department issued a release last week urging residents to protect their vehicles from theft and burglaries. Due to a recent rash of vehicle burglaries, which are considered “crimes of opportunity,” the department is urging residents to follow security methods to protect their automobiles: • Never leave the car…

  • S.B. residents pitch a new form of horseshoes tourney

    Will hold ‘washers’ tournament this weekend BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Three local residents will bring a form of horseshoes to South Brunswick this weekend. Kevin “Rudy” Ryan, Mike Vibronek and Cliff Breese have been playing a simpler and more efficient version of traditional horseshoes, called washers, or urban horseshoes, for years…

  • N.B. ordinance amends parking restrictions

    States no vehicles allowed on grass in residential areas BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Township Council passed a resolution regarding off-street vehicle parking during its public meeting Sept. 8. According to the resolution, in residential districts, one-family, two-family, duplex, mobile home and townhouse dwellings are allowed two off-street parking spaces per…

  • No. Brunswick reaches settlement with K-Land

    Renaissance will have ‘main street’ style commercial development BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The township of North Brunswick has reached a settlement agreement with a division of the real estate developer Kaplan Cos. regarding a parcel of land near the Renaissance development on Route 130. Because of this settlement, enacted on Sept. 8, the 23.32-acre…

  • Issues with Berdine’s Corner continue

    Resident attends several No. Brunswick council meetings to voice concerns BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Concerns about the Berdine’s Corner section of town were raised once again at the North Brunswick Township Council meeting on Sept. 8. Resident Tony Nastus, over the years, has mentioned a lack of progress regarding issues that…

  • N.B. reports reduction in crime

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — North Brunswick Police Director Kenneth Mc- Cormick issued a statement last week that North Brunswick has seen a significant reduction in violent crime and a reduction in nonviolent crime for 2008. According to the Uniform Crime Report, there was an overall 3.5-percent reduction in reportable crimes. Violent…

  • Photo

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Maasai Maynor of the North Brunswick Adams Athletic Club Pop Warner Indians is stopped by a pile of South River Knights during a Mitey Mites game Aug. 23 at Sabella Park, North Brunswick. The park is now home to an artificial turf field, a multipurpose field, a basketball court and various site improvements.