Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Trenton police arrest suspect in attack

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Officers from the Trenton Police Department arrested a suspect charged with attacking a female security guard at a South Brunswick warehouse. South Brunswick Detective Sgt. James J. Stoddard said that Dalord Dumas, 43, was arrested on a stalking complaint out of Trenton. Dumas, who is from both Trenton and Camden, has been…

  • Students help friend who lost everything in fire

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Friends of a sixth-grade student whose family lost everything in a house fire on May 3 are summoning the community to help out. The Carpenter Road home of Linwood Middle School student L.J. Williams, who lived there with his parents, his collegeaged sister, his 9-year-old brother and…

  • Freeholder offers MOM Line alternatives

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has adopted a resolution asking NJ Transit to evaluate two new alternatives to the proposed Monmouth- Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) train line that retains as an option passenger service to the western part of the Monmouth County. The two proposals were offered by Freeholder John D’Amico, who also serves on the…

  • NBTHS students honored at ceramics competition

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer designing trays and “Changes” NORTH BRUNSWICK — Three students at North Brunswick Township High School have received awards for their entries in the seventh annual statewide juried Clay in Mind ceramics competition. Denise Torres-Rosa was one of eight first-place winners for her earthenware sculpture “Something’s Fishy.” She designed two flounder…

  • Flying high

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Aditya Mota (l) and his friend, Aryan Badgujar, have fun with Larry the Clown prior to the Zerbini Family Circus, held in South Brunswick on Sunday. The South Brunswick Lions Club sponsored the fundraiser, which benefits local rescue squads, the blind and hearing impaired, schools and scholarships. Right: The Dazzling…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Demitrios Timbinaris (l) and William Lovas serve as members of the North Brunswick Police Department Honor Guard during the town’s annual Police Week ceremony May 14. For story and photos, see page 3.

  • Iraq war veteran to serve as grand marshal

    At North Brunswick Memorial Day ceremony BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Barbecues, the Jersey Shore and a day off from work. That is how most residents characterize the holiday of Memorial Day. Richard De La Cruz However, North Brunswick resident Richard De La Cruz is hoping that on Monday more people honor and remember those…

  • Boy Scouts to celebrate anniversary in So. Bruns.

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer South Brunswick is one of the stops on a 45,000-mile-long tour to promote the celebration of the Boy Scouts of America’s 100th anniversary. East Windsor resident Marc Richardson is the executive director of the Boy Scouts of America’s Central New Jersey Council. He said that six adult volunteers are going…

  • Word to the ‘wise’: Protect the environment

    Students at Judd Elem. School work to reduce, reuse, recycle BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Students at Judd Elementary School in North Brunswick are wising up to the idea of protecting the environment. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: Judd Elementary School third-graders Adam Taubenslag (r), with the help of Adarshini Raja (l-r), Forum Modi…