Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Congregation celebrates $1.2 million expansion
Christ the King adds 2,000 square feet, may add more BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The congregation of Christ the King Lutheran Church recently celebrated the expansion of its now 6,000-square-foot church. A service was held for the Route 27 church in the Kendall Park section of town on Feb. 22. The…
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Two charged with attempted murder in alleged beating
MONROE — Two men were arrested on charges including attempted homicide after they allegedly led a 42-year-old South Brunswick man into the woods and allegedly assaulted him. According to police, Ken Rittman, 44, of East Brunswick, and James Christos, 44, of Edison, allegedly beat the victim with a lump hammer repeatedly on Feb. 18. The…
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S.B. sheriff’s officer, I.T. specialist receive probation
Charged with custody interference SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A 28-yearold South Brunswick woman was placed on probation for one year for interfering with the custody of her two children after taking them on an unauthorized trip to India, according to a release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Assha Thomas, a resident of the Kendall Park…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Nidhi Gandhi, 4, of South Brunswick, is ready to go with his hat, mask and shaker instrument he made during the New Orleans-style Mardi Gras party at the South Brunswick Library on Feb. 26.
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Suspects indicted on murder charges
Couple allegedly involved in double homicide case BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer The attorney for Nicole Taylor recently entered a plea of not guilty during an arraignment hearing regarding murder charges relating to the strangling of her boyfriend’s parents. Nicole Taylor Michael A. Maltese is accused of strangling his parents to death in their home…
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No. Bruns. council adopts fiscal year 2009 budget
Average assessed home will have $14 reduction in second-quarter tax bill BY JENNIFEER AMATO Staff Writer The North Brunswick Township Council adopted an amended budget for fiscal year 2009 on Monday. The total general appropriations approved by the council were $45,391,195. The budget amendment lowered the total appropriations in the introduced budget by $40,000 and…
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Mardi Gras
Above: Thejasvi Venkatachalam (left) and Ourania Gargalidid, South Brunswick, join the parade through the South Brunswick Library during a Mardi Gras party on Feb. 26. Right: After making their own hats, masks and shaker instruments, children paraded around the South Brunswick Library. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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S.B. school district hosts education summit
Speakers address strengths, problems ahead BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Administrators of the South Brunswick school district recently spoke on a number of issues facing faculty and students, as the economy declines and hopes of the district getting adequate state aid diminish. The fourth annual education summit of the South Brunswick School District was held…
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Kingston firefighters put out apartment blaze
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — No one was harmed in a recent apartment fire in the Kingston section of town. Police responded to the scene along with fire officials, who evacuated a building at the Kingston Terrace complex at approximately 8 a.m. Feb. 18. No one was home in the apartment where…
