Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • N.B. lieutenant indicted in death of fellow officer

    Keith Buckley could face 10 years for vehicular homicide BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer North Brunswick Police Lt. Keith Buckley was indicted on one count of second-degree vehicular homicide in Superior Court in New Brunswick on Friday. Keith Buckley Buckley, 40, of Jackson, was involved in a motor vehicle accident that killed fellow Lt. Christopher…

  • Incumbents reelected to South Brunswick council

    Democrats maintain control of township government BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Voters reelected three Democrats to seats on the dais at South Brunswick Town Hall this week. Deputy Mayor Carol Barrett was the high-vote getter with 10,600 nods. Councilmen Joseph Camarota and Charles Carley received 10,411 and…

  • Democrats reappointed to North Brunswick Council

    Robert Corbin and Robert Davis elected to third terms BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Democratic incumbents Robert Corbin and Robert Davis were re-elected to their third terms on the North Brunswick Township Council on Nov. 4. Corbin, 63, and Davis, 63, defeated Republican candidates Mary Chyb and Rick Criqui by a margin…

  • Boys scout neighborhoods for food donations

    Various S.B. troops collect items for local food pantry BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Over 150 Boy Scouts and volunteers went door to door to pick up groceries for the township’s neediest residents on Saturday. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Troop leader Paul Ruffe loads grocery bags into the back of a truck as members of South Brunswick…

  • SBHS dancers find monetary ‘relief’ at Cow Flop

    Participants guess grid cows will ‘plop’ on BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Rarely would two cows find themselves at the center of attention like they did Sunday at South Brunswick High School. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Top: Jenna Lomenzo, left, and Amy Lacorte walk Lucy around the grid at the first annual Cow Flop at…

  • SB Police Department receives state accreditation

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Mitchell Sklar, the president of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, presented the South Brunswick Police Department with an award in recognition of the agency’s successful completion of their accreditation program, at a Township Council meeting on Oct. 28. Pictured left to right: Police Lt. Al Sondej,…

  • Food drive held to benefit South Bruns. Food Pantry

    More donations still needed before the holidays BY MADELLINE PIZARRO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Though Thanksgiving still remains over the horizon, it is still the season for giving in South Brunswick. Steven Walrond and John O’Sullivan, spent five days last week outside the local Stop & Shops on Route 1 and Route 27 from…

  • $140K settlement seeds area eco-projects

    Settlement from landfill firm going toward S.B. group BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Environmental groups across Middlesex County will be receiving additional funds as a $140,000 settlement awarded to the Edison Wetlands Association from landfill firm Edgeboro Disposal will be distributed among 14 different organizations for various projects. The environmental group announced on Oct. 27…

  • NBTHS task force to evaluate class schedule

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township high school has developed a task force to evaluate the way the school day is structured in order to maximize instructional time. North Brunswick has been chosen as one of 22 New Jersey high schools by the state Department of Education as models to develop…