Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • S.B. teen stabbed outside bowling alley

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — A 16- year-old South Brunswick resident was stabled multiple times after an altercation at the Brunswick Zone bowling alley on Route 1 and Carolier Lane in North Brunswick. According to North Brunswick police Lt. Roger Reinson, officers responded to a large group fleeing the area around 11:53 p.m. Aug. 24. There was…

  • Jewish Heritage Museum opens in Freehold Twp.

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The corner of West Main Street (Route 537) and Wemrock Road in Freehold Township has changed a great deal since the 1800s when the Levi Solomon farmhouse and barn sat close to the road. The property now houses retail stores in the quaint Mount’s Corner shopping center, but in a…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff North Brunswick Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack wishes a happy birthday to Manubhai Patel during the monthly Mayor’s Breakfast, held on Aug. 29 at the North Brunswick Senior Center.

  • Several residents rescued from burning building

    Police and fire depts. respond to condo fire on Dartmouth Way BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The North Brunswick police and volunteer fire departments made several rescues after a candle caused a condominium complex to catch fire on Aug. 26, authorities said. PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT LEVINE Several residents of a condominium complex at Governor’s…

  • He put color in the world’s superheroes

    Barry Grossman talks about 47 years in the comic books BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Imagine a world with a yellow and brown Spider-Man, a pink Incredible Hulk and a Little Mermaid with violet hair. SCOTT FRIEDMAN As a way to help children understand “The 9/11 Commission Report,” Upper Freehold resident and comic book colorist…

  • South Brunswick gets MADD for a reason

    Mothers Against Drunk Driving moves headquarters BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — MADD New Jersey (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) has moved its headquarters to South Brunswick, and Executive Director Mindy Lazar is excited about the move. “The original location was in Hamilton on the Trenton border,” Lazar said. “South Brunswick is closer to…

  • Students ‘ship’ off to Stevens Institute for robotics workshop

    Former Linwood students build robots that perform underwater BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — What was once considered a child’s toy is now being used to teach students about science and engineering. Linwood Middle School eighth-grade teacher Danita Guarino and two of her former students, Tommy Ikuss and Joey Stefan, participated in the…

  • Food for thought

    Brendan Kingsley, Joey Ikuss, Katie Kingsley and Tommy Ikuss (l-r) collected food for the North Brunswick Food Bank in front of ShopRite on Aug. 16. They received boxes of food as well as $141, which they will use to purchase more items at ShopRite. They will be delivering the food to the food bank this…

  • Apartment fire

    A fire occurred at the Manor Apartments, Bishop Boulevard, North Brunswick, on Aug. 17. PHOTOS COURTESY OF LINDA WARHAFTIG