Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • North Brunswick mourns the loss of Lt. Christopher Zerby

    Fifteen-year veteran recalled as great family man, policeman BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Renee McCaffrey said that if her brother-in-law, North Brunswick police Lt. Christopher Zerby, had a premonition that he would pass away one week before he actually did, he would have wanted to take his sons, Tyler and Trevor, to Point Pleasant, he…

  • Local group ‘catches’ a nice break on vacation

    Giant blue marlin comes with $500K prize for fishermen BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Robert Lockwood stands with the blue marlin. SAYREVILLE — One week later, Robert Lockwood still can’t get over it. He and a few friends go down to Ocean City, Md., to relax, enjoy some time off and go fishing. They wind…

  • Dogs milk the competition for all it’s worth

    Milk-Bone SpokesDog competition paws-es at S.B. dog park BY JULIE KIRSH Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JULIE KIRSH Canines and owners showed up at Rocky Top Dog Park, South Brunswick, to pose for photos in the Milk-Bone SpokesDog contest on Aug. 15. Above: A giant schnauzer, Oberon, patiently sits alongside his owner while the two wait…

  • N.B. man found guilty in fatal stabbing of sister’s boyfriend

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer ANorth Brunswick man was found guilty of murder and of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in state Superior Court, Somerset County, on Aug. 12. According to Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Chirichella, Kevin Robinson, 27, could be sentenced to life in prison, serving 30 years without parole for the…

  • South Brunswick gets SMART with intratown bus service

    Five new shuttle buses expected by November BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The new intratown shuttle bus service that hopefully will alleviate traffic was recently moved one step closer to being completed. The town recently completed specs for five 26-passenger shuttles as part of its SMART bus shuttle service. However, the state…

  • Man killed in motorcycle crash

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A North Plainfield man was killed on Aug. 12 when his motorcycle was crashed into by another car on Route 130 near Stults Road, according to South Brunswick Police Sgt. James Stoddard. The collision occurred around 7 p.m. A 2003 Dodge Neon, driven by Joseph Costagliola, 66, of Staten Island, N.Y., was…

  • Water lines set for Deans Pond Lane West

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Municipal water lines will be installed along the Deans Pond Lane West area after an ordinance was approved unanimously by the Township Council on Aug. 12. “There are 47 people that live on this road, and they have wells and septic systems,” said Mayor Frank Gambatese. “Some of the wells were contaminated.…

  • Blood supply falling into danger zone

    New Jersey’s blood supply faces a triple threat, according to the New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS). NJBS, an affiliate of the New York Blood Center (NYBC), has issued an emergency appeal for blood donations, with supplies at serious risk of falling below the three-day supply “danger zone.” “The summer of 2008 has dealt us a…

  • Wet and wild

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Eric Bruser, 10, and brother Craig, 7, of South Brunswick, cool off on a beautiful summer day at Crystal Springs Aquatic Center in East Brunswick Saturday.