Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • 6-point increase in N.B. municipal-tax levy possible

    Mayor suggests five-year plan to review services, cut spending BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack has introduced the North Brunswick preliminary municipal-tax levy as an anticipated 6-point increase for the fiscal year 2009. The owner of a home with an assessed value of $157,000, which is the township’s average, will pay about…

  • French fries cause fire at N.B. apartment complex

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer STEVEN M. BARON North Brunswick firefighters quickly extinguished an apartment fire in building 7 of the Stratford Arms apartment complex on Livingston Avenue and How Lane on Saturday. NORTH BRUNSWICK – French fries left in a pot of cooking oil are the apparent cause of a fire at the Stratford…

  • Rutgers Gardens plants local food movement in No. Bruns.

    Weekly farmers market offers fresh, local meat, dairy and produce items BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The Rutgers Gardens Farmers Market will feature an assortment of locally produced produce, dairy, meat and horticultural products every Friday through Oct. 23. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Chandrakand Wagle and his wife, Hema, of East Brunswick, check out…

  • No. Bruns. man arrested after late-night altercation

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – Police made three arrests following an assault that took place on MacArthur Avenue recently. All available police units were dispatched to an outdoor area near American Legion Post 211, where a 24-year-old East Orange man was reportedly assaulted at 11:34 p.m. June 28. The fight was in progress…

  • Kendall Park church finally chooses pastor

    Michael Brown appointed after four-year vacancy BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer The Rev. Michael Brown SOUTH BRUNSWICK – For four years, the members of the Kendall Park Baptist Church went without a pastor. Now, they finally have one of their own in the Rev. Michael Brown, who performed his first service on July 6. If…

  • Man injured in probable grease fire

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – What was likely a grease fire on Adams Lane on Tuesday morning left one man injured. At around 11:47 a.m., firefighters responded to a kitchen fire at 784 Adams Lane, according to Police Lt. Roger Reinson. The victim said something was cooking on the stove, which investigators believe to be grease, and…

  • N.B. evaluating program to improve services

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The Township Council is considering the implementation of the Citi-Stat program, a performance-based management system that improves service delivery. Kenneth McCormick, assistant to Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack, gave a presentation at the June 30 council workshop meeting about the program. Its purpose is to use a data-driven…

  • New Jersey Blood Services needs donors

    New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, is issuing an alert for blood and platelet donors. The unexpected spring heat wave and related storm damage has resulted in a 30 percent loss of blood and platelet donations projected for this time of year, according to a press release. Each year,…

  • Soldiers get sweet treat before deployment

    St. Augustine’s women’s group and Entenmann’s distribute cakes to troops BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Columbiettes, a group based out of St. Augustine’s of Canterbury Church in Kendall Park, made a trip to Fort Dix recently to help out troops who were being deployed to the Persian Gulf. According to Mary…