Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Piping to the beat of their own drummer & drum major
S.B. police officer strengthens bond through music BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The family that plays together stays together. Members of Allentown’s Owens family are closer than ever since they started sharing their passions for music. South Brunswick Police Officer Dale Owens (l) and daughter Taylor, 13, march with the Trenton Ancient Order of Hibernians…
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Two trucks collided at the intersection of Stults Road and Herrod Boulevard in South Brunswick on Monday, leaving one driver in critical condition. STEVEN M. BARON
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State task force finds minor violations at area gas stations
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Despite gas stations across the state being cited for alleged violations, several area locations received citations only for minor violations. A task force was commissioned by N.J. Attorney General Anne Milgram and Consumer Affairs Director David Szuchman to check for pricing discrepancies, inaccurate octane ratings, and inaccurate or outof tolerance…
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Fatal accident at S.B. nursery
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – An employee of Ehrich & Ehrich Nursery on Friendship Road was the victim of a fatal accident on June 16. Keith Reitler Sr., of Old Bridge, somehow wound up behind a skid loader being driven by another longtime employee of the nursery and was run over, according to South Brunswick Sgt. Jim…
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Sheriff’s officer accused of helping woman leave country
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A Middlesex County sheriff ‘s officer was charged with interfering with custody, hindering apprehension and false swearing for allegedly helping a woman leave the country for India, which was in violation of a court order. Ryan Ramdass, 33, of Kendall Park, was arrested June 19 for helping…
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Peter Terhune, 82, who is the only living Munchkin from “The Wizard of Oz” movie, amazes the crowd as he eats fire at the 11th annual North Brunswick Youth Sports Festival, held last week on the grounds adjacent to DeVry University on Route 1. For more photos, see page 16. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Bear cubs spotted in So. Bruns
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer Ablack bear cub was spotted in South Brunswick last week on Tuesday and Wednesday, including at a McDonald’s drive-up window, according to South Brunswick Police Sgt. Hugh McNeil. McNeil said the bear was sighted several times and that he and another officer even followed a bear through a swamp before…
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Accident victim in critical state
An East Brunswick man is in critical condition after his small box truck overturned after crashing into a tractor on Stults Road at the intersection of Herrod Boulevard in South Brunswick just past 9 a.m. Monday, according to South Brunswick police Sgt. Hugh McNeil. The 37-year-old was taken by helicopter to Robert Wood Johnson University…
