Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Photographs used to sculpt artist’s work
Exhibit of sculptor George Segal on display at the S.B.municipal building BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer The old couple sat on a bench just inside the entrance of the South Brunswick Public Library, both staring straight ahead in a melancholic way, the woman with her hands crossed. However, this old couple happens to be made…
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County gov’t feels new year will be taxing
Freeholders sworn in at re-org; director calls for necessary tax reform BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Stephen Dalina EDISON – Middlesex County Freeholders Stephen J. “Pete” Dalina, Christopher Rafano and Blanquita Valenti were sworn in as members of the board during the freeholders’ reorganization meeting Friday, held at Middlesex County College in Edison. Dalina, sworn…
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Board brings application back down to earth
Zoning Board denies plan for Sky Plaza shopping center on Finnegans Lane BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – An application to build a 41,000-square-foot shopping center on Finnegans Lane was denied by the Zoning Board of Adjustment on Monday. Sky Plaza, which was proposed as a mixture of office, retail and restaurant space,…
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For the Record
The front-page article “Cops: Drunken driver caused fatal crash” in the Jan. 3 Sentinel was written by South Brunswick reporter Chris Murino. There was no attribution listed.
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Teen arrested in attack on hotel maid
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer Ahmer Igbal SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A 19-year-old Franklin man was arrested on Dec. 31 for assaulting a maid at the Red Roof Inn Hotel on Route 1, police said. Ahmer Igbal allegedly harassed the woman around 11:50 a.m. as she was cleaning a bathroom in one of the hotel rooms,…
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Police make a PACT with the community
North Brunswick officers focus on community relations, crime watch BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The newly initiated PACT unit of the township police department is forming Police and Community Teams (PACT) under the direction of Detective Dan Cano and Patrolman Jason Hatez. The new branch was created as a pilot program in…
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Blood Donor Month
ERIC SUCAR staff Beth Feinberg grimaces as New Jersey Blood Services employee Nor Averion inserts a needle into her arm during the North Brunswick Township High School blood drive, held by the Student Government Organization on Friday. January is National Volunteer Blood Donor Month.
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Jamesburg man dies in motor vehicle accident
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A 39-yearold Jamesburg man was killed early Saturday morning after he lost control of his car on a curve on the roadway and struck a tree. Thomas Sohl’s 2000 Nissan flipped over on Deans Rhode Hall Road, near Fresh Ponds Road, after hitting the tree around 12:50 a.m. It is believed that…
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Photo
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Nehama Tietelman, of Queens, N.Y., shows her daughters, Sara (l), and Yael, a sculpture of their great-grandparents, David and Millicent Kurtliroff, titled “Couple Against a Grey Brick Wall,” at the opening of the exhibit “George Segal: An Intimate Portrait” at the South Brunswick Library and Municipal Center on Sunday. See story, page 3.
