Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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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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ERIC SUCAR staff Jadi Wang, 3, of Franklin Park, watches dozens of skaters as they skate around the Princeton Sports Center ice rink in Monmouth Junction on Saturday.
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Cops: Drunken driver caused fatal crash
Police say toxicology reports show woman had blood alcohol content of .159 An 18-year-old college student from the Dayton section of South Brunswick was killed early Friday morning when another driver ignored a red light and broadsided the victim’s car, according to police. Kylie Pinheiro Kylie Pinheiro, a graduate of South Brunswick High School, was…
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Indoor paintball arena opens in Spotswood
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY DANIEL HULSHIZER staff Clockwise from top: Walter Price, 27, of Chester, fires away from behind an inflatable bunker during a match at All Star Paintball Arena, which opened recently on American Way in Spotswood. David Astorita, 16, of Jackson, takes aim at an opponent. Team members run for…
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Customers gawk at hawk in Home Depot
Bird rescued on Dec. 26 after flying around S.B. store for three days BYCHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Visitors to the Home Depot on Route 1 last week had an unexpected, high-flying entertainer to gawk at in the form of a Cooper’s Hawk. The female hawk, 20 inches long with a 3-foot wingspan,…
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McCormick retires as director of NBPD
Is named assistant to mayor for six months BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Former Police Director Kenneth McCormick NORTH BRUNSWICK – Police Director Kenneth McCormick has retired from the department after 25 years of service, and will now be the assistant to the mayor for six months. McCormick joined the department in 1982 because of…
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N.B. swears in officials at reorganization meeting
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Councilwoman Rhonda Lyles NORTH BRUNSWICK – The two female members of the township Council were named as president and vice president during the reorganization meeting on Tuesday. Cathy Nicola, who was re-elected to her second term in November and was sworn in again on New Year’s Day, was nominated as…
