Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • No. Bruns. PBA cheers on holiday gift drive

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Operation Holiday Cheer is under way, seeking donations to help residents in need during the upcoming holiday season. Mayoral assistant Janice Larkin and Food Bank member Kathy Aruta are organizing the annual gift card drive to assist families with buying presents or necessities they need during the…

  • Toyota rezone in So. Bruns. not moving forward

    BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Township Council decided to decline David Nappa’s request to rezone the property of his car dealership from office research to commercial use. The Planning Board had recommended the rezoning of the property on Nov. 28, but the council decided they just didn’t have enough information from…

  • S.B. library welcomes new director

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The South Brunswick Township Library Board appointed Christopher Carbone as the new library director at its board meeting on Nov. 29. Carbone’s appointment took effect on Saturday, the day of the library’s annual open house event. The library ended its three-month search for a new director, taking applications from those in eastern…

  • Icy roads

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN staff A sheet of ice covered the overpass over the New Jersey Turnpike on Davidsons Mill Road in South Brunswick, causing several accidents on Sunday.

  • Woodbridge couple indicted for robbing elderly woman

    Pair accused of bilking 80-year-old neighbor out of $400,000 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MIDDLESEX COUNTY – A Middlesex County grand jury has indicted a Woodbridge husband and wife for allegedly taking over $400,000 from their 80-year-old neighbor, who was diagnosed with a form of dementia in 2005, and allegedly using $300,000 to refurbish their…

  • Say cello to the holidays

    PHOTO COURTESY OF DAWNMARIE SANNWALDT Philip Chang, a freshman from the North Brunswick Township High School, played the cello during the annual Winter Wonderland celebration held at the North Brunswick municipal building Monday to begin the township’s holiday festivities.

  • Bullet holes found in two Kendall Park cars

    BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Bullet holes were found in two cars on Cambridge Road and Kendall Road in Kendall Park on the morning of Nov. 29, according to South Brunswick Police Detective James Ryan. Police received a call at 12:50 a.m. from a Cambridge Road resident who heard gunshots. Police responded,…

  • N.B. man charged with sexual misconduct

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – A 25-year-old township resident was charged with several counts of sexual misconduct by the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office on Friday. David N. Scheck was charged with one count of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, one count of second-degree sexual assault, one count of third-degree aggravate criminal sexual contact,…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN No grinches here: Bhavana Iyengar, Shawntanya Gambrello and Andrew and Justin Lorenzo-Milone (l-r) listen attentively as North Brunswick Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack reads holiday stories at the Barnes & Noble on Route 1 in North Brunswick on Nov. 29.