Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • North Brunswick resident bowls past disability

    Member of the Special Olympics competes in China, wins two medals BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Wilfredo Ruiz (r) stands with his parents after receiving two bronze medals for bowling at the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai, China, in October. NORTH BRUNSWICK – Wilfredo Ruiz is a 30-year-old township resident. He has…

  • Route 1 accident claims life of paper deliverer

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A Pemberton man was killed early in the morning Nov. 21 when his Trenton Times delivery truck was rear-ended by a 1995 tractor-trailer on Route 1 south just prior to Raymond Road, according to police. Elbridge Holliman Jr., 61, was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:24 a.m. The tractor-trailer was driven…

  • Bullet shells found in N.B

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – Four spent shell casings from a 380 handgun were found near Glenridge Avenue on Sunday. According to Police Lt. Roger Reinson, a newspaper delivery person came into headquarters around 4 a.m. to report hearing five gunshots around Glenridge and Linwood Place. Officers who initially responded to the scene did not find anything,…

  • Middlesex County celebrates adoption

    National Adoption Day observed with 16 families adopting 21 children BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK – Yellow. Pink. Purple. Green. The fluorescent balloons are everywhere. Gift bags line the floor, filled with toys. Kids are holding Spider- Man coloring books. A young boy sits with his hair gelled, in a suit tailor-made for…

  • So. Bruns. Rotary Club celebrates 45th year

    BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Rotary Club of Hightstown- South Brunswick celebrated its 45th anniversary on Oct. 17 with the naming of Mayor Frank Gambatese as an honorary Rotarian, the first time the group has given anyone this honor. “It was a real eye-opener for me,” Gambatese said. “I didn’t realize…

  • Speaker offers ways to fund school taxes

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Dr. Ernest C. Reock Jr. spoke about the funding of New Jersey schools and how property taxes tie in at the South Brunswick Democratic Club meeting on Monday at Pierre’s in Monmouth Junction. Reock, who was a member of the New Jersey Property Tax Convention Task Force in 2004 and worked as…

  • For the Record

    The woman who appeared in the article “Book writing is new goal of hockey player” on page 24 of the Nov. 21 edition of the Sentinel is Diana Ladd. Her name was incorrectly spelled as Diana Ledd.

  • Local residents become volunteer chaplains

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – A group of 30 New Jersey residents became chaplains during a ceremony at the New Destiny Family Worship Center on Livingston Avenue on Nov. 17. The chaplaincy program is designed for pastors or church workers who want to develop skills in specified areas so that they can…

  • Photo

    ANDREW MILLER staff Sew generous: Renee Juro (l) and Bobbi Binder, both of South Brunswick, work together on an afghan at Congregation B’nai Tikvah in North Brunswick on Nov. 14. The afghans were knitted in support of the Warm Up America! Foundation and will be donated to the Women Aware domestic violence shelter in New…