Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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An apple a day
PHOTOS BY ANDREW MILLER staff Above: Justin Chou, 3, of North Brunswick, sinks his teeth into an apple during an apple-printing craft program held at the North Brunswick Township Public Library on Sept. 19. Top right: Children’s librarian Hilary Mirrer reads a story about apples to a group of youngsters. Right: Dipti Dave, 3, of…
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Twp. to help out condos on plumbing emergency
Synthetic material used in complex’s piping has eroded BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer “The money has to be borrowed, but both the principal and interest will be paid for by the Belcourt owners.” – Francis “Mac” Womack Mayor NORTH BRUNSWICK – An ordinance appropriating $2.15 million in bonds or notes for the replacement of a…
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In the Service
Steve J. Antonello graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) leader development and assessment course at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash. Cadets in junior and senior year of college must complete the leadership development course. Upon successful completion of the course, the ROTC program, and graduation from college, cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants…
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Plaza hearing postponed due to legal notice error
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – An application to build a shopping center with retail, restaurant and office space on Finnegans Lane was postponed until October due to the improper noticing of residents in the area. On Sept. 20, the Zoning Board of Adjustment began processing the application for Sky Plaza, a 41,343-square-foot…
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County warms up to solar energy
Technology expected to cut building’s power costs by 40 percent BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer ANDREW MILLER staff The sun peeks through a solar panel grid as Middlesex County officials take a closer look at the county’s first large-scale solar power project, which will reduce energy costs at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Services building at…
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Pharma lab’s expansion seen as good Rx for S.B.
Aurobindo granted approval for warehouse BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Planning Board didn’t find approving a 210,000- square-foot pharmaceutical warehouse a bitter pill to swallow during its Sept. 19 meeting. The application, put forth by multinational pharmaceutical firm Aurobindo, will place an additional building on the 14-acre lot off Route 130…
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North Brunswick Boy Scout Michael Bauer (l) and fellow Scout Tom Kwiatkowski assemble the seating portion of a wheelchair-accessible picnic table at Babbage Park on Saturday. ANDREW MILLER staff
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Middlesex County to create sustainability plan
Receives grant from DCA to create ‘green’ plan for other counties to follow BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer EDISON – Middlesex County has been chosen by the state Department of Community Affairs to create an environmental sustainability plan that other counties in the state can model. The county will hold a series of workshops for…
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Municipal budget carries 5-cent hike
Capital projects include park upgrades, work on water treatment plant BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer North Brunswick residents will see a 5- cent tax rate increase under the fiscal year 2008 municipal budget, which was adopted at Monday night’s Township Council meeting. The owner a home with an assessed value of $157,000, which officials said…
