Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Beatles songs inspire original production

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Eleanor Rigby, Prudence, Sgt. Pepper and their pals will soon be coming to town. No, it is not the result of consuming psychedelic drugs. It is “A Day in the Life,” an original musical whose story is told through Beatles song lyrics. Starting tomorrow night, the Main Street Theatre Co.’s…

  • Risky business: Alleged brothel busted a third time

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Police investigations have concluded an alleged brothel was posing as a legitimate massage parlor for the third time in under a year, resulting in raids and arrests on Aug. 16. Authorities acted upon completing a two-week investigation into allegations the Georges Road spa was once again promoting…

  • Kids learn to deal with dangers from strangers

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Is a pizza deliveryman a stranger? How about the postman or a waiter or a gas attendant? What about a police officer? Most children are taught to never talk to strangers, but that can cause confusion because parents speak to “strangers” all the time. Because of the…

  • County offered $1.48M in Homeland Security grants

    NEW BRUNSWICK – Middlesex County will receive more than $1.48 million in 2007 Federal Homeland Security Grants to help safeguard its residents against any threats or acts of terror. Of the total, the county will receive $1,308,519 to use for county-specific security initiatives, which could include emergency communications upgrades, equipment, training and target hardening. The…

  • S.B. proposals aim to curb underage drinking

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Township Council introduced a pair of ordinances during its regular Tuesday meeting that are aimed at curbing underage drinking. If adopted, one ordinance would impose fines and suspension of driving privileges for underage people caught drinking on private property. The other would require all beer kegs…

  • Ex-schools chief’s final pay still being held up

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer  Geri Margin NORTH BRUNSWICK – A decision has not yet been reached on the reimbursement of vacation and sick days to Geri Margin, the former assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction who resigned last month. At a Board of Education meeting on July 24, a 6-to-2 vote denied Margin of…

  • New traffic pattern in place near Parsons School

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Parents are advised that the streets surrounding Parsons Elementary School will now travel in a one-way direction. Hollywood Place, in the northern direction between Cleremont and Remsen avenues, as well as Cleremont Avenue, in the easterly direction between Edgewood and Hollywood places, will now be one-way streets…

  • Employee who bilked co. got off light, owner says

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer James Woisznies SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A township man who was convicted of defrauding over $20,000 from his employer, Olcott Construction, has been sentenced to five years’ probation, a punishment the company’s owner feels was too lenient, given the damages caused from the crime. James Woisznies, 39, was arrested by South…

  • DOT considers options for improving Route 1

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Representatives from the state Department of Transportation discussed some conceptual plans for Route 1 aimed at easing congestion along some of its worst intersections in the township, during a presentation Tuesday night. While they said some of the improvements could be done quickly, they urged township officials…