Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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S.B. ordinances target drinking below legal age
Records would be kept of keg purchasers; stiffer penalties for underagers BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A pair of ordinances aimed at curbing underage drinking were moved forward by the Township Council during its Tuesday work session meeting. One ordinance would impose fines and suspension of driving privileges…
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An electric atmosphere
JEFF GRANIT staff Children get a close look at the robot MC Blue at the South Brunswick Library. The library hosted the nation’s first fully recyclable robot from the Middlesex County Improvement authority.
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Men charged with leading police on high-speed chase
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Two township residents charged with marijuana distribution on July 4 were allegedly involved in a high-speed chase using a stolen car through Milltown on July 30. According to Milltown police Sgt. Roy Manfredi, a patrolman observed a vehicle passing another on the right…
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Local stone carver creating 9/11 police memorial
Franco Minervini completing project for police foundation BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent BY PATRICIA YOCZISCorrespondent PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Stone carver Franco Minervini works on the Sept. 11 police memorial he is creating for the National Police Defense Foundation. One part of the artist’s work will show Sirius, a Port Authority of New York and…
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JEFF GRANIT staff A young girl takes her bounces in the moon bounce at South Brunswick’s National Night Out at Woodlot Park. Story, page 10.
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Groups unite to fight warehouses
S.B. residents form Friends of Southern Middlesex County BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer South Brunswick residents are gearing up for a fight against a massive warehouse complex near the intersection of Route 130 and Friendship Road, slated to be part of the Matrix Business Park near the New Jersey Turnpike. Neighbors…
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Racing hogs to rubber frogs, it’s the county fair
Middlesex staple kicks off its 69th year, will run through Sunday BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Outside the 69th annual Middlesex County Fair was a large, grassy field swiftly filling up with rows of cars, trucks and sport utility vehicles. While a mass of gray clouds threatened to…
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6-year-old drowns in pool at birthday party
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A 6-year-old Linden boy drowned Sunday evening in an in-ground pool, according to police. The victim, Dominic Gullo, had been set to enter the first grade in the fall. Police investigations have ruled the incident as an accident. The boy was celebrating his…
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N.B. police will offer car seat inspections
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Although no price can be put on the safety of a child, the state has awarded the township police department with a $7,000 grant to educate motorists on proper car seat handling. The Child Safety and Child Booster Seat Incentive grant from the…
