Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Hoopla

    ERIC SUCAR staff A group of youths practice their blocking skills with youth fitness trainer Nicole Del Rosso during a kindergarten karate class held at Sabella Park, North Brunswick, on Monday.

  • Donated property will enlarge Frisch Park

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – Frisch Park will double in size with the addition of 1.46 acres being donated by a family living in the township. Brothers Martin, Joseph and Anthony Pinizzotto, who own both residential and business properties in town, are donating the parcel of land they have owned for over 20 years to the township’s…

  • Board worries hotel could saturate market

    Members note that a very similar application was approved in 2006 BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A five-story hotel that straddles the South Brunswick-Monroe border was discussed during the South Brunswick Zoning Board meeting last Thursday. The firm, Hotel Investors, presented the basic concept to township officials with…

  • Single mothers make their lives an open book

    Collaborative effort aims to empower, inspire those facing adversity BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer PHOTO COURTESY OF NICOLE LUCAS These 28 single mothers are among those who contributed their stories to “Life as a Single Mom: It Isn’t Easy or Is It?” The group gathered in New Brunswick recently to discuss…

  • Pigeon Swamp flooding study not yet complete

    Residents eagerly await update on project, which was begun over a year ago BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Township officials and residents expect to be updated later this month on the status of a flood study on Pigeon Swamp State Park. The study, started more than a year…

  • Two groups a big hit with Celebrate N.B. Committee

    Education Foundation, Baseball & Softball Association honored BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The township celebrated well-rounded residents as the Celebrate North Brunswick Committee honored the Baseball & Softball Association and the Educational Foundation at the Township Council meeting on Monday. The Baseball & Softball Association offers recreational games,…

  • Police depts. enjoy a Night Out on the towns

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Christopher Ramirez, 7, Monmouth Junction, uses his body to block water from a firehose at South Brunswick’s National Night Out at Woodlot Park. NORTH BRUNSWICK – In much the same way that Mother Nature kept the heat on residents attending National Night Out,…

  • No. Brunswick woman admits to taking bribes

    Guilty plea comes as part of federal corruption probe in New Brunswick BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NEWARK – A North Brunswick resident who worked as a supervisory clerk typist in New Brunswick pleaded guilty July 27 to accepting more than $3,000 in corrupt payments from contractors in exchange for official…

  • Club calls on board to leave independent status

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Members of the township high school’s Care to Walk club hope the district cares enough to continue recognizing their organization as an official school club. Responding to rumors that Care to Walk would be dissolved as its own entity and instead placed under…