Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Officials await results of Van Dyke farm appraisals

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer FILE PHOTO Negotiations on the 300-year-old Van Dyke farm in South Brunswick are set to resume in the next few weeks after a long assessment period stalled them. SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Land appraisals on the 300-year-old Van Dyke farm are set to be finished within the…

  • Board expects $3.4M in savings from refinancing

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Taxpayers will benefit from some wise investment decisions from the school district, according to Board of Education officials. The refinance of bonds held by the schools will yield $3,448,000 in savings, which will go toward paying off a little more than 7 percent of the district’s total debts. The schools plan to…

  • Deans Pond Lane West may get sewer hookup

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The township took the first of many steps in connecting the Deans Pond Lane West area to local water and sewer lines, though all agreed that there was still a great deal of work yet to be done. The required $500,000 bond ordinance…

  • Opposition prompts council to table rezone

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The proposed rezoning of a 21-acre tract for senior housing met stiff resistance from several township residents who brought with them to Tuesday’s Township Council meeting a bevy of concerns ranging from traffic to drainage. These reservations eventually led to the measure being…

  • Middlesex named top recycling county in N.J.

    NEW BRUNSWICK – Middlesex County has been named the top Recycling County in the State, according to the latest data from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. With a recycling rate of 62.3 percent, Middlesex County ranked first among the 21 counties for a third time since 1995, the first year data was compiled.…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN A member of a different branch of the FBI, John Santalucia of North Brunswick enjoys the fun and festivities at the annual Carnevale Italiano, held last week by the North Brunswick Italian American Social Club on Route 130 and Apple Orchard Lane.

  • Convicted rapist gets 40-year term

    Addresses victim and proclaims innocence; attorney vows appeal Reginald Roach JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Despite receiving a 40-year sentence for the home invasion and sexual assault of a 64-year-old woman in 2005, Reginald Roach maintained his innocence during his sentencing in state Superior Court in New Brunswick on July 18. Roach, now 38, of North…

  • Neighbors say area has improved since gang raid

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Jeffrey Circle, once the site of numerous criminal complaints, has drastically improved as of late, according to both police and neighborhood residents. Police raided a house on that street in late June and apprehended three alleged gang members on drugs, weapons and burglary…

  • American Indian games set for Thompson Park

    JAMESBURG – The Intertribal Indians of New Jersey want the public to join them for “Indian Summer Games,” the latest installment of their monthly activities in Thompson Park. The group will be demonstrating traditional American Indian games such as fuwaji, an Iroquois dice game, the walnut shuffle and lacrosse from 2 to 4 p.m. July…