Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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S.B. finds good Luck in search for new captain
26-year police veteran’s promotion completes shift in command structure BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer South Brunswick SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Lifelong township resident and 26-year police department veteran Gary Luck has been promoted to the rank of captain in charge of operations command. The Monmouth Junction resident’s advancement completes the three-captain structure…
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Neighborhood may see septic systems removed
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Township Council is debating whether to move forward on a plan to replace the septic systems currently serving the area around Deans Pond Lane West with water and sewer lines. The debate arose after a survey sent to residents indicated a favorable…
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Speaker will give history of state’s earliest people
Cathy Chadwick-Ciccone JAMESBURG – Local residents will have the opportunity to learn about the life of the state’s native people from an enrolled member of the Delaware Lenape tribe this weekend. Cathy Chadwick-Ciccone, of the Six Nations Reserve in Canada, will present the “Daily Life of the Lenape” during the monthly meeting of the Intertribal…
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Police report no problems at Cinco de Mayo party
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer FILE PHOTO Bandito’s Cinco de Mayo celebration was touted by one of its owners as successful but expensive. SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The proprietors of a local Tex-Mex bar reported they broke even once additional expenses were taken into account after the township placed numerous noise control…
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In the Service
Army Pvt. Erin M. Rhett has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, he studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle…
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‘Silly’ plaything has serious function in war
Students collect foam string that troops can use to detect trip wires BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO Linwood Middle School held a Not-So-Silly Silly String Fundraiser on April 20, raising almost $1,800 to send to the troops to purchase cans of Silly String, which are used to detect trip…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Maureen Peragallo, front, of the North Brunswick Woman’s Club, takes part in the cleanup of Finnegans Lane on Saturday in celebration of Earth Day.
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Council delays vote on bonds for capital projects
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Township Council tabled the passage of two bond ordinances totaling $4,847,000 last week meant for infrastructure improvements over the course of the next year. The spending was delayed over concerns about bonding for such a large amount of money before the municipal budget was finalized. During…
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Newspaper group boasts banner year for awards
Latest tally is 28 awards in state press contest Greater Media Newspapers photographer Jeff Granit won a second place for his portrait “Protegee.” It was an exceptionally good year for Greater Media Newspapers, when the New Jersey Press Association awarded the group 28 awards for writing, photography, advertising and circulation excellence in its Better Newspaper…
