Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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ERIC SUCAR staff Tony Capiro, of the N.J. Department of Transportation, walks through a flooded section of Route 1 in South Brunswick on Monday. See page 3 for story.
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Townships swamped by flood emergency reports
Some officials, residents rate storm as one of the worst they’ve ever seen BY CHRIS GAETANO and JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writers BY CHRIS GAETANO and JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writers Route 1 was closed off between Promenade Boulevard and Ridge Road due to torrential wind and rain. Homes were evacuated and shelters were set up. Roadways were…
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School locked down over shooting threat
Students searched, police stationed on grounds in response to voice mail BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Days after the mass shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va., a threatening phone message left at the principal’s office of North Brunswick Township High School resulted in the school…
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North Brunswick opens 105-acre park to public
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Tommy Ikuss, 12, enjoys a little soccer practice at the new fields at the North Brunswick Community Park, which was unveiled for the first time to the public during a dedication ceremony on Saturday. NORTH BRUNSWICK – – April showers bring May browsers.…
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District 14 chosen for publicly funded election
Area was viewed as a split district where either party can win BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer “The real purpose is to take special interest money out of politics and have elections be publicly funded, instead of special interests.” – Linda Greenstein Assemblywoman New Jersey’s 14th Legislative District has been chosen…
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Play ball
SCOTT PILLING staff Vishan Ramanathan (l-r), Dylan Gleason and Mike Certo lead their team, the A’s, onto the field during the opening-day ceremonies for the South Brunswick Athletic Association.
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JEFF GRANIT staff Bernadette Pechilio (far right) gives a tour of Adult Day Services, North Brunswick, to Roni Salkin and her mother, Lila Lederman, as nursing assistant Kim Lozada (far left) guides member George Petrunyak back to the communal activity and dining area. See page 16 for story.
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So. Brunswick hires firm to design turf fields
Playing surfaces are expected to be installed at park by the fall BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer About a year after the green light was given for the project, the engineering work for a pair of turf fields in South Brunswick’s Harvest Woods Park, Culver Road, has begun. During the Township…
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Republicans name new party chair, candidates
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Lawrence Baldini will make a run for mayor, and Susan Marcrie and Arthur Young will run for Township Council as the Republican candidates for the primary in June. The three newcomers will face incumbents Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack and council members Ralph Andrews…
