Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Planners find several faults with office plan
Unanimously reject two-story building near Whispering Woods BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Amid a laundry list of concerns and reservations, the South Brunswick Planning Board unanimously denied an application for a two-story office building off Route 1. The project had been the subject of heavy opposition from residents…
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Police believe Titus fire was accidentally set by youths
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Police believe a January blaze at the Titus barn near Woodlot Park was probably set accidentally. Detective Don Varga, the arson investigator with the South Brunswick Police Department, has determined that the most likely explanation for what happened was that kids inside the barn had lit a fire, either for warmth or…
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Measure would demand security at large parties
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – In response to several incidents of conflict regarding large, outdoor festivals, the Township Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday night that would require security personnel at all such functions. The proposed ordinance would mandate one security person per every 50 people at gatherings of more than 100 people where alcohol is served, in…
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Environmental exhibits slated for park opening
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – To coincide with the grand opening celebration of Community Park, the North Brunswick 2030 Committee will be providing information on how to save the environment and combat the effects of global warming on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. With the slogan…
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Incumbents say time was right to step aside
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer “Having been involved since 1983, it’s been a very long time. It’s just time for me to let others pick up the ball and run with it.” – Curt Kristjanson NORTH BRUNSWICK – Board of Education members Ann Casey and Curt Kristjanson have decided not to…
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Four workers arrested over pilfered perfumes
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Four workers at a Dayton warehouse were arrested over the course of a week for their suspected role in a $110,000 perfume and cologne heist. Arvind Patel, 42 of East Brunswick, Hugo Jarama, 30 of Cranbury, Miguel Villamar, 43, of Groverville, and Judith Rivera, 38, of New Brunswick, are said to have…
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Car chase takes police through several towns
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Three people were arrested after a car chase led township police to Route 9 and the Garden State Parkway on April 3. At around 3:30 a.m., police officers were dispatched to Alex Drive in the Renaissance development off Route 130 on a call…
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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…
