Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • N.B. board aims to avoid third straight budget defeat

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer After two years of failed school budgets, the North Brunswick Board of Education is hoping residents will vote to approve a 9-cent tax increase for the 2007-08 school year on April 17. Due in large part to extra revenue being available in the district, the single-digit…

  • Permits will still be required for dog park

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The township will not require a fee for the use of its new dog park, but a registration process will still be in effect in order to ensure the safety of animals using the park. After weeks of consideration, the Township Council announced…

  • Ex-N.B. gym teacher pleads guilty to coercion

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer TOMS RIVER – A former employee of the North Brunswick Township School District pleaded guilty to a count of coercion during a hearing in Ocean County on March 8. Daniel McHarris was charged on a count related to sexual misconduct. The fourth-degree offense could carry a…

  • Inverso out, Baroni in for state Senate race

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Assemblyman Bill Baroni State Sen. Peter Inverso has announced that he will not be seeking a sixth term in the Legislature to focus more on his work and family life. Inverso (R-Middlesex/Mercer) has endorsed Assemblyman Bill Baroni as his successor, and Baroni enthusiastically embraced the idea…

  • Two juveniles charged in cab driver shooting

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – A cab driver for All Brunswick Taxi was allegedly shot in the back of the neck by two juveniles while he was dropping them off at Oak Tree Drive on March 22. The 35-year-old man from Franklin picked up the group at Remsen Avenue in New Brunswick and brought them to building…

  • Taxi driver beaten, robbed at gunpoint by customer

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – A driver for All Brunswick Taxi was reportedly robbed at gunpoint on Birchwood Court on March 22. According to police reports, the driver picked up a customer at Birchwood Court who said he wanted to go to the train station. He put a baby car seat in the trunk of the cab…

  • North Brunswick to hold kindergarten registration

    The annual registration for children who will enter kindergarten in the North Brunswick District in September has been scheduled for April 10-12. Registration will take place April 10 at John Adams School, 1450 Redmond St.; April 11 at Judd School, Roosevelt Avenue; and April 12 at Livingston Park School, Ridgewood Avenue. Times are 9-11:30 a.m.…

  • Planners reject Rt. 27 retail, office complex

    Residents complained plan was too large, would cause traffic problems BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer “As a member of the Board of Education, I am very concerned with how this will affect Brunswick Acres School.” – Matthew Speesler SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Planning Board got an earful from angry residents during…

  • Group gives tips for nature-friendly gardens

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – In anticipation of both novice and experienced gardeners going through the seeds and plants they “hort-ed” through the winter, the township’s Environmental Commission has some suggestions for sprucing up natural horticulture this spring. Gardening designs not only add to the beauty of a…