Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • What a doll

    JEFF GRANIT staff Gary Bennett, a licensed appraiser, looks over dolls brought in by Veronica Pauls during the North Brunswick Senior Center “Road Show” held on Tuesday.

  • Residents will pay more for failure to shovel snow

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – While snow played a small role this winter, its removal was recently the subject of grumblings from township officials. The Township Council passed a resolution Tuesday night that would increase the fees charged to private property holders who do not plow their own roads. At the council’s March 6 meeting, township professionals…

  • South Brunswick raises land use application fees

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – In order to account for rising costs from a state mandate, the township is increasing fees related to planning and zoning applications. The ordinance, which passed its first reading Tuesday, increases the fees for every application for development by $50, with costs now set between $150 and $200. The ordinance was drafted…

  • N.B. prepares to unleash dog park

    Area will be open next month; permits available April 2 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer The local canine population will not have a “ruff” time finding a spot to play Frisbee, lie in the sun or meet other dogs, because the North Brunswick Community Park Dog Park will be opening in…

  • Man arrested for DWI, destroying property

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Eleven mailboxes, one realty sign, one Yankee sign, three parked cars, an open field and numerous front lawns. In the course of a single night, a drunk driver managed to either destroy or damage all of these things, according to police. David Brownlee, 21, of Glassboro, was arrested by South Brunswick police…

  • Teens charged for burglaries

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Two teens were arrested in connection with several robberies in the area on Friday. At press time, both the 15-year-old male, a Sayreville resident, and the 14-year-old South Brunswick resident were being lodged in a juvenile detention center pending further court proceedings. At 4:40 p.m. on Friday, South Brunswick Police Officers Dennis…

  • Police say difference in radios is loud and clear

    New equipment makes it easier for public safety depts. to work together Dispatcher Meredith Speizer uses the new radio equipment purchased for the North Brunswick Department of Public Safety, which now connects the police department, fire departments, first aid squad, Department of Public Works and Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services in the event…

  • Bus system will serve as a technological model

    Riders can track shuttles in real time; overall plan presented to S.B. council BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer “The riding public will be able to know, at all times, where the shuttle is.” – Matthew Watkins township manager SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The intra-township shuttle bus service, long touted as a way…

  • Despite reservations, board approves temple

    Agree facility would be better than multifamily homes tract was zoned for BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Deciding that it was the best use for a property too narrow to support the multifamily homes it was zoned for, the Zoning Board approved the construction of a new Hindu…