Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Two charged with lying about drinking death
Police were told video didn’t exist, but it was found posted on Internet BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Two women have been charged with obstruction of justice for giving false statements to police regarding the death of Daniel Gjertson, a Monroe resident who was found dead at a…
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Gun fired during robbery
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Two men who fled the scene of an armed robbery were later apprehended by police and arrested on robbery and weapon charges. Rahsaan Anderson, 22, and Akeem Handy, 30, both of New Brunswick, allegedly approached two attendants of the Gulf station on Georges Road on Jan. 27. Around 8 a.m., the two…
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Search leads to drug charges
NORTH BRUNSWICK – A resident of Birchwood Court was arrested for drug possession during the execution of a search warrant at the North Brunswick Manor Apartments on Jan. 26. At 3:45 p.m. the North Brunswick Anti-Crime Unit and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force arrested Naiam Earl, 30, for possession of cocaine, distribution…
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Bank robber flees on bike
NORTH BRUNSWICK – The PNC bank on Georges Road was the scene of an armed robbery around 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 25. According to police, a medium-size male wearing all black clothing and a ski mask entered the facility and brandished a silver handgun. He hopped over the half-door inside the bank and demanded money…
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School basing Holocaust trunk on county example
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – To preserve the memory of the Holocaust, Linwood Middle School is beginning to create its own Traveling Trunk similar to the ones designed by the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission to preserve the history of the nation’s wars. Seventh-grade teacher Marian Felberbaum…
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Board wary of temple’s parking accommodations
Applicants say Hindu sect will rarely assemble in large numbers BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The township Zoning Board continued to deliberate on a Hindu temple proposed for Route 27 in Kendall Park during the Jan. 25 meeting. The temple is being proposed by an organization called Bharat…
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Police find Alzheimer’s sufferer walking in cold
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A 73-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease wandered off from his home into the freezing cold on Wednesday, but was swiftly found by local police. Charles Tucker, a Kendall Park resident, was reported missing by his 75-year-old wife around 7 p.m., when temperatures were…
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‘Tu B’Shevat’ workshop at Chabad Feb. 5
The Jewish women’s circle at Chabad Jewish Center South Brunswick, 1 Riva Ave., South Brunswick, will hold a “Tu B’Shevat” workshop Feb. 5 at 8 p.m. Attendees will learn the art of fruit decorating from artist Heather Ross, and make a fruit platter. Couvert is $8. The Women’s Circle is open to the public, and…
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For student, four-string instrument is home bass
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO John Moroney, a music student at North Brunswick Township High School, plays in his own modern rock bands but will also perform with the 2007 All-Eastern Honors Orchestra in Connecticut on March 11. NORTH BRUNSWICK – Being accepted to perform with the 2007 All-Eastern…
