Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Hellrazors on wheels

    Like ‘Fight Club’ for girls, roller derby debuts at S.B. rink BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer PHOTOSBY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above, the Lehigh Valley Hissy Fits’ Erin Gobraless (Theresa Mitchell, l) and Eva Brawn (Lauren Petix) prepare to skate against the home team, Hub City Hellrazors, at the roller derby match held…

  • Police say computer system overhaul overdue

    Upgrade to modern software and equipment would cost $678K BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Police say it’s time for them to update their computer systems and join the 21st century. During the Township Council’s Jan. 9 meeting, police, together with Township Manager Matthew Watkins, presented a proposal for…

  • For the Record

    Middlesex County officials are considering the construction of a 180-bed long-term care center in Old Bridge. A Jan. 11 story stated incorrectly that this would be a facility for tuberculosis patients. Also, the freeholders are pursuing the creation of a new Academy for Medical Science and Information Technology in Woodbridge. The facility would not be…

  • Ecstasy, cocaine, pot confiscated

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – Seven men were arrested for drug and weapon possession at the Oak Leaf Village apartment complex on Jan. 9. The North Brunswick Police Department and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant around 8 p.m. at H8 Oak Tree Drive. A Luger 9mm handgun, 115 ecstasy pills,…

  • Hindu sect proposes to build temple on Rt. 27

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The township might be the home of the only temple for a particular sect of Hinduism in all of New Jersey, if the Zoning Board approves. An application presented Jan. 11 was filed by Bharat Sevashram Sangha of North America Inc., which currently…

  • Collector teaches culture through stamps

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – Philately is a word few will ever come across, but for Wanda Garbett it has become a window to the past. The word, which literally means “freedom from charges,” has ensnared Garbett, but it is better known under its unofficial title – stamp collecting.…

  • Teens caught in stolen car

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Three teenagers were allegedly caught driving a stolen car in South Brunswick on Friday. At around 7:15 p.m., Officer John Niper spotted a green Volkswagen Jetta driving down Henderson Road. Niper reportedly tried to get the car to stop when he observed that the driver did not have the headlights on, but…

  • ‘Still United’ looks back on legacy of Dr. King

    “I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning “I say to you…

  • Professor: Transit village would be a tax boon

    Study concludes project would draw relatively few school-age children BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer On Jan. 11, David Listokin of Rutgers University discussed the fiscal impacts a proposed transit village would have on the Johnson & Johnson site on Route 1. On Jan. 18, traffic engineer Daniel DiSario will share his…