Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Firefighters rescue man trapped in burning apt.

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Firefighters put out an apartment blaze and saved a man trapped inside on Friday. The firefighters responded to a two-alarm structure fire at the Kingston Terrace apartment building. Kingston Volunteer Fire Company Capt. Walter Lane was among the first to respond to the…

  • Police investigate attack on Society Hill resident

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – A resident of the Society Hill housing complex off Route 1 was attacked by three men possibly possessing a gun on Jan. 4 around 10:30 p.m. According to police, as the man exited his vehicle on Pennsylvania Way he was approached by the suspects who were exiting a black sedan. The men,…

  • Spring target date for skate park completion

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Despite some delays, South Brunswick’s skate park is expected to open by early spring, according to township officials. During the Township Council’s workshop meeting Wednesday night, Township Manager Matthew Watkins explained the final details of the proposed skateboarding park. It will be located…

  • Ten times the bravery

    N.B. to name street for Cozzens Lane cousins who fought in WWII BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Carmen Parillo You want to go where everybody knows your name. Although the Parillo family was new to the land in the early 1900s, it seems as if Parillo is the name everyone in…

  • Lift-off

    RICH GRAESSLE North Brunswick’s Alex Francis drives to the basket for two of her team-high 14 points during the Raiders’ 46-29 win over host Roselle Catholic on Dec. 28. With the win, the Raiders improved to 5-0.

  • The Sentinel’s top 10 stories of 2006

    1 1. “Lynched” Did the former president of the New Jersey Senate ever think it would end like this? John Lynch, the man former Gov. James McGreevey recently wrote was the most powerful political boss in the state, pleaded guilty in October to corruption-related charges. He admitted that he had taken thousands of dollars in…

  • Lyles, Socio outline goals for new terms

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Rhonda Lyles and Carlo Socio were sworn in for new terms as Township Council representatives at the reorganization meeting Monday. Socio was elected for his third term and Lyles her second when the Democrats defeated Republican candidates Matthew “Skip” House and Tom O’Neill…

  • Man found dead after party

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A Monroe man was found dead following a New Year’s Eve house party. Early in the morning Monday, people at the house on Drexel Hill Drive, which is in the northwestern part of town, discovered that Daniel Gjertson, 21, was not breathing. Police and EMS were quickly called and soon arrived at…

  • Pedestrian killed on Route 130

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – A 22-year-old township resident was struck and killed by a motor vehicle as he attempted to cross Route 130 on Christmas Eve morning. William Messeroll was attempting to walk across the highway around 6:40 a.m. when he was hit by Grainne Hewett, 49, of Hightstown, who was traveling in the left lane…