Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Open-meetings advocate targets two local towns
Lawsuit says Monroe board doesn BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer John Paff John Paff makes it his business to ensure that local governments adhere to open-public-meeting laws. The volunteer advocate picks towns around New Jersey, often at random, to see if their governing bodies are complying with state laws. And after…
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N.B. recognizes scholar award winners of 2006
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Caryn Miller NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Scholar Artist/Athlete award recipients for 2006 were honored by the Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services with a pasta party dinner in the municipal courtroom on Dec. 11. “We continue to find numerous talents in the youth of our…
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Downtown traffic eases, thanks to new bridge
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer TOMS RIVER — It’s been over a week since the major traffic pattern changes went into effect downtown. And Ocean County Engineer Ronald A. Lotrecchio is a happy man. “I think things are going better than I expected,” he said. “We were expecting a…
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Pro-Lynch letters fail to move judge
Former state senator gets 39 months for deal with S.B. sand company BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer “We are not going to solve this problem. You have to solve it by electing better people and holding them to their promises … and not wait until days like today.” — Christopher Christie…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Rabbi Levi Azimov, the director of the Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick, lights the menorah at the “Hanukkah on Ice” celebration at the Princeton Sports Center in South Brunswick on Sunday.
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EMT, officer hurt in struggle with suspect
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A person resisting arrest with every ounce of energy he had, required four officers as well as members of the Kendall Park First Aid Squad (KPFAS) to finally restrain him, according to police. On Monday at 6:34 p.m., Patrolman Don Niper was dispatched…
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School calls on public to join blood drive
Monday event being conducted in honor of local cancer patient BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — For those doing their last-minute holiday shopping next week, there may be no better gift to give than the gift of life. In honor of 22-year-old Joey Rogers, a 2002 graduate of the…
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Walk raises $14,500 for Cancer Institute of N.J.
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township Care to Walk Committee donated $14,500 to the Cancer Institute of New Jersey at a special presentation at the municipal building on Dec. 4. Over 500 people participated in the eighth annual Care to Walk event to raise awareness for breast…
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Man sought for stickup
NORTH BRUNSWICK — Police are seeking a man who was allegedly involved in an armed robbery at Liquor City South on Route 1 on Dec. 2. According to reports, a black male, about 5 feet 6 inches tall and 135 pounds, wearing a black ski mask, a brown hooded fleece sweatshirt, light-colored cargo pants and…
