Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • North Brunswick Police Dept. adds new officer

    The North Brunswick Police Department has announced the addition of Erik Jacobsen, North Brunswick, to its staff as an officer. Prior to joining the department, he was a police officer at Rutgers University, hired from the New Jersey Department of Personnel Certification list. Jacobsen received a bachelor of science degree in administration of justice at…

  • On Campus

    The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, announced that the following North Brunswick students received degrees at the summer commencement exercises: Michael K. Billand, a bachelor of science degree in accounting; Ramakrishna B. Jois, a master of business administration degree in business administration; and Joseph F. Kopetsky, a master of business administration degree in business administration.…

  • Essayist: Little good deeds add up to a better country

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The little things have always mattered because the little things tend to make up the bulk of our existence. And yet, it is often the little things that go completely unnoticed, as their sheer quantity, many times, relegate them to the background noise…

  • Kazakh boy helps couple create family

    Couple wanted to give orphan from Kazakhstan a home in America BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer JAY BODAS Jonathan and Lisa Miller adopted 2-year-old T.J. from Kazakhstan last summer. The Millers say T.J. is adjusting well to life in America. METUCHEN — One of the borough’s newest residents now calls Metuchen,…

  • S.B. planners grant variances, get land

    Heller hopes to build a new warehouse on Ridge Road in future BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer In exchange for assistance in the construction of Route 522-1A, the South Brunswick Planning Board granted a company two variances for a future warehouse across from Pigeon Swamp State Park. While some board members…