Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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S.B. reaffirms opposition to Route 92
Despite being defunded, project may not be dead yet BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Despite having lost millions of dollars in funding, the Route 92 project is still being pushed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which released what it calls a final environmental impact study. Public comment on the…
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Team spirit
CHRIS KELLY staff Kaitlyn Aloia, 13, performs with the North Brunswick Indians during the Garden State Pop Warner cheerleading competition at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton Saturday.
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Firefighters obtain oxygen masks for pets
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer PHOTOS BY JENNIFER AMATO North Brunswick Deputy Fire Chief Matt Levine, left, holds a Dalmatian toy as Joe Vincze displays how to use a new pet resuscitation mask donated by the Humane Association to each volunteer fire department in town. NORTH BRUNSWICK – The township Humane…
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Teen applauded for project’s safety value
House numbers on curbs help emergency crews respond more quickly BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO Brandon Druker supervised the painting of 400 address numbers for his Eagle Scout project last October, which in one year’s time has helped reduced the emergency-response time to houses around the Linwood Middle School…
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Holt garners a return trip to D.C.
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Rush Holt Incumbent Democrat Rush Holt easily dispatched his Republican opponent Joseph Sinagra in the 12th District House of Representatives race. According to the New Jersey Division of Elections, Holt defeated Sinagra by a nearly 2-1 margin, accumulating 115,413 votes to Sinagra’s 60,443. The 12th Congressional…
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DPW facility named in honor of fallen worker
Brian Caplan was struck by a truck 10 years ago while working at landfill BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer The North Brunswick Department of Public Works was renamed the Brian Oliver Caplan Municipal Maintenance Facility during a special ceremony on Nov. 1 in honor of the anniversary of the death of…
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Searches lead to drug busts
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Eight individuals were arrested after two search warrants were executed in Oak Leaf Village on Oct. 27 around 4:40 p.m. One 17-year-old township male was found with a loaded handgun and another 17-year-old male resident was found with 30 small bags of marijuana…
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Poetry reading, lecture slated at S.B. Library
The South Brunswick Public Library and the South Brunswick Arts Commission will continue their Sunday afternoon poetry reading series Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. at the library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. The reading will feature the poetry of New Jersey natives Alicia Ostriker and Eliot Katz. Ostriker, Princeton, a poet…
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N.B. ordinance targets overcrowding in homes
Occupancy guidelines will become more strict if passed on Nov. 20 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Due to a growing problem of severe overcrowding and unsafe living conditions in town, the Township Council has put forth an amended ordinance in regards to code enforcement standards and how to…
