Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Zoners OK four-story luxury hotel on Rt. 130
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A new luxury hotel will soon be going up in South Brunswick. The Zoning Board voted unanimously on Nov. 2 to approve an application by South Brunswick Hospitality Holdings to build a four-story, 25,000-square-foot luxury hotel at the intersection of Route 130 south…
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Center to assist American Indians statewide opens
The New Jersey Native American Employment and Training Center recently opened its doors on Bayard Street in New Brunswick. The new program will offer a variety of employment services and supports to American Indians living in New Jersey. The center is funded through the Indian and Native American Workforce Act. Its goal is to provide…
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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…
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Girl’s toy donations to fund church mission
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO Kayla Kapler, 10, proudly displays the hundreds of toys she is donating to a rummage sale in Milltown in honor of her late great-grandfather, James Voorhees. NORTH BRUNSWICK – Before reading through the Big Toy Book from Toys “R” Us, children may want to…
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Armed men rob gas station
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Two black males reportedly entered the store at the Exxon gas station on Route 1 and Aaron Road Nov. 1 and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. One male had a bandanna over his face and the other male was wearing a mask as they approached the store clerk behind the…
