Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Route 27 cell tower faces strong opposition
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Citing concern over potential health and safety hazards, as well as plummeting property values, residents strongly voiced their opposition last week to a proposed cell phone tower. During the Oct. 19 Zoning Board meeting, residents wearing crossed-out cell tower stickers packed the room…
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Contract talks between unions, N.B. move slowly
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer “… we are now strictly limited to what we can spend for health benefits, or if we spend more, we have to reduce spending somewhere else.” – Robert Lombard Twp. Business Administrator NORTH BRUNSWICK – The ongoing labor negotiations between various bargaining units in North Brunswick…
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New park unveiled on historic S.B. property
Monmouth Junction grew from farmland owned by Rowland family BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer CHRIS GAETANO One of the baseball fields at Monmouth Junction’s Rowland Park was the site of a grand opening on Saturday. SOUTH BRUNSWICK – On Saturday, they stood where Monmouth Junction began. In 1733, the section of…
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South Brunswick Council Race
Taxes, development are key issues in S.B. race Christopher Killmurray faces Nanette Craig for one seat on council BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Taxes, development are key issues in S.B. raceChristopher Killmurray faces Nanette Craig for one seat on councilBY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Nanette Craig Incumbent Democrat Christopher Killmurray and Republican Nanette Craig are competing…
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Supporters lead write-in campaign for Johnson
Say they’re unhappy with choices offered by two major parties BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer “I think it’s wonderful when citizens come out and say we want a choice, that we don’t have enough and that we want to create our own choice.” – Debra Johnson There is another candidate for…
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Malouf donates new truck to first aid squad
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer A new command truck was officially turned over to members of the North Brunswick First Aid & Rescue Squad by the Malouf Auto Group on Monday. NORTH BRUNSWICK – The “key” to a great relationship is having a symbiotic understanding where both partners help each other…
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Nearly 800 cars show up to recycle hazmats
Middlesex County’s next county household waste day is Nov. 19 in Edison BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff A drum container filled with old batteries waits to be sealed as workers separate solids from liquids during the Middlesex County Household Waste Day in North Brunswick on Saturday. NORTH BRUNSWICK…
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Ready to go on a tear
County will sponsor document-shredding event in S.B. Nov. 4 BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The shredder is coming to South Brunswick. On Nov. 4, the township will play host to a large mobile paper shredder that has been carving a path through Middlesex County since June. Sponsored by…
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Artist’s recipe: Leaves, bark and a dash of spice
N.B. Artist of Month blends natural materials with food products “Real Mountain Cave” by Milbert Whitley Milbert Whitley served for 35 months during the Vietnam War and in Egypt on a peacekeeping mission in 1982. He was stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Stewart in Georgia. He has never lived in New…
