Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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COPS grant to help pay for cameras at No. Bruns. schools
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The township copped a good deal this week as U.S. Rep. Rush Holt announced the police department’s receipt of $45,861 from the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing (COPS) Secure Our Schools program. “This type of direct federal assistance to localities…
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County will auction seized vehicles, jewelry
NORTH BRUNSWICK – A 2000 Mercedes-Benz CLK 320 with 48,000 miles and a 2002 Dodge Ram 4X4, four-door pickup truck with 2,000 miles will be among the 85 vehicles to be auctioned off by Middlesex County next week. Jewelry, watches, office equipment, cell phones and scrap metal also will be on the block. The Mercedes-Benz…
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Local man’s first novel based ‘Along Route 18’
EBHS alumnus tellsfictionalized tale about him and his friends BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – For Michael Chichetti, Route 18 represents more than traffic jams and strip malls. In fact, the 25-year-old township resident sees the highway as a central point in a community where people grow up, get…
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Rubbing it in
SCOTT PILLING staff Kyle Brown, 12, taunts his friend Nick Johnson in a playful manner while at the video game stand at the second annual North Brunswick Baseball and Softball Association picnic held at Veterans Park on Saturday. The event is a chance to give back to the players and parents involved in the team…
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Former Sen. Lynch guilty of tax evasion
Admits accepting payments to lobby for S.B. sand-mining co. BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer The Dallenbach Sand Co. in South Brunswick is at the center of former state Senate President John Lynch’s arrest for payoffs and favor trading. One of the most powerful Democrats in New Jersey has pleaded guilty to…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Anthony Lupo, 9, dashes through an obstacle course at the second annual North Brunswick Baseball and Softball Association picnic at Veterans Park on Saturday.
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Jury finds suspect guilty of two rapes
Trial for alleged attacks on Rutgers students pending BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Sterling A man arrested for breaking into a North Brunswick home in 2005 was found guilty on 12 counts of aggravated sexual assault and burglary while armed in state Superior Court on Friday. Bruce Darnell Sterling, 36, of…
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Fans mark four decades along the final frontier
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Patrick Barnes (l), dressed as Damion Pong the Ferengi, and “Admiral” Alex Rosenzweig, discuss what it’s like to live the lifestyle of a “Trekker” at an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of “Star Trek” at the North Brunswick Public Library on Saturday. NORTH BRUNSWICK – A…
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With Kish out, GOP revises campaign ticket
Woods Cleary will run for South Brunswick mayor; Craig the new council hopeful BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Lynda Woods Cleary SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Lynda Woods Cleary will be the Republican candidate for mayor against incumbent Democrat Frank Gambatese in November. Woods Cleary was previously running against Democratic Councilman Christopher Killmurray,…
