Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Fire levels two-family house

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – A fire on Cozzens Lane on Aug. 17 leveled a two-family house, according to police. The fire is believed to have started in an unused outlet in the kitchen area of the home. There were no injuries to the families, but one dog died in the blaze. Several fire companies throughout the…

  • Cole Bros. Circus makes three-day return to S.B.

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The local Lions Club is sending in the clowns, as the Cole Brothers Circus is set to arrive this Labor Day weekend. The show, which will be the 10th the Lions Club has hosted and the third specifically featuring the Cole Brothers Circus, will feature exotic animals, acrobats, clowns, jugglers, miniature horses…

  • Bicycle rider injured by car

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – A man riding a bicycle along the intersection of routes 1 and 130 was struck by a motor vehicle on Sunday. Around 3:41 p.m., Thomas Sliwakowski, 23, of Phoenix, Ariz., was driving his 1998 Nissan Maxima toward Route 171 when he hit the cyclist. The victim was transported by ambulance to Robert…

  • Police seek N.B. bank robber

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – The Provident Bank on Route 27 was the scene of an armed robbery on the morning of Aug. 24. According to police reports, a man entered the bank and engaged in polite conversation with one of the bank tellers while waiting for another teller to come to her window. When the second…

  • N.B. students’ status uncertain

    725 families have not yet reverified their residency BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Only 20 percent of North Brunswick families in town who needed to re-verify their residency status for the school district’s Residency Verification and Re-Certification Initiative have yet to do so. According to acting Superintendent Geri Margin, 725 of…

  • Photo

    TOM SPERDUTO The North Brunswick Pop Warner Indians cheerleaders perform for the crowd at the Adams Athletic Club’s Pop Warner opener at Sabella Park in North Brunswick on Saturday. More photos, see Sports.

  • Questions raised on S.B. flood study

    EVA cites conflicts of interest, disputes over selection process BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer FILE PHOTO At Pigeon Swamp State Park, South Brunswick, resident Jean Dvorak looks at standing water from either warehouse runoff, turnpike drainage or some combination of the two. South Brunswick residents are questioning whether a firm currently…

  • Look who’s back …

    Shanahan’s return to Milltown is met with quite a few open arms BY KRISTIN BOYD Staff Writer BY KRISTIN BOYDStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Colm Shanahan grabs a loaf of Irish soda bread for a customer at the Milltown bakery, a borough landmark that closed three years ago but reopened Aug. 18. Talk about a…

  • Towns’ crime rates increased in 2005

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer South Brunswick’s crime rate rose slightly last year, contrasted with a sharp increase in North Brunswick’s, according to the Uniform Crime Statistics report issued by the New Jersey State Police. North Brunswick’s crime index rose by 71 between 2004 and 2005, jumping from 994 to 1,065…