Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Hundreds of fish perish in N.B. lake

    Heat wave believed to have sapped oxygen out of Hidden Lake BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Something fishy floated to the top of North Brunswick’s Hidden Lake on Sunday. Late that afternoon, residents reported the stench of rotting fish emanating from the lake area, which prompted a quick response from the…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Julia Nutter (r) and Alionka Polanco sing “I Keep Forgettin’” at the summer performance of “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” by the Young Adult Drama Group in North Brunswick on Saturday.

  • S.B. cell tower plan yields mixed signals

    Seen as a potential ratable; monopole opposed by neighbors BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer South Brunswick officials are mulling over the possibility of placing a cell phone tower on public land, much to the dismay of some neighborhood residents. If allowed, the structure, which was described as a 150-foot-tall monopole tower,…

  • S.B. man charged in stabbing at house party

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Police say a simmering grudge became violent when a township man stabbed an acquaintance three times. According to police, a house party attended by over 40 people on New Road became the site of a confrontation in the early morning hours Sunday. Police…

  • Meet and greet the folks on the beat

    No. and So. Brunswick draw strong crowds to National Night Out BY JENNIFER AMATO and CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writers BY JENNIFER AMATO and CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writers SCOTT PILING staff Noah Lutz, 6, and his mother, Linda, examine a helicopter during South Brunswick’s National Night Out. Along with the elevated temperatures on Tuesday, the North and…

  • S.B. officials begin master plan review

    Rt. 1 office park zone a possible area of change BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer A subcommittee has begun work on reviewing South Brunswick’s master plan, a process that occurs every six years. A municipality’s master plan serves as a guideline for all new development, detailing what can be built where…

  • Community lends a hand to car accident survivor

    Events scheduled to raise money for So. Brunswick teen’s medical expenses Roxanne Guzman and her mother, Mirian. Roxanne was in a car accident involving a bus in November. SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Ever since her car accident in November, Roxanne Guzman, 19, has been under the constant care of her mother, Mirian. As a result of…

  • Corzine calls for cap on property tax increases

    Outlines proposals for reform in address to Legislature BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer TRENTON – Gov. Jon Corzine compared the state’s property tax system to “the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” Friday, saying increases for homeowners need to be capped at 4 percent per year. Speaking before both the…

  • Police: Driver hit four cars in S.B. parking lot

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A Woodbridge man struck four parked cars in South Brunswick before hitting a utility pole on Monday. At around 10:40 a.m., police reported that Okeckukwu Mbadugha, 60, left a bagel store in Dayton and got into his car, a 1996 Ford Contour. According…