Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Two charged with burglary
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Two suspects in a house burglary on Axel Avenue were arrested a short distance away on July 25. At 10 a.m., a witness reported to 911 that two suspicious men were in the area of the residence, and Officers Frank Tocci and Jonathan Kelly responded. A foot chase ensued and the two…
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RU players share life lessons learned on field
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Rutgers University football players Jamaal Westerman, Brian Tracey, Nathaniel Harris and Gaudhi DeSedas (l-r) gave a motivational lecture to students of the Nuview Academy on July 27, located on Livingston Avenue in North Brunswick. NORTH BRUNSWICK – Four Rutgers University students with special talents gave a…
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New Jersey gets its first ‘Parade of Ponds’
Public invited to tour water gardens at 18 homes Saturday A brass heron looks over a water garden that includes two waterfalls, fish, aquatic plants and a meandering stream with a stepping stone path. The eco-system pond is among 18 open to the public as part of this Saturday’s “Parade of Ponds.” Call it an…
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Chief helps thwart TV theft
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A theft at a township warehouse was foiled on July 21, and Police Chief Ray Hayducka was among the officers who made the arrest. According to police reports, on Friday morning, a manager of the Allied Marketing warehouse on Abeel Road noticed Kenneth…
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STEVE M. BARON At about 6 p.m. July 20, a Honda Pilot struck a telephone pole and rolled over on Route 130 near Route 32. The driver of the vehicle was extricated by the Monmouth Junction Fire Department and transported to the hospital by a local first aid squad. South Brunswick police investigated the accident…
